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located as follows, which, with the exception of the last two, devoted 

 their efforts solely to herring: 



Arentsen & Co Port Walter. 



Hamilton Packing Co Hood Bay. 



Chatham Strait Fish Co Port Walter. 



Buchan & Heinen Packing Co Port Armstrong. 



Killisnoo Packing Co Killisnoo. 



Northwestern Herring Co Port Conclusion. 



Alaska Herring & Sardine Co Little Port Walter. 



Baranof Packing Co , Red Bluff Bay. 



In central Alaska operations were centered in three localities — • 

 Prince William Sound, Lower Cook Inlet, and Afognak-Kodiak 

 waters. In the Prince William Sound district nine companies 

 operated, all except the last named being engaged exclusively in 

 herring operations, as follows: 



Lee-Salater Co Latouche. 



Franklin Packing Co Evans Bay. 



W. J. Imlach Packing Co Do. 



Utopian Fisheries Horseshoe Bay. 



Johnson Packing Co Latouche. 



Nildenrich Packing Co Crab Bay. 



Knight Island Packing Co Drier Bay. 



Everett-Pacific Fisheries Thumb Bay. 



San Juan Fishing & Packing Co Evans Bay. 



The bulk of the output of these plants was Scotch-cure herring, 

 but five also produced a considerable quantity of oil, fish meal, and 

 fertilizer. 



In the Cook Inlet district 15 producers of herring food products 

 were reported, as follows : 



Axel Norstad Halibut Cove. 



H. Sunsby Do. 



Ottar Hof stad Do. 



William J. Babis Do. 



G. E. Meredith Do. 



Sivertsen & Iversen Do. 



Arntsen & Buvick L Do. 



Knight Island Packing Co Do. 



Ed Jacobson & Co Do. 



Libby, McNeill & Libby Do. 



Fidalgo Island Packing Co Port Graham. 



Utopian Fisheries Seldovia. 



Herring Bay Packing Co Do. 



Mclver & McNab Packing Co Do. 



San Juan Fishing & Packing Co Tutka Bay. 



In the Afognak-Kodiak region five operators were likewise en- 

 gaged and located as follows : 



Kodiak Island Fishing & Packing Co Uganik Bay. 



W. J. Erskine Co Kodiak. 



Karl Armstrong Three Saints Bay. 



W. J. Imlach Packing Co Uzinki. 



Granheim Fishing & Packing Co Red Fox Bay. 



In western Alaska two operators packed a small quantity of 

 herring at Golovin Bay. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



The herring industry of Alaska employed 1,407 persons in 1924, 

 as compared with 88i in 1923. The number of plants increased 

 from 19 in 1923 to 32 in 1924, and the investment from $2,375,798 



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