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sels making deliveries to Alaskan ports and their crews and prop- 

 erty must be estimated in compilinc; these figures. The products 

 of the halibut fishery entered through the ports of Alaska in 1922 

 were 11,075.237 pounds, valued at $1,034,007, as compared with 

 17,176,274 pounds in 1921, valued at $1,476,450. 



Investment, persons engaged, and products of Alaska halihut flsJiery in 1922. 



Items. 



INVESTMENT. 



Vessels: 



Steam and gas . . , 

 Net tonnage. 



Launches 



Scows 



Apparatus , 



Shore property 



Cash capital 



Total. 



Number. Value. 



106 



2,383 



9 



1 



$1,114,000 



8,800 



4,000 



21,72.5 



393, 93.J 



297, 450 



1, 839, 910 



Items. 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Whites 



Natives 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



PRODUCTS (POUNDS) 



Fresh (including local). 

 Frozen 



Total 



Number. Value. 



4?,5 



112 



2 



569 



7, 886, 764 

 3, 188, 473 



11,075,237 



S772,610 

 262,357 



1, 034, 967 



COD FISHERY. 



The cod industry of Alaska in 1922 partially recovered from the 

 shrinkage in 1921. In the vessel fishery the Robinson Fisheries Co. 

 restored the Wawona to the cod fleet and the Pacific Coast Codfish 

 Co. put into service the Charles R. Wilson., but withdrew the Maid 

 of Orleans. The North Star Fish Packing Co. used the power 

 schooner Northern King. The Union Fish Co. withdrew the Se- 

 quoia from the fleet. 



The only important shore stations operated in Alaska in 1922 

 were those of the Union Fish Co. and the Alaska Codfish Co. in the 

 Shumagin Islands. 



Alaska eod fleet in 1922. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



The cod industry in 1922 showed an investment of $778,376, as 

 compared with $781,665 in 1921. The number of persons employed 

 was 357, or 25 more than in 1921. The production of cod was 



