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shown under the name of Lars Mikkelsen. Operations by the Pacific 

 American Fisheries in the vicinity of Unimak Island and W. J. 

 Erskine Co. in the Kodiak ref^ion account lartjely for the increased 

 procUiction of cod in 1920 over that of 1919. It is noteworthy that 

 approximately 28 per cent of the cod taken in Alaskan waters was 

 reported as of shore-station catch. Generally the smaller producers 

 of cod are the operators of shore stations onl3\ 



The Alaska cod industry is facino; a decline of serious proportions 

 in view of the active competition which has developed rather re- 

 cently throu«>:h deliveries of cod by Japanese vessels. Under present 

 conditions this competition bids fair to increase to the great dis- 

 advantage of the Alaska cod industry. 



A'ESSEL FISHERY. 



Owing to the withdrawal of J. A. Matheson, the schooner Fanny 

 I>utard does not appear in the list of vessels forming the cod fleet of 

 1920. The ('has. R. Wilson, a schooner heretofore listed as one of 

 the vessels of the Pacific Coast Codfish Co., was also withdrawn 

 from the Alaska field. Offsetting these withdrawals are two notable 

 additions to the list of vessels in the fleet of 1920. One w^as that of 

 the schooner S. N. Castle, belonging to the Alaska Codfish Co., and 

 the other that of the schooner Carolyn Frances, owned by the Union 

 Fish Co., which company further increased its fleet by adding the 

 schooners Eunwe, Mainj E, Ch^ts. E. Brown, and the power schooner 

 Progress. The W. J. Erskine Co. reported nine small vessels engaged 

 in cod fishing at Kodiak, two of which were listed in 1919. The 

 Alaska Codfish Co. added the Alasco IV to its fleet of small power 

 vessels in Alaska. 



The fleet in 1920 was composed of 36 vessels. 16 of which were 

 schooners of more than 100 tons register. This is an increase of 11 

 over the number listed in 1919. The total tonnage of the fleet in 1920 

 was 5,171 net tons, as compared wdth 4,234 net tons in 1919. 



SHORE STATIONS. 



The important shore stations of Alaska were operated and located 

 as follows: O. Kraft & Son at Kodiak; the T"^nion Fish Co. and the 

 Alaska Codfish Co. at several stations in the Shumagin and Sanak 

 Islands ; the Bering Sea Fisheries Co. at Unga ; and four stations in 

 the Aleutian Islands Reservation. 



Alaska Cod Fleet in 1920. 



