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shell, with a total A^alue of $241,890 — an increase of approximately 

 21 per cent in quantity and 19 per cent in value over the production 

 in 1929, when 28,001 cases totaling 704,448 pounds, valued at $203,656, 

 were packed. 



Products of the Alaska clam industry in 1930 



Item 



Minced: 



}^-pound cans (48 to case) . 



lO-ounce cans (48 to case) . 

 Whole: 



H-pound cans (48 to case). 



1-pound can,. (48 to case) - . 

 Juice: 



1-pound cans (6 to case)... 



Total 



Fresh, in shell: 100 dozen. 



Grand total . 



Cases 



23,583 

 8,583 



50 

 583 



32, 802 



Pounds 



565, 992 

 257, 490 



1,200 

 27, 984 



852, 684 

 240 



852, 924 



Value 



$168, 837 

 68,282 



300 

 4,412 



241,840 

 50 



241,890 



SHRIMP 



Operations in the shrimp industry in Alaska were again carried on 

 by two plants in the southeastern district and resulted in a slightly 

 larger production than in 1929. The grounds fished were near 



Figure 5. -Shrimp trawlers, Frederick'Sound, southeast Alaska 



Wrangell and the surrounding islands and in the general vicinity of 

 Petersburg, extending from Farragut Bay south to the eastern end 

 of Sumner Strait 



The number of persons engaged in the shrimp fishery was 113, of 

 whom 20 were whites, 54 natives, 22 Japanese, 9 Filipinos, 6 Mexicans, 

 and 2 Chinese. Products consisted of 510,956 pounds of shrimp meat, 

 valued at $210,072, and 2,870 pounds of fresh shrimp in the shell, 

 valued at $431, a total of 513,826 pounds, valued at $210,503. 

 Comparable figures for 1929 show a production of 497,750 pounds of 

 shrimp meat, valued at $200,312. 



