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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Shumagin Packing: Co. changed to the canning business, while the 

 Universal By-Products Co. did not operate. Western Alaska pro- 

 duced 85 per cent of the pack of pickled salmon in 1920, the most 

 conspicuous operators being Libby, McNeill & Libby, Bering Sea 

 Salmon Packing Co., Golden Gate Salmon Co., Peter M. Nelson, and 

 Alaska Salmon Co. 



Statistics regarding the salmon-pickling industry in 1920 appear 

 in the following table : 



Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska Sai.mon-Picklino 



Industry in 1920. 



1 Each barrel holds 200 pounds of fish. 



SALMON FREEZING. 



The freezing of salmon in 1920 was carried on as a business of 

 secondary impoilance by six companies primarily engaged in other 

 branches of the fishery industry of Alaska. These companies, oper- 

 ating seven plants, reported an output of frozen salmon of 1,910,595 



