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erties with those of the Whitworth Fisheries (Inc.) were carried on by 

 a new organization, the Alaska Associated Canneries, the pack being 

 prepared at the Whitworth cannery at Point Warde. The Nakat 

 Packing Corporation purchased the cannery at Heceta Island which 

 it had operated under lease from the Swift-Arthur-Crosby Co. since 

 1922, but the fish were packed at its Waterfall cannery for the season. 



The Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation acquired and operated the 

 Gorman Packing Corporation 's plant at Drier Bay and operated under 

 lease the plant of the Franklin Packing Co. at Port Ashton. The 

 Pacific American Fisheries took over the cannery of the Alitak Packing 

 Co. at Alitak and the cannery of the Robinson Packing Corporation 

 at Zachar Bay, operating both plants under the name of the Alitak 

 Fish Co. A new organization, the Alaska Fishermen's Cooperative 

 Packing Co., purchased the floating plant Santa Flavia, which had 

 been operated formerly by the International Packing Co. on Ugashik 

 River and Makushin Bay in western Alaska, and packed salmon at 

 Fox Bay on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula. In that locality, 

 also, as well as in Herendeen Bay for a part of the season, the Everett 

 Packing Co. operated its floating plant Mazama, which had been used 

 in southeastern Alaska the previous year. The Seashore Packing Co. 

 again leased the salmon and clam cannery of the Hemrich Packing Co. 

 at Kukak Bay which it had operated for th-e 3-year period from 1925 

 to 1927, inclusive. 



Other changes of ownership of canneries in the central district were 

 as follows: The cannery of Edward Gustan at Point Possession was 

 operated by the partnership Gustan & Hartley; George Valaer's can- 

 nery on Nikishka Bay was taken over by a new firm, the Spur Fish 

 Corporation; the Anderson Mercantile Co. succeeded W. A. Keller in 

 operation of the plant at Deep Creek; E. Sandvik carried on operations 

 at the Swansons Creek plant started the previous season by Nordin 

 and Sandvik; Chas. W. Pajoman continued operation of the plant at 

 Iron Creek formerly owned by Pajoman & Trout; and the Glacier 

 Packing Co. took over the floating plant of the Orca Packing Co. at 

 Cordova. 



The Alaska-Portland Packers Association carried on operations 

 during the season as a unit of the Pacific American Fisheries organiza- 

 tion, its plants on the Naknek River and Nushagak Bay having been 

 purchased by the latter company. The Herendeen Bay Consolidated 

 Canneries operated the plant formerly known as that of the Everett 

 Packing Co. at Herendeen Bay. 



NEW CANNERIES 



Three new canneries were operated in southeast Alaska. These 

 include a new plant erected by the Independent Salmon Canneries at 

 Ketchikan, its former location at that place being taken over and 

 operated by the Iwersen Packing Co., a new firm in the salmon-canning 

 business. The Wrangell Packing Corporation operated a 1-line plant 

 at Wrangell, and the Mitkof Packing Co. put up a small pack of 

 halves aboard the floating plant Resolute, which was used also in 

 mild-curing operations. 



Nine canneries were operated for the first time in central Alaska. 

 Five of these were on Cook Inlet and include four hand canneries 

 operated, respectively, by the Ninilchik Packing Co. at Ninilchik, Point 



