ALASKA FISHERY AND FUK-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1921. 

 Alaska cod fleet in 1921. 



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STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



The cod industry in Alaska in 1921 showed an investment of 

 $781,665, as compared with $2,057,728 in 1920. The total number 

 of persons employed was 332, or 471 less than in 1920. The produc- 

 tion of cod was*^ 4,787,831 pounds, valued at $457,320, which is 

 7,976,068 pounds less than the quantity produced in 1920. 



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



WHALE FISHERY. 



Wlialing in Alaska in 1921 was limited to the operations of the 

 Western Whaling & Trading Co., of San Francisco, which carried on 

 a vessel fishery in the vicinity of Kodiak Island during the sum- 

 mer months, using for that purpose the schooner Carolyn Frances, 



