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SALMON FREEZING. 



The output of frozen salmon from Alaska in 1919 was prepared by 

 six companies in southeastern Alaska engaged primarily in the 

 freezing of halibut and the canning of salmon. For that reason, no 

 investment is credited to this business and no persons are shown as 

 employed therein. The companies referred to were as follows: 

 Booth Fisheries Co., Goemaere Fish Co. (Inc.), Juneau Cold Storage 

 Co., Libby, McNeill & Libby, National Independent Fisheries Co., 

 New England Fish Co. 



There was produ<ed in Alaska in 1919 a total of 1,552,480 pounds 

 of frozen salmon, valued at 8130,355, a decrease from 1918 of 325,442 

 pounds in production and of $40,509 in value. 



QU.\NTITY AND VaLUE OF SaLMON FrOZEN IN ALASKA IN 1919, BY SpECIES. 



■-pecie^. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Coho, or silver 



Cliuni,or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



254, 784 

 437,878 

 356,680 

 3%, 213 

 10(>,92.5 



1,552,480 



J27,022 

 2S,f>5l 

 17,834 

 4(i, 156 

 10.632 



130, 355 



FRESH-SALMON TRADE. 



The fresh-salmon trade of Alaska in 1919 was confined wholly to 

 the southeast district. Nearly all of this business was incidental to 

 the canning and mild-curing industry, there being only three firms 

 whose chief trade was dealing in fresh salmon. They were Knutsen 

 Bros., at West Point, and 11. Bergman and the Fresh Fish Co., both 

 at Ketchikan. The quantity of salmon sold fresh in Alaska in 1919 

 was reported as 5,208,327 pounds, valued at $356,688. This is an 

 increase in production of 947,412 pounds, and in value of $20,112. 



Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska 



Trade in 1919.o 



Fre.sh-Salmon 



Item. 



INVESTMENT. 



OperatinR capital 



Wages paid 



l^aunches 



Rowboats 



Seines, haul (100 fathoms; . 



Cillnets (105 fathoms) 



Pound nets , driven 



Pound net" , floating 



Total. 



Quantity 



Number. 



Value. 



$27,685 



27,581 



2,800 



470 



150 



150 



43,000 



2,500 



104,336 



Item. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



Fishermen: Whites 



Shoresmen: Whites 



Transporters: Whites 



Total 



PRODUCTS. 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



Quantity. 



Pounds. 



1,306,608 

 420, 722 

 4.'iO, 429 



2, 695, 854 

 331,624 



5,208,327 



Value. 



$71,694 

 15,3.34 

 9, 703 



242,766 

 17,201 



356, 688 



o Confined wholly to southeast Alaska In 1919. 



