ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTEIES, 1921. 



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Output of canned salmon in Alaska, 1915 to 1921 — Continued. 



Average annual price.pcr case of 48 one-pound cans of salmon, 1911 to 1921. 



Product. 



1911 



1912 I 1913 



1915 1916 



1917 



1918 



1920 



1921 



Coho, or silver $5. 67 



Chum, or keta 3. 72 



Humpback, or pink 3. 94 



King, or spring • f. 48 



Red, or sockeye 0. 33 



$1.44 J3.45 

 2.37 I 2.21 

 2. 55 2. 58 

 5. 37 I 4. 04 

 5. 45 j 4. 54 



$4.39 $4.31 

 3. 37 2. 59 

 3.50 2.78 

 5.01 1 4.63 

 5.58 ! 5. 82 



$5.34 

 3.34 

 3.64 

 5.3b 

 6.04 



$8.76 $9.15 $11.27 



6.14 { 6.27 I 6.82 



6.44 ! 6.58 8.35 



10. 40 9. 85 j 13. 13 



9.48 9.44 1 12.98 



$9.13 

 4.19 

 5.47 

 10.97 

 13.05 



MILD CURING OF SALMON. 



The salmon mild-curing industry of Alaska is influenced largely by 

 market conditions, perhaps to a greater extent than other branches 

 of the salmon industry. Mild-cured salmon constitute a very perish- 

 able product, which necessitates careful handling and refrigeration 

 or easy access to markets. For these reasons the industry is centered 

 chiefly in southeast Alaska, which produces approximately 90 per 

 cent of the pack. Both king and coho salmon are mild cured, and 

 the bulk of the catch is made by trollers, who are not interested in the 

 curing end of the business. This industry in 1921 showed an invest- 

 ment of S6 13,5 16 and gave employment to 449 persons, exclusive of 

 independent trollers, of. which there were estimated to be 6,000 in 

 southeast Alaska. A total of 3,556 tierces of mild-cured salmon, 

 valued at $608,218, was produced in 1921, of which 3,530 tierces 

 were king salmon and 26 cohos. Corresponding figures for 1920 were 

 357 persons employed and 2,295 tierces of salmon, all kings, valued 

 at $364,219. 



Investment, persons engaged, and products of Alaska salmon mild-curing industry in 1921. 



* 26 tierces. 



■3,530 tierces. 



