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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



ment of 5,000,000 was made to the Bureau's station at Quinault, 

 Wash. Plants of fry and fingerUngs in Litnik Lake aggregated 

 25,583,000. The loss of eggs and fry was 3,398,000, or 6.2 per cent. 



FORTMANN. 



The Fortmann salmon hatchery of the Alaska Packers Association 

 is located at Heckman Lake on ReVillagigedo Island, southeast Alaska. 



In 1918, a collection of 19,620,000 red-salmon eggs was made, from 

 which were hatched and liberated through nursery ponds into the 

 Naha Stream system 15,205,000 fry. The loss of eggs and fry was 

 4,415,000, or 22^ per cent. Between September 8 and November 22, 

 1919, a total of 18,420,000 red-salmon eggs was taken. 



The collection of humpback-salmon eggs in 1918 was 3,660,000, 

 from wliich there were produced and planted 3,235,000 fry, the loss of 

 eggs and fry being 425,000, or 11.6 per cent. The number of hump- 

 back-salmon eggs taken in 1919 was 600,000, a decrease of 83.6 per 

 cent from the previous year. 



QUADBA. 



The Northwestern Fisheries Co. continued the operation of its 

 Quadra hatchery, located on Hugh Smith Lake, previously known as 

 Quadra Lake. Spa\vn taking in 1918 began August 8 and was dis- 

 continued September 24. It resulted 'in a collection of 20,400,000 

 red-salmon eggs from which there were hatched and planted 19,852,- 

 000 fry. The loss of eggs and fry was 548,000, or approximately 2.7 

 per cent. 



In 1919, the collection of red-salmon eggs at Quadra began August 

 12 and ended November 14; the total take was 11,710,000. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES IN 1919. 



The total investment in the Alaska fisheries in 1919 was $74,181,560, 

 an increase of $430,771 over 1918. Of this amount approximately 92 

 per cent was invested in the salmon industry. The fishery industry 

 gave employment to 28,534 persons, a decrease of 2,679 from the 

 number employed in 1918. The total value of the products in 1919 

 was $50,282,067, a decrease of $8,872,792 from 1918, or approxi- 

 mately 15 per cent. This lessened production was due almost wholly 

 to the heavy falling off in the pack of salmon. 



Summary of Investments, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska Fisheries 



IN 1919. 



