60 U. H. BUKEAU OF FISHERIES 



Twolvo operators in central Alaska wei'c oiigagecl in the picklingof 

 herring;, all of which, with the exception of a small pack at Chignik, 

 was produced in the Prince William Sound and Kodiak areas. The 

 larger operators in this district were as follows: 



Sulton'es: 



Albert Coel Shuyak Harbor. 



Kadiak Fislieries Co Shearwater Bay. 



North American Fisheries (floating plant) Red Fox Bay. 



Trinity Packing Co Three Saints Bay. 



Utopian Fisheries (Inc.) (floating plant) Sawmill Bay. 



Saltery and reduction plants: 



Chatham Strait Fish Co Crab Bay. 



W. J. Imlach Port Benny. 



Johnson Fisheries Thumb Bay. 



San Juan Fishing & Packing Co Evans Bay. 



Of the following operators in the western Alaska district, all but 

 three were engaged in the fishery at Dutch Harbor, producing prin- 

 cipally Scotch-cured fish: 



Austnes & Moberg Unalaska. 



Campbell & Dougal Do. 



Jordan Columbus Dutch Harbor. 



A. Conrad Golovin Bay. 



Golovin Bay Packing Co Do. 



Joe Harding Do. 



Ed Jacobsen & Co_ Dutch Harbor. 



Johnson & Peterson Unalaska. 



Kalgin Packing Co. (floating plant) Dutch Harbor. 



North American Fisheries (floating plant) Do. 



Polar Packing Co Unalaska. 



Rod & Aspeland Do. 



Utopian Fisheries (Inc.) (floating plant) Dutch Harbor. 



Property losses in the herring fishery consisted of seines and small 

 boats having a total value of $12,380. 



George A. Eounsefell, scientifio assistant of the bureau, and one 

 temporary assistant continued the investigations of the Alaska 

 herring which have been in progress for the past several years. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



The number of persons employed in the Alaska herring industry in 

 1930 was 1,413 as compared with 1,175 in 1929, and the number of 

 plants increased from 30 to 39. Products of the fishery were valued 

 at $2,133,677, as compared with $2,794,084 in 1929— a decrease of 

 $660,407, or nearly 24 per cent. Scotch-cured herring increased from 

 6,545,125 pounds in 1929 to 8,081,245 pounds in 1930, or about 23 

 per cent, and herring for bait increased from 8,920,885 pounds to 

 9,298,140 pounds, or approximately 4 per cent. Meal decreased 

 about 8 per cent in quantity and 1 1 per cent in value, and oil increased 

 approximately 6 per cent in quantity but decreased 38 per cent in 

 value, compared with the output of 1929. 



