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Walter: John L. Carlson & Co., at Auk Bay; Hoonah Packing Co., 

 at Hoonah ; and the Pacific American Fisheries, at Excursion Inlet 

 and Ikatan. 



The investment in this industry amounted to $375,127. Employ- 

 ment was given to 90 whites, 23 natives. 13 Mexicans, and 13 others, 

 or a total of 139 men. 



In 1920 there were produced as salmon by-products 889 tons of 

 fertilizer, valued at $88,382, and 39,052 gallons of oil, valued at 

 $16,370. The total vahie of these products was $10-1,752, an increase 

 of $85,106 over the value of similar products in 1919. 



HALIBUT FISHERY. 



Halibut are taken on banks of the North Pacific Ocean by vessels 

 from ports of Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Ameri- 

 can vessels deliver their fares indiscriminately in those regions, 

 controlling factors in the selection of a port of delivery being the 

 market price of halibut and the cost of supplies. As the bulk of the 

 catch of halibut in 1920 from Pacific waters was made on the high 

 seas, be3'ond the jurisdiction of any country. Alaska is credited only 

 with so much of the catch as was landed at her ports. Ordinarily 

 this apportionment of the catch would tend to reduce the amount 

 shown as the product of Alaska, for in recent years there was a 

 marked diversion of fares to the more southerly ports, but in 1920 

 this condition was not so evident, there being a notable increase in the 

 (juantity of halibut handled through Alaskan ports. Deliveries in 

 1920 exceeded those of 1919 by 1,016,709 pounds. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



In arriving at the investment in the halibut industry as credited 

 to Alaska an estimate was made of the value of all vessels, including 

 api)aratus, which made one or more landings of fares at ports in 

 Alaska. In the same manner an estimate was made of the number 

 of persons employed in this industry. On this basis the investment 

 is given as $2,270,722, an increase of $291,265. The number of per- 

 sons emploved in the halibut fishery was 768, as against 867 in 1919. 

 The production in 1920 was 15,295/)00 pounds, valued at $1,726,798, 

 as compared with 14,278,791 pounds, valued at $1,550,605, in 1919. 



The companies which handled the l)ulk of the halibut exported 

 from Alaska were the National Independent Fisheries Co., at Juneau 

 and Ketchikan; Jack Bailey, Pacific Sea Products Association 

 (Inc.). New England Fish Co., and the Eipley Fish Co., at Ketchi- 

 kan; San Juan Fishing & Packing Co., at Seward and Ketchikan; 

 and the Booth Fisheries Co., at Sitka. 



