ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1022. 



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Quant if v find value of dried, Jdppered, and dry-salted salmon in Alaska in 1922, 



J)y species. 



1 Bcleke. 



2 Includes 1,000 pounds beleke, valued at $300. 



SALMON BY-rRODUCTS. 



Tlio two firms producing oil and fertilizer from salmon offal and 

 scrap fish in 1921 continued their activities in 1922 with an in- 

 creased investment and output. They are the Alaska Keduction 

 Co., at Hawk Inlet, and the Petersburg By-Products Co., at Scow 

 Bay. The total investment in 1922 was $183,017, and 29 persons 

 were emploved. The products were 387 tons of fertilizer, valued at 

 $23,438, and 12,989 gallons ci oil, valued at $5,015. The investment 

 in 1921 was $141,319, with 27 persons employed, and the products 

 were 232 tons of fertilizer, valued at $13,920, and 15,010 gallons of 

 oil, valued at $4,102. The value of the products in 1922 was $10,431 

 more than the value in 1921. 



HERRING FISHERY. 



This industry shows a further expansion in 1922 as compared 

 with 1921, not onl}^ in number of operators but in volume of prod- 

 ucts. Practically all the pickled herring was Scotch cured, the 

 pack was of better quality, and sales were better and more promptly 

 made than in past seasons. There is still room for improvement 

 along this line, and the market will be better as the products meet 

 the requirements of the trade. 



The tendency of the present packers engaged in this business has 

 been to locate in proved localities, which has, in most instances, 

 resulted in congestion. Scarcely anything in the way of prospecting 

 for new fishing grounds has been done. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



In 1922 the herring industry of Alaska showed an investment of 

 $3,367,841, as compared with $1,512,020 in 1921, an increase of 

 $1,855,812. Nine plants were operated in addition to those in 

 operation in 1921, making a total of 22. Employment was given 

 to 1,280 persons, while in 1921 only 445 were employed. The total 

 value of the output in 1922 was $2,329,116, as against $934,044 in 

 1921, an increase of $1,395,072, or approximately 149 per cent. 

 Scotch-cured herring increased from 14,523,441 pounds in 1921 to 

 35,995,450 pounds in 1922. Losses in this industry aggregated 

 $25,000, of which $10,000 was a vessel owned by the Alaska Sea 

 Food Products Co., and $10,000 the saltery of the Nildenrich Pack- 

 ing Co., which was destroyed *by fire. 



