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Products of Alaska cod industry in 1930 



Offshore cod fleet in 1930 



WHALES 



The Port Hobron and Akutan stations of the American Pacific 

 Whaling Co. were again operated in 1930. Seven steam whalers 

 were used, and employment was given to 190 whites, 14 natives, and 

 2 Japanese — a total of 206, or a decrease of 27 from the number re- 

 ported employed in the industry in the previous year. The total 

 number of whales taken was 355, consisting of 50 finbacks, 191 hump- 

 backs, 78 sulphur bottoms, and 36 sperm whales. This is a decrease 

 of 30 from the number taken m Alaskan waters in 1929. 



The products of the whale fishery consisted of 816,700 gallons of 

 whale oil, valued at $371,276; 121,150 gallons of sperm oil, valued at 

 $45,431; 815 tons of fertilizer from meat, valued at $40,750; 355 tons 

 of bone fertilizer, valued at $10,650; 37,000 pounds of pickled meat, 

 valued at $1,850; and 5,600 pounds of whalebone, valued at $308 — a 

 total value of prcducts of $470,265 and a decrease of 6 per cent from 

 1929 when produits were valued at $502,081. 



CLAMS 



There was a further upward trend in the output of clams in Alaska 

 in 1930. Operations were carried on chiefly in the Prince William 

 Sound area and at Kukak Bay, although a small pack of butter clams 

 was produced in southeast Alaska, where the work was undertaken 

 in the fall as an experiment. Reports indicate that in some of the 

 more favorable localities razor clams are becoming rather scarce, but 

 there are large areas with an abundance of clams which can be dug 

 only when tides and winds are favorable. This is particularly true 

 with respect to the Kukak Bay region. Two clam diggers in central 

 Alaska lost their lives by drowning. Reported property losses 

 amounted to $430, 



Employment was given to 283 whites, and the output consisted of 

 32,802 cases, containing 852,684 pounds, and 100 dozen clams in the 



