308 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Companies that canned salmon in Alaska, number and location of canneries operated, 
and number of traps owned by each, 1936—Continued 


Canneries Traps 
Company 
Number Location Driven | Floating | Total 


Western Alaska: 
Egegik River___--.---- 
Kvichak Bay (2)------ 
Naknek River (2)_---- 
Nushagak Bay--_------ 
WeashikeRiver® 22-4 
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Alaska Packers Association_..----_---- 

Alaska ‘Salmon Cos. 2 2s2- ss 5-2 1) WoodsRiver:-----+52== 
Alaska Southern Packing Co_-_------_- 1 | Port Moller (floating) _ 
Bristol Bay Packing Co_-=-=---------- 1 Kvichak River_ = 
Columbia River Packers Association -- 2 ee aeias 
International Packing Co-_-._---------- 1 | Port Moller (floating)_ 
Egegik River 
Bkuk.-------.- 
; F F oggiung______ 
Libby, MeNeil & Libby-.------------- 6 Wibbyvilieeaesaeaaees 
Hockdno kes 2 se 
INushagak=- + -=2=355 
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Nakat Packing Corporation, The---- .- I|\INa@keeny Aeeie ot Aue 
Pacific American Fisheries, Inc__------ 3 |; Nushagak River_-____- 
PonteViollers =, Se 
(eeenes Rivers. 224 
Ugashik River 
Egegik River (floating) 
| Naknek River-_-_-_--_-_- 


Red Salmon Canning Co_-_-__--------- 2 
Western Pacific Packing Co__.---.-_-- 1 



LOSSES AND DISASTERS 
Reported property losses in the Alaska fisheries in 1936 amounted 
to $852,303, most of which pertained to the salmon industry. Of this 
amount, $543,224 represented the loss of the plant of the Bristol Bay 
Packing Co. on Kvichak River and a considerable part of the season’s 
pack of salmon, when the cannery buildings were burned down on 
July 7. The work of rebuilding was begun in the fall, and it is ex- 
pected that a new five-line cannery will be in operation by the com- 
pany next season. Another plant in the Bristol Bay region, that of 
the Red Salmon Canning Co. at Ugashik, was destroyed by fire on 
February 15, with a loss of $63,197. Construction of a modern 
cannery to replace it was completed before commercial fishing began, 
and the new plant, equipped with two lines of high-speed machinery, 
was operated during the season. Other losses in western Alaska, 
consisting of boats, gill nets, anchors, and miscellaneous supplies, 
amounted to $78,631, the largest single item being the whaling steamer 
Westport, valued at $59,000. 
Two plants in central Alaska, together with equipment, fishing 
apparatus, and part of the season’s pack, were destroyed by fire in 
September—the salmon and clam cannery of the Surf Canneries, Inc., 
at Kukak Bay, with a loss of $93,667, and the salmon cannery of the 
North Pacific Sea Foods Co. at Fort Liscum, with a loss of $47,906. 
Before the end of the month the latter company started rebuilding at 
Swanport, on Port Valdez, a short distance west of the former loca- 
tion. Other losses in central Alaska, chiefly boats and fishing gear, 
amounted to $10,048. 
In southeast Alaska the total reported losses amounted to $15,630, 
consisting of a bunkhouse and other small buildings, and various fish- 
to 
ing apparatus and equipment. 
