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Investment, persons engaged, and products of Alaska herring fishery in 1921 — Continued. 



1 Gallons. 



COD FISHERY. 



The cod industry of Alaska suffered a material shrinkage in pro- 

 duction in 1921, due primarily to unsatisfactory market conditions 

 and consequent large holdover of the output of 1920. The unsold 

 stock was sufficient to discourage normal activities, and the situa- 

 tion was further aggravated by labor difficulties. Most of the 

 smaller concerns, chiefly shore-station producers, did not resume 

 operations in 1921. 



In the vessel fishery all of the larger producers were represented 

 except the Robinson Fisheries Co., which meant the withdrawal of 

 the schooners Alice and Wawona. The Union Fish Co. reduced its 

 fleet by withdrawing the Galilee, Beulah, Chas. E. Brown, Eunice, 

 and Carolyn Frances, the latter making one whaling voyage to 

 Alaska waters. The Fanny Dutard, owned by J. A. Matheson, 

 after being diverted to other trades for more than a year, reentered 

 the Alaska cod fleet and made one voyage to Bering Sea. 



The only important shore stations opened in 1921 were those of 

 the Union Fish Co. and the Alaska Codfish Co., in the Shumagin 

 Islands. 



