ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL. INDUSTRIES 325 
the size, condition, and quantity of crabs varied from one bay to 
the next, as did the percentage of soft-shelled crabs. 
There were 271 persons engaged in the industry, of whom 210 were 
whites, 52 natives, 2 Japanese, 5 Filipinos, and 2 Mexicans. Products 
consisted of 340,293 pounds canned (2,842 cases of 6%-ounce cans, 
and 7,783 cases of %-pound cans, 48 to the case; and 3,093 cases of 
1-pound cans and 795 cases of 20-ounce cans, 24 to the case), valued 
at $124,925; 90,562 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at $31,757; 
and 1,658 dozen whole crabs in the shell, valued at $2,192. With 
the exception of 840 pounds of canned king crabs (35 cases of }5-pound 
cans), valued at $245, the entire production was of Dungeness crab. 
The total output of crab products in 1936 was 473,245 pounds, 
valued at $158,874, as compared with 499,538 pounds valued at 
$163,328 in 1935, a decrease of 5 percent in quantity and 3 percent 
in value. 
Products of the Alaska crab industry in 1936 


Southeast Alaska Central Alaska Total 
Product 
pee Pounds |} Value Num Pounds | Value hea Pounds | Value 



DUNGENESS CRABS 
Canned: 
614-ounce cans (48 to case) 
ases__| 1,886 36, 777|$14, 146 956 18, 642) $7,170} 2,842 55, 419} $21, 316 
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14-pound cans (48 to case) 








cases_ 4,037} 96,888] 31,820} 3,711] 89,064] 29,688] 7,748] 185,952] 61,508 
1-pound cans (24 to case) 
cases __ 92 2, 208 773| 3,001} 72,024) 34,345) 3,093} 74,232) 35,118 
20-ounce cans (24 to case) 
CaSeSz a |e Rae oe cll Ae 795| 23,850] 6, 7388 795} 23,850) 6,738 
Cold-packed meat: 
T-pound!icans=s2222222~ 2 _ 2 BL | wok aad iby isRile a. eA ol ale al 34,957| 34,957] 13, 983 
D=DOUTICNCANS= sss a= samen 5,299] 26,495) 9,723] 3,240} 16,200} 5,994] 8,539] 42,695] 15,717 
LOE DO UMA SEs eee ee wale Lee eee alle ae 1, 291 12,910} 2,057] 1,291 12, 910 2, 057 
Whole in shell______- ~dozen__| 1,476] 36,930] 1,887 182 5, 460 305} 1,658} 42,390) 2,192 
KING CRABS 
Canned: -pound cans (48 to 
GaSe) S52 ase = Sy cases__ 35 840 245 | SARE So ee 35 840 245 
OC Aleem ete eas a | Seems 230095 enol eee 238, 150] 86, 297) -____-- 473, 245] 158, 874 
TROUT 
As in the previous year, the commercial output of Dolly Varden 
and steelhead trout in Alaska was small, and the production was in- 
cidental to other branches of the fisheries. The reported products 
were as follows: Dolly Vardens, 5,527 pounds fresh, valued at $614, 
and 7,443 pounds frozen, valued at $670; steelheads, 33,393 pounds 
frozen, valued at $2,552. Except for 3,680 pounds of Dolly Vardens 
fresh, valued at $436, from the central district, these products were 
from southeast Alaska. The total output of both species was 46,363 
pounds valued at $3,836, as compared with 32,882 pounds valued at 
$2,405 in 1935. 
MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 
Fish of minor commercial importance are taken in small quantities, 
chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, and are landed in ports 
of Alaska and British Columbia and at Seattle. Such products landed 
in Alaska in 1936 were as follows: Sablefish, 614,536 pounds frozen, 
