108 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units of Alaska salmon canning industry, 



i537— Continued 



Item 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



Central 



Alaska 



Western 



Alaska 



Total 



OPERATING UNITS— continued 



Apparatus: 



Purse seines 



Fathoms 



Beach seines 



Fathoms 



Gill nets 



Fathoms 



Traps, driven 



Traps, floating 



526 



89, 976 



6 



600 



375 



24, 620 



32 



25? 



249 



26, 375 



183 



18, 199 



1,485 



97, 425 



138 



31 



2,200 



1,769 

 164, 820 



783 



118,551 



189 



18, 799 



3,629 



286, 865 



170 



283 



Output and value of canned salmon in Alaska in 19S7 



' For the purpose of affording fair comparison, all cases are put upon the common basis of 48 1-pound 

 ins per case. 



