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halibut. In 1920 the production of sablefish reached a total of 

 584,251 pounds, valued at $28,644. There was an increase of 74,882 

 pounds in prochicts but a decline of $6,941 in value from the corre- 

 sponding figures reported in 1919. Statistics show that 565,926 

 pounds, valued at $27,770, were frozen ; 3,000 pounds, valued at 

 $140, were pickled; and 15,325 pounds, valued at $634, were shipped 

 fresh to the States. 



CRABS. 



Some change was noted in 1920 with respect to the utilization 

 of crabs in Alaska. The Arctic Packing Co. and P^da (). Kitzman 

 canned experimentally a few cases of crabs at Seldovia, in central 

 Alaska. John Murphy, at Tenakee, was the only operator engaged 

 in crab fishing in southeastern Alaska, The investment in the crab 

 fishery was $750. The products were 70 cases of canned crabs, valued 

 at $1,050. and 6,350 i)ounds of crabs sold fresh for $690. The total 

 value of all crai> products was $1,740. 



SHRIMPS. 



Encouraging interest in the shrimp fishery of southeastern Alaska 

 was manifested in 1920 by the Alaskan (ilacier Sea Food Co., at 

 Petersburg. The investment in the shrimj) industry was reported 

 as $76,100, of which amount $24,500 was i)aid in wages to 14 whites, 

 5 natives, 20 Japanese, and 1 Mexican. Four boats and six trawls, 

 valued at $29,600, were operated in this fi.shery. The total produc- 

 tion of shrimp was 112,045 pounds, valued at $49,123. The products 

 of tliis fishery were more than double those of 1919, and it would 

 therefore seem that the competition of the southern shrimp fisheries 

 had not seriously affected operations in Alaska. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODFCTS. 



This classification of products includes red rorkfish. flatfish, and 

 smelts. Products aggregated 11,073 pounds, valued at $229, prac- 

 tically all of which were frozen. 



