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U. S. BUREAU OK FISHERIES 



valued at $223,907, all in southeastern Alaska. This was an increase 

 of 413,073 pounds in quantity and $20,283 in value, or approxi- 

 mately 18 per cent in quantity and 10 per cent in value over 1924. 



Products of the Alaska fresh-salmon industry in 1925 



Species 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



Pounds 



2, (52J, 017 



Value 



223, 907 



Fig. 9.— Fleet of small Ashing boats at Ketchikan 



FREEZING 



No independent investment was credited to the salmon-freezing 

 business in Alaska in 1925, the operations being wholly incidental to 

 other lines of the fishery industry. There was an increase in produc- 

 tion of 284,957 pounds, or 12 per cent, over 1924, the total output 

 in 1925 being 2,572,623 pounds, valued at $170,663, as compared 

 with 2,287,666 pounds, valued at $165,809 in 1924. 



Products of the Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1925 



Species 



Coho, or silver. 

 Chum, or keta. 

 King, or spring 



Total 



Pounds 



686, 045 



423, 619 



1,462,959 



2, 572, 623 



Value 



$37,118 



12, 550 



120, 995 



170, 663 



