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Packing Co. reported the loss of canned salmon valued at $20,640. 

 Fishing gear, small boats, and equipment valued at $44,997 also were 

 lost in the district. One fisherman was killed accidentally, one was 

 drowned, and seven fishermen and nine shoresmen died of disease. 



STATISTICS 



In 1925, 129 canneries were operated in Alaska, 1 less than in 1924. 

 The active investment in the industry was $53,543,544, a gain of 

 $865,874, or 1.6 per cent, over 1924. The increase in southeast 

 Alaska was $794,697, or 3 per cent; in central Alaska the investment 

 declined $459,756, or nearly 4 per cent; and in western Alaska it 

 increased $530,933, or slightly over 3 per cent. 



Employment was given to 21,805 persons, as compared with 20,107 

 in 1924, an increase of 1,698, or 8.4 per cent. White employees 

 increased 1,048, Japanese 144, Filipinos 550, Mexicans 183, negroes 

 77, Porto Ricans 21, and miscellaneous 18, while natives decreased 

 256 and Chinese 87. 



The total pack of canned salmon was 4,459,937 cases, valued at 

 $31,989,531. This was a decline from 1924 of 834,978 cases, or 

 approximately 15.8 per cent, and a decrease in value of $1,017,604, 

 or 3 per cent. The output in southeastern Alaska increased from 

 2,787,789 cases to 2,802,414, or slightly over one-half of 1 per cent; 

 while in central Alaska it declined from 1,605,107 cases to 1,052,593, 

 or nearly 35 percent, and in western Alaska from 902,019 cases to 

 604,930, or nearly 33 per cent. The decline was attributable 

 chiefly to the smaller runs of humpbacks in central Alaska and of 

 reds in western Alaska. In Alaska as a whole the pack of chums 

 increased from 1,028,488 to 1,078,680 cases, or 4.9 per cent; and that 

 of kings from 33,648 to 49,978 cases, or 48.5 per cent. The coho 

 pack decreased from 183,601 to 161,010 cases, or about 12 per cent; 

 humpbacks from 2,601,283 to 2,110,593 cases, or 18.8 per cent; and 

 reds from 1,447,895 to 1,059,676 cases, or about 26 per cent. 



Persons engaged in the Alaska salmon- canning industry in 1925 



1 Uawaiians, Koreans, Kanakas, etc. 



