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pounds, valued at $132,223, as compared with 2,332,844 pounds in 

 1923, valued at S186,790, a shrinkage of 41 per cent in output and 

 29 per cent in value of products. The total number of persons em- 

 ployed was 102, or 163 less than in 1923. 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of Alaska salmon-pickling industry in 



1924 



FRESH SALMON 



The fresh-salmon business of Alaska represents no appreciable 

 independent investment, as it is largely incidental to the mild curing 

 of salmon and freezing of halibut. The bulk of the salmon marketed 

 fresh comes from the trollers of southeastern Alaska, and consists of 

 kings and cohos too small for mild curing. In 1924 there were 

 produced 2,206,944 pounds, valued at $203,624, as compared with 

 2,926,257 pounds, valued at $244,838, in 1923, or a decline of 24 per 

 cent in quantity and 16 per cent in value. This decline may be 

 accounted for by the fact that most of the fresh fish were used by the 

 canning and mild-curing industries. 



