62 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Summary of persons engaged in the Alaska fisheries in 1922. 



Races. 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Central 

 Alaska. 



Western 

 Alaska. 



Total. 



Whites 



Natives 



Chinese 



Japanese 



Filipinos 



Mexicans 



Negroes 



Miscellaneous 



Total... 



4,620 



2, 675 



383 



482 



649 



70 



8,933 



3,423 

 1,147 

 313 

 346 

 300 

 92 

 20 

 28 



5,f 



4, 380 

 370 

 526 

 96 

 675 

 1,216 

 126 

 77 



7,372 



12, 429 



4,192 



1, 222 



924 



1,524 



1,378 



152 



153 



21,974 



Summary of products of the Alaska fisheries in 1922. 



1 These figures represent the value of the manufactured product. It is estimated that the value of the 

 catch to the fishermen was appro.ximatcly $10,000,000. 



SALMON INDUSTRY. 



Among the notable developments of tlie salmon industry in 1922 

 may be mentioned the increased production of canned salmon in 

 western Alaska and the surprisingly large run of humpback sal- 

 mon in the Ketchikan district of southeast Alaska. The pack in 



