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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 

 PICKLING INDUSTRY. 



The salmon-pickling industry was so overshadowed by its giant 

 brother, the canning industry, that statistical data, except for Alaska, 

 were found in extremely fragmentary shape, and only that portion 

 is sho\Tn relating to Alaska from the time of annexation to and 

 including 1919. 



Pack of Salted Salmon in Alaska, 1868 to 1919. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Barrels. 



Value. 



Salmon bellies. 



Barrels. 



Value. 



Dry-salted salmon. 



Poimds. Value, 



1868. 



1870.. 

 1871.. 

 1872. . 

 1873.. 

 1874.. 

 1875.. 

 1876.. 

 1877.. 

 1878.. 

 1879.. 

 1880.. 

 1881.. 

 1882. . 

 188.3.. 

 1884.. 

 1885.. 

 1886., 

 1887., 

 1888., 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1891. 

 1892. 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 

 1907. 

 190S. 

 1909. 

 1910. 

 1911. 

 1912. 

 1913. 

 1914. 

 1915. 

 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 



2,000 

 1,700 

 1,800 

 700 

 1,000 

 900 

 1,400 

 1,200 

 1,800 

 1,950 

 2,100 

 3, 500 

 3,700 

 1,760 

 5,890 

 7,251 

 6,106 

 3,230 

 4,861 

 3,978 

 9,500 

 6,457 

 18,039 

 8,913 

 17,374 

 24,005 

 32,011 

 14, 234 

 9,314 

 15, 848 

 22, 670 

 22,382 

 31,852 

 24,477 

 30, 3S4 

 27, 921 

 13, 674 

 19, 071 

 17,283 

 22, 307 

 34,337 

 28,915 

 12, 779 

 8,4K3 

 34, 602 

 37, 881 

 25, 954 

 12, 058 

 17, 259 

 36, 165 

 56, 837 

 8.110 



$16,000 

 13,600 

 14,400 

 6, 300 

 9,000 

 7,200 

 11,200 

 9,600 

 14, 400 

 15, 700 

 16, 800 

 28, 000 

 29, 600 

 15, 840 

 53, 010 

 65,259 

 54, 954 

 29, 070 

 43, 749 

 35, 802 

 85,500 

 58,013 

 162,351 

 71,304 

 140,057 

 120, 0,'<3 

 176,060 

 8.5,404 

 65,198 

 110,936 

 1K1,360 

 167, 865 

 23K, 890 

 171,3,39 

 212, 6S8 

 223, 368 

 89, 209 

 143, .SI 1 



126. 194 

 203,127 

 293,377 

 183, 400 

 111,634 

 102, 477 

 305, 928 

 272, 726 



247. 195 

 157, 457 

 205, 706 

 .5S4, 962 



1,07,H,456 

 195,447 



757,927 7,058,006 



150 



2,846 



580 



235 



2,353 



652 



328 



3,667 



20S 



1,.360 



1,33S 



2,965 



4,736 



1,970 



1,626 



1, 337 



37 



451 



408 



571 



475 



225 



53 



$3,300 



1,200 



28, 460 



5,800 



2,350 



23,530 



3,816 



2,952 



32,973 



1,950 



11,3.55 



13,644 



37, 422 



59,330 



25, 358 



19,007 



15, 561 



606 



6, 523 



5,467 



13,610 



6,961 



5,535 



1,425 



328,950 



511,400 



300, 000 



966,812 



7, 2.S0, 234 



1,107,6,80 



107, .WO 



20,800 



71,600 



22,178 



33, 285 



21,282 

 12, 200 



44,552 

 371, 600 



212,244 



11,083,447 



$10, 228 



5,500 



16, 180 



115,643 



16,969 



1,505 



416 



1,038 



554 



1,340 



1,235 

 810 



2,408 

 33,044 



17,601 



224,471 



