PACIFIC COD FISHERIES 

 Importation* of cod front Japan 



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PACIFIC COD INDUSTRY IN 1924 



Some differences will be found between the figures herein given 

 for the cod industry of Alaska and the figures appearing in the 

 report "Alaska Fishery and Fur-Seal Industries in 1924" (Bureau 

 of Fisheries Document No. 992). This is because of the fact that 

 certain items are included in this report that are not credited to 

 the cod industry in the Alaska report cited above. The Alaska 

 report includes only those fish actually landed in the Territory; 

 also, there are credited to Alaska only those fishing vessels that 

 were operated from shore stations, and the vessels engaged in trans- 

 porting shore-station catches but that did not engage in offshore 

 fishing. Later and more complete sources of information also were 

 available in preparing the figures that appear hereinafter. 



PERSONS EMPLOYED 



The following table shows the number of persons employed in the 

 various branches of the industry. Alaska leads in the total number 

 by a slight margin over California. The latter State leads, how- 

 ever, in the number of fishermen and transporters. About 34 

 Indians were employed in Alaska. All others were whites. 



