ALASKA FISHERY AND FUK-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1929 



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Chatham Strait- Frederick Sound.- — Includes parts of the Taku, Douglas, Funtcr 

 Bay, and Petersburg canneries' packs in addition to the packs of all canneries 

 on both shores of Chatham Strait and its bays from Point Augusta to Cape 

 Ommaney, and through Frederick Sound aiul its bays nortiiwarfl to Taku H'.irbor, 

 including Kake. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance. — Extends southward from Petersl)urg and 

 eastward from Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon Entrance, and includes 

 all caiuieries on the mainland and intervening islands from the Stikine River to 

 Portland Canal. A part of the pack of the Petersburg Packing Co. is credited 

 to this district. 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. — Territory west and south of a line from 

 Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. A part of the Petersburg 

 Packing Co.'s pack is credited to this district. 



Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1929, by districts ' 



District 



Bristol Bay.- - 



Port Moller and Herendeen Bay 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands 



Chignik 



Kodiak-.Vfognak Islands 



Cook Inlet 



Prince William Sound 



Copper and Bering Rivers 



Yakutat and Dry Bay 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal 



Chatham Strait- Frederick Sound 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island -- 



Total.-. 



Coho 



Cases 

 2,779 



7,924 



3,596 

 13,517 

 17, 325 



7,334 

 21, 634 

 17, 448 

 12, 226 



7,422 

 34, 192 

 26, 559 



171, 956 



Chum 



Cases 

 60, 345 

 14, 152 



236, 741 

 18, 057 



103, 086 

 13, 119 



128, 215 



803 



82, 458 

 93, 256 

 78, 976 

 35, 304 



864, 512 



Pink 



Cases 



99, 474 



4,034 



338, 791 



20, 902 

 565, 841 



10,068 

 323, 930 

 290, 303 

 657, .582 

 260, 732 



2, 571, 657 



King 



Cases 



28,427 



1,019 



2,639 



375 



802 



16, 966 



257 



14, 622 



5,031 



755 



48 



1,048 



118 



72, 107 



Red 



995, 628 



77, 152 

 82,229 

 113.021 

 62, 577 

 92, 254 

 22, 080 

 82, 034 

 18, 482 

 74, 320 

 16, 743 

 47, 575 

 5, 832 



1, 689, 927 



Total 



Cases 



1, 087, 179 



92,323 



429, 007 



139, 083 



518, 773 



160, 566 



723, 727 



118,290 



51, 832 



493, 689 



407, 772 



819, 373 



328, 545 



5, 370, 159 



Percent- 

 age of in- 

 crease or 

 decrease 

 from 1928 



-21.95 

 +19.89 

 +13. 79 

 +41.05 

 +65. 93 

 -20. 73 

 +29. 93 

 +24. 62 

 -12.82 

 -27. 93 

 -43. 53 

 -31. 35 

 +.5. 64 



■11.73 



' Pack reduced to the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans per case. 



MILD CURING 



While the production of mild-cured salmon in 1929 was considerably 

 less than the average for the 5-year period from 1924 to 1928, inclusive, 

 there was an increase in the total value of the output. The fishermen 

 in particular benefited by this increase, inasmuch as competition for 

 the raw fish maintained prices at an unusually high level. 



There were 17 plants operated, as compared with 20 in 1928. The 

 number of fishermen, boats, and lines show a marked decrease, due 

 principally to a change in the method of compiling the statistical data. 

 In 1929 for the first time the bureau made an enumeration of the troll- 

 ing boats operated in southeastern Alaska, including the gear and the 

 number of fishermen employed. The total number of fishermen thus 

 accredited to the mild-curing industry in that district in 1929 was 

 1,019 as compared with 1,808 in the preceding year when figures 

 were based on estimates submitted from various sources. It is 

 probable that a number of trolhng boats may have been omitted from 

 the enumeration this season, but a continuation of the method adopted 

 will undoubtedly assure more accurate data than have heretofore been 

 possible in this particular industry. 



Property losses during the season included the trolling boats Rose 

 Marie and The Dream, which were destroyed by fire; the Ruth May, 

 which struck a submerged object and sank near Duke Island; and the 

 Aurora. 



