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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



The total output of mild-cured salmon was 4,547,200 povmds, 

 valued at $1,241,723, a decrease of 132,800 pounds in quantity, but 

 an increase of $139,852 in value compared with the output of the 

 preceding season. The pack consisted of 805,600 pounds of cohos, 

 2,400 pounds of chums, and 3,739,200 pounds of kings. In units of 

 800-pound tierces the pack consisted of 1,007 tierces of cohos, 3 

 tierces of chums, and 4,674 tierces of kings. 



Persons engaged, ivages paid, and operating units, Alaska salmon mild-curing 



industry, 1929 



Item 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Fishermen: 



Whites 



Natives 



Filipinos 



Total 



Shoresmen: 

 Whites 



Natives 



Total 



Transporters: 



Whites 



Natives 



Chinese 



Total.- 



Grand total.. 



Wages paid shoresmen-. 

 Wages paid transporters 



Item 



OPERATING UNITS 



Plants: 



Shore 



Floating- 

 Power vessel 



Net tonnage 



Barges 



Net tonnage 



Scovcs 



Total plants operated 



Vessels: 



Power, over 5 tons 



Net tonnage 



Launches 



Gill net boats 



Rowboats and skiffs 



Lighters and scows 



Houseboat 



Apparatus: 



Gill nets 



Fathoms. 



Lines 



South- 

 east 

 Alaska 



1 



24 



3 



632 



2 



Cen- 

 tral 

 Alaska 



Total 



1 

 240. 



1 



24 



4 



872 



2 



153 

 1,323 



598 



6 



90 



4 

 1 



13 



570 



3,390 



Products of Alaska salmon mild-curing industry in 1929 



1 916 tierces. 



2 91 tierces. 



3 1,007 tierces. 

 * 3 tierces. 



M, 479 tierces. 

 ' 195 tierces. 



' 4, 674 tierces. 



PICKLING 



Because of the poor runs of herring in central Alaska several in- 

 dividuals who had hitherto engaged in the herring business turned 

 their attention to the salting of salmon, and the output of pickled 

 salmon in that district was almost threefold that of the preceding 

 year. In southeastern Alaska, also, the production showed a 

 considerable gain. However, the shrinkage to less than half the 

 production for 1928 in western Alaska, which is still the most impor- 



