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IT. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



The Alaska Codfish Co. reduced its fleet of fishing vessels by 

 withdrawing the schooners Bangor and S. N. Castle, while the Robin- 

 son Fisheries Co. sent the schooner Alice (220 tons) , in addition to the 

 Wawona, on a fishing voyage into Alaskan waters. In all, 12 schooners 

 comprised the offshore fleet. The fares of these vessels, consisting of 

 6,584,819 pounds of dry-salted cod, valued at $366,856, and 94,000 



Bounds of tongues, valued at $657, were landed at ports in the 

 ^nited States and are not credited to Alaska. 

 The shore -station fleet consisted of five vessels belonging to the 

 Union Fish Co. and one each to the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co. 

 and the Aleutian Livestock Co. The Martha, a sloop of 14 tons 

 owned by the Union Fish Co., was wrecked at the Shumagin Islands 

 during the season and became a total loss. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



The cod industry of Alaska gave employment to 102 persons in 

 1924, or 355 less than in 1923. This reduction is accounted for by the 

 exclusion of the fishermen employed with the offshore fleet, who 

 heretofore were included in these statistics. The investment amounted 

 to $310,792, as compared with $967,216 in 1923. This decrease is also 

 explained by the exclusion of all items credited to the offshore fleet 

 operations. Dry-salted cod, stockfish, tongues, and frozen cod 

 aggregating 1,580,026 pounds, valued at $100,777, comprised the 

 products of this fishery. On the basis of previous reports production 

 would have been 8,258,845 pounds, valued at $468,300. 



Alaska shore-station cod fleet in 1924 



Offshore cod fleet in 192 4 



