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Products of Alaska salmon-pickling industry in 1937 



FRESH SALMON 



~ Twenty-three firms in southeast Alaska reported an output of fresh 

 salmon in 1937. This production was largely incidental to other 

 branches of the fisheries. Four operators whose chief product was 

 fresh salmon gave employment to 10 white shoresmen. The total 

 products amounted to 3,421,129 pounds, valued at $292,316, as 

 compared with 4,690,507 pounds, valued at $369,442, in 1936— a 

 decrease of 27 percent in quantity and 21 percent in value. 



Products of the Alaska fresh-salmon industry in 1937 



FREEZING 



As in the previous year, the freezing of salmon in Alaska in 1937 

 was carried on only in the southeastern district and was largely inci- 

 dental to mild curing. Ninety-eight white shoresmen, not shown 

 elsewhere, are credited to the industry. The total output was 

 5,344,666 pounds, valued at $431,614, as compared with 5,574,914 

 pounds, valued at $374,330, in 1936 — a decrease of 4 percent in 

 quantity, but an increase of 15 percent in value. These figures do 

 not include salmon frozen for use as bait in the halibut fishery. 



Products of the Alaska frozen-salmon industry in 1937 



Species 



Pounds 



Value 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback 

 King, or spring 



Total 



2, 798, 169 



645, 773 



26, 431 



1, 874, 293 



$236, 760 



27, 812 



793 



166, 249 



5, 344, 666 



431, 614 



