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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FRESH SALMON 

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The fresh-salmon business in Alaska is carried on almost entirely 

 in the southeastern district. All operations in 1929 were incidental 

 to other branches of the fishery industry. The total production was 

 1,212,012 pounds of all species valued at $110,673, against 1,646,581 

 pounds valued at $146,146 in 1928 — a decrease of approximately 26 

 per cent in quantity and 24 per cent in value. Of this total, all but 



Figure 8.— Fislieinien unloading salmon on rocviving seuw Kvichak River, Alaska 



17,000 j)()uii(ls, vahicd at $2,300, was pnKluced in southeastern 

 Alaska. 



Products of the Alaska frc.slt-salmon industry in 1929 



Species 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total- -- 



Pounds 



1,212,012 



Value 



FREEZING 



The production of frozen salmon in Alaska in 1929 decreased con- 

 siderably from the record output of the preceding year. Operations 

 generally were incidental to the mild curing of salmon and the freezing 

 of halibut, although two concerns in southeastern Alaska were pri- 

 marilv engaged in freezing salmon, employing 19 white shoresmen. 

 The total output in 1929 was 4,395,169 pounds, valued at $428,618, 

 a decrease of about 29 per cent in quantity and 23 per cent in value 



