124 



IT. S. BUR KMT OF FISHER IKS 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of Alaska salmon mild-curing industry 



in 1925 



i 349 tierces. 



2 5,958 tierces. 



3 215 tierces. 



* 6,173 tierces. 



PICKLING 



The pickled-salmon industry, which is carried on chiefly in western 

 Alaska, has been declining gradually in recent years. With the 

 depletion of the red-salmon runs, particularly in Bristol Bay, the 

 packers have been increasingly anxious to utilise more of the catch 

 of this species for canning. The largest saltery in the Bristol Bay 

 district, formerly operated by Peter M. Nelson, was sold this year to 

 the Nakat Packing Corporation and converted into a cannery. 

 One new concern, the Westward Packing Co., which operated a 

 floating saltery, entered this district in 1925; but as a result of the 

 small run it made a light pack and later sold its plant. 



The investment of $203,000 in the salmon-pickling industry was 

 divided — $156,469 in western and $46,531 in central Alaska. There 

 were slight increases in the number of persons engaged and the total 

 investment but a considerable decrease in amount and value of 

 products. In southeastern Alaska production increased from 40,700 



