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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



Item 



1923 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 (+) or de- 

 crease (— ) 



Canneries operated - 130 i 130 



Cases of salmon packed — - 5,035,697 5,294,915 



Value I $32,873,007 ' $33,007,135 



Persons employed -. , 19,439 ; 20,107 



Cases of salmon packed, by species: ' 



Coho - — ' 164,107 183,601 



Chum . - - 525,622 ' 1,028,488 



Humpback 2,448,129 , 2,601,283 



King - - - 38,343 ■ 33,648 



Red - i 1,859,496 ' 1,447,895 



Number of salmon caught ..- - ! 77,422,311 I 79,477,600 



+5.15 

 +.41 

 +3.44 



+11.88 

 +95. 67 



+6.26 

 -12.24 

 -22. 14 



+2.65 



Other salmon products were : Mild cured, 5,187,200 pounds, valued 

 at $1,137,301 ; pickled, 1,362,952 pounds, valued at $132,223 ; frozen, 

 2,287,666 pounds, valued at $165,809 ; fresh, 2,206,944 pounds, valued 

 at $203,624; dry salted, dried, and smoked, 1,633,968 pounds, valued 

 at $82,209; fertilizer, 1,759,300 pounds, valued at $43,370; and oil, 

 49,033 gallons, valued at $21,833. The total value of these minor 

 salmon products in 1924 was ^1,786,369. The value of similar prod- 

 ucts in 1923 was $1,365,756. 



The products of the herring fishery were as follows : Bait, 3,599,350 

 pounds, valued at $35,033; Scotch cured, 19,020,650 pounds, valued 

 at $1,660,991; Norwegian cured, 18,600 pounds, valued at $1,826; 

 spiced, for food, 9,600 pounds, valued at $1,000; dry salted, 92,450 

 pounds, valued at $6,901 ; bloaters, 770,500 pounds, valued at $25,790 ; 

 fertilizer, 9,359,625 pounds, valued at $222,720; and oil, 1,144,672 

 gallons, valued at $504,109. The total value of herring-fishery prod- 

 ucts in 1924 was $2,458,370, as compared with $1,602,571 in 1923. 



The halibut industry produced 4,398,528 pounds of fresh fish, 

 valued at $528,023, and 10,639,088 pounds of frozen fish, valued at 

 $1,091,420, a total of 15,037,616 pounds, valued at $1,619,443. 



The shore-station cod fishery yielded 1,580,026 pounds of products, 

 valued at $100,777. The whaling industry produced oil, fertilizer, 

 whalebone, and pickled meat, valued at $391,781. 



The pack of clams amounted to 83,161 cases, valued at $629,412. 

 The output of shrimps was 528,432 pounds, valued at $227,979. Crab 

 products were valued at $48,727. The output of trout was 61,262 

 pounds fresh and frozen, valued at $6,741. There were also pro- 

 duced 227,350 pounds of sablefish, chiefly frozen, valued at $9,808; 

 24,484 pounds of smelts, valued at $2,348 ; 6,993 pounds of flounders, 

 valued at $349; and 1,175 pounds of red cod, valued at $34. 



The total value of the manufactured fishery products of Alaska in 

 1924 was $40,289,273. The value of the catch, to the fishermen was 

 approximately $10,400,000. 



The entire Alaska fishery industry gave employment to 25,194 

 persons and represented an investment of $62,660,637. 



The extent and condition of the Alaska fisheries in 1924 and of the 

 activities of the bureau under the laws and regulations for the pro- 

 tection of the fisheries are covered in detail in the annual report of 

 the Alaska service for that year.^ 



^Alaska Fishery and Fur-seal Industries in 1924. 

 Fisheries Document No. 992. 



By Ward T. Bower. Bureau of 



