ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEHEAL INDUSTRIES 319 
The Oceanic Fisheries Co. also built and operated a new herring 
plant on the east shore of Raspberry Island midway between the plants 
of the Southwestern Herring, Inc., and the Apex Fish Co., at the loca- 
tion known as Port Vita. A new firm, Jacobson Bros., leased the 
plant at Port Williams, Shuyak Strait, belonging to David Buvick, and 
the latter operated at Port Hobron. The more important operators 
in the central district were as follows: 
Salteries: 
Dy anil JB vi Cie on a3 eo yt 8 See gee Port Hobron. 
Chatham Strait Wish) Con —- 2. ase eee Floating plant. 
JecObson VB hOst=. te at eens a a eee Port Williams. 
Oceanic, Fisheries:Co.} Inc. 1- Ue es Floating plant. 
SanuManco: Mish Cot! mie ie Say ee Do. 
Saltery and reduction plants: 
PADEXEHIShT OOM AOU, - MONOMER 2. iy 2 Sabie eee Port Wakefield. 
Chatham Strait Fish (Cos-- 2-4 eee Crab Bay. 
hivans; Bay Packing \Co., incl: ss se eee Port Benny. 
Ceorce Hoge Col sis See 2 ae See eee epee Blue Fox Bay. 
Johanson: Risheries (Coste 2. oe Pxeasheea ees Thumb Bay. 
Occanic-Hisheries Co, Ine... te eee Thumb Bay and Port Vita. 
San Juan Fishing & Packing Cox... 2_ 2222. Port San Juan. 
Shepard Point, Packing’ @ov2 222 or se tee ee Port Ashton. 
Southwestern ‘Herring; Inc_.-..2=--.-2 222.2 Tron Creek. 
Herring packing in the western district was carried on only at Dutch 
Harbor and Unalaska. The following operators prepared Scotch- 
cured herring, and a small amount of bloater stock was put up 
incidentally: 
PAVIStMeS EG: GROG’. Se tans Sen ha pe ep ee ae a Unalaska. 
Campbellec Dougal: uo 2. ba." (22a se se eee eee eee Dutch Harbor. 
Kdgacobsensd Costs. 2- 8 tie ee ee eee ee eee Do. 
Northwestern Herring Co=.2- == 2) 5 aa eee ds Do. 
SV CTORO MUST: sitet te on, Sateen ee ae ea eee nee Unalaska. 
rRonnesseedersont ta 5. ol Pani thee eee ees ee Dutch Harbor. 
Rolanbeacking Coz. (225) yeu tp Sets ee eae eee Do. 
Christoimeont oo 5 oes Se AS es ee Do. 
Studies concerning the life history and fluctuations in the abundance 
of the herring populations in Alaska were continued by Edwin H. 
Dahlgren and an assistant. These studies are centered chiefly in the 
Chatham Strait fishing area of southeast Alaska, but are producing 
results that are of fundamental application to the conservation of the 
herring populations throughout the Territory. 
STATISTICAL SUMMARY 
There were 1,111 persons engaged in the herring industry in 1936, as 
compared with 1,339 in 1935. The number of plants decreased from 
32 to 27. Products of the fishery were valued at $2,075,632, a decrease 
of $298,460, or about 13 percent from 1935, when the total value was 
$2,374,092. Scotch-cured herring decreased from 14,942,750 pounds 
valued at $808,064 to 11,413,225 pounds valued at $538,211, or about 
24 percent in quantity and 33 percent in value. Herring for bait in- 
creased from 5,959,475 pounds valued at $50,512 to 6,298,105 pounds 
valued at $57,200, or about 6 percent in quantity and 13 percent in 
value. Meal decreased about 6 percent in quantity but increased 46 
percent in value, and oil decreased 1 percent in quantity and 15 per- 
cent in value. 
