ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 317 
In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers, which 
is carried on principally by natives, 1,362,000 pounds of dried chum 
salmon and 80,000 pounds of dried cohos were prepared, valued at 
$54,480 and $3,200, respectively. Nine whites and 692 natives 
engaged in the fishery and the apparatus used consisted of 290 wheels, 
387 gill nets of 5,878 fathoms, 2 dories, and 50 rowboats and skiffs. 
Production of dry-salted, dried, and other miscellaneous salmon products in Alaska 














































in 1936 
Southeast Alaska] Cefftral Alaska | Western Alaska Total 
Product 
Pounds | Value | Pounds | Value | Pounds | Value | Pounds | Value 
Dry-salted: 
@ohoworsilyer==2—2=---=- == 1O%2001| ($1528) =~ 5 Sai aes ee ee ee aE | eee ae 10,200 | $1,528 
Keine wor Springs sss 8 Se se 2, 400 AME) ees oy Se POE 9, 600 $960 12, 000 1, 301 
Red; orsockeye-—_-------= T2900) 0/206) mes = ee | ee Bae elle ee 7, 900 1, 206 
Motels ee see eases) _———$——— |——|———— 
205500 sl e350) ee enaees ee see 9, 600 960 30, 100 4, 035 
@oho} ori silver. -22._2==-- 
@humaporiketax- 4 -2-* == ase ee Se |e | eee 80,000 | 3,200 80, 000 3, 200 
MES TA eS aN Bone | eI | eo 1, 362,000 | 54,480 |1, 362,000 | 54,480 
Motalsa—-~ 24s ons een —————S$ | —— 1c ])—H_ _|— ——— 
SP 29 [ere Ta es | ee he Oe Se 1, 442, 000 | 57,680 |1, 442, 000 47, 680 
Fish pudding, Norwegian style- be Sere les * ee 3, 600 $500 he hye Se cere a 3, 600 500 
Frozen for bait: 
@oho; or siliver==_222-2- 2 1; 048 269) 2 oe ee Cae oe eet a eceee eee 1, 048 26 
@hum;!or Ketans 5222225 292" 536%) Qa9254|2 eek 2p S Ee Dae klE tS Ss |e ee 292, 536 2, 925 
Pink, or humpback ------- 140, 908 1,409" |zcssse-e s\n SLE eos as eee ee 140, 908 1, 409 
iKeine-orispring—==— fe == 840 Qrissd eee eae ee ESSE SSCA 840 8 
Redior sockeye4- 2 ---=-- 38, 906 16% || e202 she | Ease Sse a ee 3, 906 167 
Mo taleees-- 6 eee A ee, ASOPQER WN Rit 5 B5 1||eee ay ene ee EEE eee ee 439,238 | 4, 535 
Fresh for fox feed: 
Wahoror silver 29 == 25. Se5|'2sFer ses 30, 980 S10, |-2 225-22 ake esa 30, 980 310 
Pik COGN DD aCe sees esaat nae ee 14, 000 1010) eae eee ee 14, 000 120 
AN) eu eee 2 Se eh SS Se wees ee as ls 44, 980 430i oo. 5 a ae ee 44, 980 430 
Grand totale 2s" == sss 459,738 | 7,610 | 48, 580 930 |1, 451,600 | 58,640 |1,959,918 | 67, 180 
BYPRODUCTS 
A bypreducts plant in southeast Alaska was engaged in the manu- 
facture of salmon meal and oil, giving employment to 20 white shores- 
men and 2 white transporters during the season. Two salmon can- 
neries in central Alaska also prepared limited amounts of byproducts 
in connection with their canning operations. The total production 
was 1,554,000 pounds of fertilizer valued at $24,579, and 45,435 gallons 
of oil valued at $13,984, as compared with 1,171,900 pounds of ferti- 
lizer valued at $16,763 and 49,000 gallons of oil valued at $15,200 in 
1935—an increase of about 33 percent in the output of fertilizer and a 
decrease of 7 percent in the amount of oil. 
HERRING 
Operations in the herring fishery in 1936 were marked by a sharp 
decline in southeast and western Alaska and an expansion in the 
central district, with the result that the total quantity of herring prod- 
ucts was somewhat short of that for the preceding year, although well 
above the general average. 
The weak market for herring oil and the problem of meeting higher 
prices demanded by the fishermen caused three firms in southeast 
