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Persons engaged, investment, and products of the Alaska halibut fishery in 1925 



COD 



In Alaskan waters, cod fishing is conducted both from shore sta- 

 tions and by an offshore fleet that operates entirely from ports in the 

 States. In the following statistics Alaska is credited only with the 

 operations from shore stations and with vessels that land their catches 

 in Alaska or engage in transporting products from the shore stations. 

 In 1925, the shore-station cod fleet consisted of 4 vessels belonging 

 to the Union Fish Co., 2 of the Alaska Codfish Co., and 1 of the San 

 Juan Fishing & Packing Co. The offshore fleet, which is listed sepa- 

 rately, comprised 4 vessels of the Union Fish Co., 3 of the Pacific 

 Coast Codfish Co., 2 of the Robinson Fisheries Co., 1 of the Alaska 

 Codfish Co., and 1 belonging to Capt. J. A. Matheson. The only 

 addition to the fleet in 1925 was the schooner C. A. Thayer (390 tons), 

 which was acquired by the Pacific Coast Codfish Co. and was sent 

 to Bering Sea early in the year. The Daisy, which belonged to the 

 Aleutian Islands Livestock Co. at Chernofsky, Alaska, did not fish 

 for cod in 1925. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



The cod industry of Alaska gave employment to 113 persons in 

 1925, or 11 more than in 1924. The investment amounted to 

 $467,530, as compared with $310,792 in 1924. Dry-salted and 

 pickled cod, stockfish, tongues, and frozen cod, aggregating 2,853,942 

 pounds, valued at $128,803, were the products of this fishery. Com- 

 parable figures for 1924 are 1,580,026 pounds, valued at $100,777. 

 The products of the offshore fishery were reported to be 10,560,546 

 pounds of dry-salted cod and tongues, valued at $573,170. The 

 offshore fishery employed 344 persons. 



