118 r. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska herring industry, 1937 



Item 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Fishermen: Whites. 



Shoresmen: 

 Whites- 

 Natives. 

 Chinese. 



Total-.. 



Transporters: Whites. 

 Grand total 



Wafjes paid shoresmen... 

 Wages paid transporters. 



OPERATING UNITS 



Plants: Shore 



Vessels: 



Power, over 5 tons 



Net tonnage 



Launches -- 



Power dories.. 



Seine skiffs 



Other rowboats and sliifls 



Pile driver 



Apparatus: 



Purse seines 



Fathoms.. 



Gill nets... 



J'athoms 



Pound seines 



Pounds 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



337 



170 



507 



$116, 376 



47 



1,771 



3 



8,065 



Central 

 Alaska 



204 



240 



10 



1 



20 



$166, 730 

 $14, 222 



28 



2,653 



1 



6 

 14 

 1 



27 

 4,470 



Western 

 Alaska 



$200 



6 

 300 



Total 



412 

 10 

 1 



423 

 20 



$283, 306 

 $14, 222 



20 



75 



4,424 



4 



2 



14 



29 



1 



76 



12, 535 



6 



300 



9 



4 



I 1,973,891 gallons. 

 J 3,595,301 gallons. 

 3 5,569,192 gallons. 



HALIBUT 



The halibut fleet again operated under a voluntary production- 

 control program, the purpose of which is to equalize deliveries insofar 

 as possible during the season, thus tending to promote more favorable 

 market conditions. Except for a few minor changes, the control 

 program in effect in 1937 was the same as that for the previous year. 

 Some of the vessels began fishing on March 16, some a week later, 

 and the remainder on March 26. Catch limits per man per trip were 

 established, depending upon the area in which fishing was conducted 

 and on the port of landing; and vessels were required to stay in port 



