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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



DRY SALTING OF SALMON. 



The dry salting of salmon in Alaska in 1919 was represented by 

 the a<tivities of a single packer, the Kuskokwim Fishing & Trans- 

 portation Co., at Apokak. The investment was increased from 

 $58,345 in 1918 to $103,862 in 1919, the increase bein^ accounted for 

 entirely by the inclusion of the value of certain vessels not reported 

 in 1918. 



Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska Dry Salting of Salmon 



IN 1919." 



INVESTMENT. 



Plants 



Operating capital 



Power vessels over 5 tons 



Net tonnage 



Launches 



Seine and rowboats 



Gill nets, 1 ,160 fathoms . . 



Total 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



Fishermen: 

 Whites. 



Quantity. 



Number. 

 1 



4 



423 



1 



16 

 20 



Value. 



$10,000 

 29,162 

 63,000 



200 

 900 

 600 



103,862 



Quantity. 



PERSONS ENGAGED— COnt 



Shoresmen: 



Whites 



Natives 



Transporters: 



Whites 



Total 



PRODUCTS. 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



King, or spring 



Ked, or sockeye 



Total 



Number. 

 3 

 25 



Pounds. 

 71,670 

 15,104 



110,820 

 14,650 



212,244 



Value. 



87,167 

 1,359 

 7,757 

 1,318 



17,601 



a Confined wholly to western Alaska. 



DRYING AND SMOKING OF SALMON. 



The drying and smoking of salmon in Alaska is not an essential 

 branch of the salmon industry, though a considerable quantity of 

 salmon is doubtless so prepared and used locally, chiefly by the 

 Indians. Statistics of the number of salmon used in this way are 

 unavailable, but a conservative estimate would place the quantity 

 at 400,000 pounds, having a value of at least $40,000. In addition 

 to this, the Juneau Cold Storage Co. kippered 15,000 poimds of 

 salmon, valued at $3,000. 



SALMON BY-PRODUCTS. 



The most notable change in the salmon by-products industry was 

 the withdrawal from Alaska of the Fish Canners By-Products Co., at 

 Ward Cove. This company met with misfortune in 1918 by the loss 

 in transit of new machinery intended for installation in its oil and 

 fertilizer factory, and as a result it decided not to operate. The 

 plant was then offered for sale and remained idle in 1919. 



The Pacific American Fisheries was the only concern in Alaska in 

 1919 utilizing the oflal and other fishery waste at its canneries in the 

 production of by-products. It operated plants in connection with the 

 canneries at Excursion Inlet in southeast Alaska, and at Ikatan in 

 central Alaska. As these reduction plants were incidental to the 

 caniiing of salmon, no investment in the by-products industry is 

 shown for 1919. The products were 362 tons of fertilizer, valued at 

 $18,680, and 966 gallons of oil, valued at 



