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CRABS 



In southeastern Alaska crab products wore prepared by two com- 

 panies — the Northern Sea Food Co. at Petersburg and the Reliance 

 Shrimp Co. at Wrangell, the latter beingc engaged chiefly in the 

 handling of shrimp. The Northern Sea Food Co. operated also in 

 central Alaska at Cordova. There were 44 persons employed in the 

 industry, of whom 40 were whites and 4 Filipinos. Products con- 

 sisted of 188,119 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at $71,383, and 

 862 dozen crabs in the shell, valued at $1,482. The total value of 

 products in 1929 was $72,865, as compared with $51,477 in 1928— an 

 increase of almost 42 per cent. 



TROUT 



Production of trout in Alaska in 1929 was incidental to other 

 fishery operations. The products were as follows: Dolly Vardens, 

 35,500 pounds fresh valued at $5,591, 22,976 pounds frozen valued at 

 $2,054, and 192 pounds canned valued at $20; steelheads, 13,240 

 pounds fresh valued at $1,612 and 25,217 pounds frozen valued at 

 $1,982. The total production of both species was 97,125 pounds 

 valued at $11,259, as compared with 55,896 pounds valued at $6,405 

 in 1928 — an increase of 74 per cent in quantity and 76 per cent in 

 value. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Several species of fish of minor commercial importance are taken 

 in small quantities, chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, 

 and are landed at ports of Alaska and British Columbia and at Seattle. 

 Such products landed in southeastern Alaska in 1929 were as follows: 

 Sablefish, 4,321 pounds fresh valued at $157, 462,174 pounds frozen 

 valued at $22,129, and 5,600 pounds pickled valued at $420; rock- 

 fishes, 460 pounds fresh valued at $9; "lingcod," 13,400 pounds fresh 

 valued at $316 and 26,398 pounds frozen valued at $792; smelt, 

 3,880 pounds fresh valued at $392 and 1,286 pounds frozen valued at 

 $141. 



FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY 



PRIBILOF ISLANDS 



GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 



In the calendar year 1929, 40,068 fur-seal skins were taken on the 

 Pribilof Islands, of which 33,216 were secured on St. Paul Island and 

 6,852 on St. George Island. The take from both islands was 8,969 

 greater than the take in 1928, and greater than in any year since 1889. 

 Of the total number of fur seals killed in 1929, 38,845 were 3-year-old 

 males. Eight thousand and eighty-five 3-year-old males were marked 

 and released to provide for the future breeding stock. The blue-fox 

 herds on St. Paul and St. George Islands were maintained in normal 

 condition, and in the foxing season of 1929-30, 745 blue pelts and 32 

 white pelts were obtained. 



Several new buildings for the use of the natives and for work con- 

 nected wdth general sealing operations were constructed. The build- 

 ing of roads was continued. 



