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pounds of coho salmon, valued at $196; 6,000 pounds of chums, valued 

 at $600; and 1,222 pounds of king salmon, valued at $183, were dried 

 and smoked. The total quantity of dried and kippered salmon was 

 18,533 pounds, valued at $2,479. In western and central Alaska a 

 considerable quantity of salmon is dried or smoked for local use, but 

 no statistics of the number and kind of salmon thus utilized are 

 available. 



SALMON BY-PRODUCTS. 



The Petersburg By-products Co., at Scow Bay, and the Alaska Re- 

 duction Co., at Hawk Inlet, were the only firms operating in Alaska in 

 1921 that utilized salmon offal and scrap fish in manufacturing oil and 

 fertilizer. This industry shows an investment of $141,319, and it ^ave 

 employment to 27 persons. The products were 232 tons of fertilizer, 

 valued at $13,920, and 15,010 gallons of oil, valued at $4,102. Corre- 

 sponding figures for 1920 were: Investment, $375,127; number of 

 persons employed, 139; and products, 889 tons of fertilizer, valued 

 at $88,382, and 39,052 gallons of oil, valued at $16,370. The value 

 of the products in 1921 was $86,730 less than the value in 1920. 



HALIBUT FISHERY. 



No changes of special importance were noted in the halibut industry 

 of Alaska in 1921. As usual, part of the catch on what are generally 

 regarded as the halibut banks of Alaska was diverted to ports in 

 British Columbia. The Pacific coast market for halibut is somewhat 

 limited, and the bulk of the output is therefore shipped to eastern 

 markets. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



The investment in the halibut industry in 1921 is ^iven as 

 $1,835,257, or $435,465 less than the amount reported in 1920. 

 Employment was given to 452 persons, as against 768 in 1920. In 

 arriving at the total investment and the number of persons employed 

 it was necessary to include an estimate of the value of independent 

 vessels making deliveries at Alaskan ports, together with the value 

 of apparatus used and the number of nshermen on each vessel. The 

 products of the halibut fishery entered through the ports of Alaska 

 in 1921 were 17,176,274 pounds, valued at $1,476,450, as compared 

 with 15,295,500 pounds, valued at $1,726,798, in 1920. 



Investment, persons engaged, and products of Alaska halibut fishery in 1921. 



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