FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 1055 



Fisheries of Alaska, 1929 — Continued 

 SUMMARY: By districts— Continued 



OPERATING UNITS: By districts 



Items 



Fishermen 



Vessels fishing: 



Steam 



Net tonnage 



Motor 



Net tonnage 

 Boats fishing: 



Motor 



Other 



Apparatus: 



Traps 



Purse seines 



Yards. 



Haul seines 



Yards 



Gill nets 



Yards 



Beam trawls 



South' 



east 



Alaska 



No. 

 6,420 



1 



70 



648 



10, 596 



1,148 

 1,333 



444 



527 



184,126 



5 



1,000 



321 



50, 960 



Cen' 



tral 



Alaska 



No. 

 2,476 



3 



207 



58 



843 



268 



159 



32, 740 



166 



38, 298 



1, ' 

 196, 000 



West 



ern 



Alaska 



No. 

 3,025 



4 



340 



20 



553 



56 

 1,278 



2 



17 



Total 



No. 

 10, 921 



617 



726 



11, 992 



1,861 

 3,559 



Items 



714 

 703 



7, 500 224, 426 



61 176 



680 39,878 



2, 0961 4.225 



340, 300 587, 320 



A pparatus— Con. 



Wheels 



Lines- 

 Hand lines 

 (cod fish- 

 ery) 



Trawl lines 

 (cod fish- 

 ery)— 



Troll lines 

 (salmon 

 fishery)... 

 Skates of 

 lines (hali- 

 but fish- 

 ery)- 



Crab pots 



Herring pounds- 



South- 

 east 



Cen- 

 tral 



Alaska Alaska 



No. 



3,386 



7,150 

 340 



No. 



400 

 6 



West- 



ern 

 Alaska 



No. 

 246 



Total 



No. 

 24& 



9C 



4« 



3,390 



7,150 



740 



20 



CATCH: Bt districts 

 [Estimated round weight and value to fishermen] 



6881—13- 



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