ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1929 



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from the production for 1928 wlioii 6,152,743 pounds, valued at 

 $555,308, were prepared. 



Products of the Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1929 



DRY-SALTING, DRYING, AND SMOKING 



In southeastern Alaska one company prepared dry-salted salmon, 

 and in central Alaska two firms produced a small amount of dried 

 salmon. These operations were incidental to other lines of business. 

 In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwin Rivers, which is 

 carried on principally by natives, 1,428,600 pounds of salmon were 

 dried, valued at $128,580, and in addition 1,800 pounds of kippered 

 salmon, valued at $360, and 3,216 pounds of beleke, valued at $670, 

 were prepared. In this western district 21 whites and 632 natives 

 were engaged, and the apparatus used consisted of 242 wheels, 412 

 gill nets of 4,585 fathoms, 30 rowboats and skift's, and 4 gill-net boats. 



Production of dry-salted, dried, and smoked salmon in Alaska in 1929 



BY-PRODUCTS 



Two companies in southeastern Alaska engaged primarily in the 

 preparation of salmon by-products, giving employment to 19 white 

 shoresmen and 2 white transporters. Operations incidental to other 

 branches of the fishery industry were carried on at one herring-reduc- 



