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which took over the plant formerly owned by the White Packing Co., 

 at Ketchikan; Oscar H. Wood, at Hoonah; Salt Sea Fisheries, at 

 Tenakee; Scotty's Packing Co., Mummy Island; and S. E. Smith 

 Packing Co., at Hartney Point. 



The plant of Kayler-Otness, Inc., was destroyed by fire on Novem- 

 ber 22, 1937, with a property loss of $6,000. Fire also destroyed the 

 Salt Sea Fisheries plant in November 1937, resulting in an estimated 

 property loss of $6,500. 



The output of canned crabs increased about 84 percent over that 

 of the previous year, the chief expansion being in the Cordova district. 

 Cold-packed crab meat, on the other hand, showed a decline to the 

 smallest production since 1923. Of the total crab products in Alaska 

 in 1937, 69 percent were from the vicinity of Cordova and nearly 31 

 percent from southeast Alaska. 



There were 467 persons engaged in the industry, of whom 315 were 

 whites, 115 natives, and 37 Filipinos. Products consisted of 625,429 

 pounds of canned crab meat (1,105 cases of 6K-ounce cans, 16,079 

 cases of )^-pound cans, 726 cases of 13-ounce cans, and 1,569 cases of 

 1-pound cans, 48 to the case; 865 cases of 1-pound cans, 90 to the case; 

 and 1,217 cases of 20-ounce cans, 24 to the case), valued at $251,248; 

 62,047 pounds of cold-packed meat, valued at $22,826; 467 pounds of 

 crab meat in bulk, sold locally, valued at $233; and 871 dozen whole 

 crabs in the shell, valued at $1,792. Except for 3,120 pounds of 

 king crab (130 cases of }^-pound cans) valued at $910, the entire pro- 

 duction was of Dungeness crab. The total output of crab products 

 in 1937 was 711,318 pounds, valued at $276,099, as compared with 

 473,245 pounds, valued at $158,874, in 1936, an increase of 50 percent 

 in quantity and 74 percent in value. 



