ALASKA FISHERY AXD FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1920. 



45 



of this amount was invested in the salmon industry. Employment 

 was given to 27.482 persons or 1,052 less than in 1919. The total 

 value of the products in 1920 was $41,492,124. a decrease of $8,789,- 

 940, or approximately 174 per cent. The important factor in this 

 reduced production was the smaller pack of salmon in southeast 

 Alaska. 



ScMMABY oi" Investments in the Fisheries of Alaska in 1920. 



Industries. 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Salmon canning !$30, 153, 798 



Salmon mil'l-curing I 213, 632 



Salmon pickling ' 9, 800 



Salmon dry salting 



Salmon bv-products 375, 127 



Halibut fishery 2, 270, 722 



Herring fishery ' •H3,346 



Cod fishery i 



Whale fishery 535,709 



Crab fishery 550 



Shrimp fishery 76,100 



Total. 



34,078,784 



Central 

 Alaska. 



Western 

 Alaska. 



$14,058,952 $18,337,977 



560 



949, OOC 



1,639,453 



88,904 



200 



16,737,075 



288,321 

 45,232 



4,260 



418,275 



1,076,297 



20,170,362 



Total. 



$62, 



550,727 

 213, 632 

 298, 681 



45,232 

 375, 127 

 270, 722 

 396,612 

 057, 728 

 700, 910 

 750 



76, 100 



70,980,221 



SUMM^VKY OF I'ERSONS ENGAGED IN THE FlSHH^JIES OF ALASKA IN 1920. 



Races. 



Southeast! Central 

 Alaska. I Alaska. 



Western 

 Alaska. 



Total. 



Whites 



Natives 



Chine.se 



Japanese 



Filipinas 



Mexicans 



Negroes 



Miscellaneous. 



6,629 



2,442 



1,115 



1,071 



862 



278 



24 



184 



3,648 



874 



sr>3 



273 



358 



174 



53 



19 



Total 12,605 5,962 



I 



5,775 

 417 

 691 

 101 

 367 



1,227 

 230 

 107 



8,915 



16,052 

 3,733 

 2, 369 

 1,445 

 1,587 

 1,679 

 307 

 310 



27,482 



SUMMABY OF PRODUCTS OF THE ALASKAN FISHERIES IN 1920. 



Products. 



Salmon: 



Canned cases. 



Mild-cured pounds. 



Pickled .do. . . 



Frozen do. . . 



Fresh do. . . 



Dry salted do. . . 



Dried and smoked do. . . 



By-products, oil gallons. 



By-products, fertilizer pounds. 



Halibut: 



Fresh do. . . 



Frozen do. . . 



Canned do. . . 



Herring: 



Canned, 1-pound cans cases. 



Fresh for fixid pounds. 



Fresh for bait do. . . 



Frw-cn for bait do. . . 



Pickled, Scotfh cure do. . . 



Pickled , s|)i<ed do. 



Picklcl, .Norwegian cure do... 



Fertilizer do... 



Oil gallons . 



Quantity. 



4,429,463 



1,857,800 



964,400 



1,916,595 



3,248,081 



224,840 



20,000 



39, 052 



1,778,000 



7,506,763 



7,788,017 



720 



3,602 



2,400 



1,559,100 



2, 525, 700 



8,22:j, 190 



S.fJOO 



314,019 



6, 07S, (XH) 



681,067 



Value. 



$36,602,800 

 364,219 

 104,873 

 161,143 

 263,264 

 37,535 

 3,250 

 16,370 

 88,382 



1,034,380 



692, 343 



75 



28,980 



105 



21,107 



20,027 



490, 485 



4(X) 



22,199 



316,161 



404,090 



