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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



6,134,649 pounds and 100 gallons of oil, all valued at $464,169, an in- 

 cj-ea.se over 1921 of 1,346,818 pounds in quantity and $6,849 in value. 



Investments, persons engaged, and products of Alaska cod fishery in 1922. 



» Gallons. 



WHALE FISHERY. 



Whaling in Alaska in 1922 was carried on by two companies, the 

 United States Whaling Co., at Port Armstrong, and the North 

 Pacific Sea Products Co., at Akutan. Tlie industry gave employment 

 to 166 whites, 24 natives, 27 Japanese, and 3 Filipinos. The invest- 

 ment, consisting of plants, vessels, wages, and other operating costs, 

 was $801,950. The number of wliales captured was 445, of w^hich 204 

 were finbacks, 95 humpbacks, 77 sulphur bottoms, and 69 sperm. 

 The products were 904,359 gallons of oil, valued at $328,944 ; 3,092,480 

 pounds of fertilizer, valued at $78,974; 14,000 pounds of whalebone, 

 valued at $1,400; and 500 pounds of ivory, valued at $20(i. he total 

 value of all whale products was $409,618. 



CLAMS. 



In 1922 the production of clam products was 32,290 cases, valued 

 at $185,007, as compared with 1,420 cases, valued at $9,940, in 1921, 

 an increase of 30,870 cases in quantity and $175,067 in value. 



Products of the Alaska clam industry in Alaska in 1922. 



