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STATISTICAL SUMMARY 



The herring industry in Alaska employed 1,175 persons in 1929, as 

 compared with 1,992 in 1928, and the number of ])lants decreased 

 from 65 to 30. Products were valued at $2,794,084, as compared 

 with 13,098,457 in the preceding year — a decrease of $304,373, or 

 about 10 per cent. Scotch-cured herring declined from 16,056,595 

 pounds in 1928 to 6,545,125 pounds — a decrease of 59 per cent — 

 while herring for bait increased from 6,553,226 pounds in 1928 to 

 8,920,885 pounds in 1929. Meal increased 27 per cent in quantity 

 and about 12 per cent in value, and oil increased 31 per cent in quan- 

 tity and nearly 39 per cent in value over the production in 1928. 



Persons engaged, loages paid, and operating units, Alaska herring industry, 1929 



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