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station. Red salmon exclusively were handled in this field. The 

 oollection of eggs aggregated 4,800,000, of which 4,600,000 were fer- 

 tilized and planted. The loss was 200,000, or approximately 4 per 

 cent. In the aggregate the commission collected 11,100,000 salmon 

 eggs of all species. In 1921 it distributed in Alaskan watersl2,400,000 

 fry and fertilized eggs, of which 1,900,000 were fry produced from 

 eggs obtained in 1920. At the end of the year 100,000 coho fry were 

 being held in the Juneau hatchery. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES. 



The total active investment in the fisheries of Alaska in 1921 was 

 $39,001,096, or $31,985,125 less than in 1920, which is largely 

 accounted for by the elimination of the value of all inoperative can- 

 neries. The investment in the salmon industry alone amounted to 

 $34,490,149, or approximately 88 per cent of the total investments. 

 Employment was given to 15,070 persons, or 12,412 less than in 1920. 

 The total value of the products in 1921 was $24,086,867, or $17,405,257 

 less than in 1920. 



Summary of investments in the Alaska fisheries in 1921. 



Industries. 



Salmon canning 



Salmon mild curing . 



Salmon pickling 



Salmon, fresli 



Salmon by-products. 



Halibut fishery 



Herring fishery 



Cod fishery 



Shrimp fishery 



Crab fishery 



Whale fishery 



Total. 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



$8,637,938 

 613, 516 



55, 027 



141,319 



1, 835, 257 



377, 538 



147, 814 

 43,848 



11,852,257 



Central 

 Alaska. 



$7,606,825 



62, 205 



1,109,014 

 781,665 



190,334 



9,750,043 



Western 

 Alaska. 



$17,001,529 



371,790 



25, 477 



17,398,796 



Total. 



$33,246,292 



613, 516 



433,995 



55,027 



141,319 



1, 835, 257 



1,512,029 



781,665 



147, 814 



43,848 



190.334 



39,001,096 



Summary of persons engaged in the Alaska fisheries in 1921. 



Races. 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Central 

 Alaska. 



Western 

 Alaska. 



Total. 



Whites 



Natives 



Chinese 



Japanese 



FUipinos 



Mexicans 



Negroes 



Miscellaneous 



Total... 



2,085 



1,595 



114 



314 



140 



14 



13 



1,982 

 777 

 225 

 247 

 100 

 130 

 4 

 21 



4,283 



3,486 



4,166 

 421 

 558 

 87 

 717 

 1,229 

 93 

 30 



7,301 



8,233 



2,793 



897 



648 



937 



1,373 



110 



59 



15,070 



