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TROUT 



Only a small commercial production of Dolly Varden and steelhead 

 trout in Alaska was reported, all of which was incidental to other 

 branches of the fisheries in the southeastern district. The reported 

 products were as follows: Dolly Vardens, 41,740 pounds fresh, valued 

 at $2,966, and 2,545 pounds frozen, valued at $255; steelheads, 17,714 

 pounds frozen, valued at $1,627. The total output of both species 

 was 61,999 pounds valued at $4,848, as compared with 46,363 pounds 

 valued at $3,836 m 1936. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Fish of minor commercial importance are taken in limited quantities, 

 chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, and are landed in ports 

 of Alaska and British Columbia and at Seattle. Such products landed 

 in Alaska in 1937 were as follows: Sablefish, 4,063 pounds fresh, 

 valued at $110, 1,839,137 pounds frozen, valued at $56,576, 190,185 

 pounds pickled, valued at $6,794, and 69,582 pounds of livers, valued 

 at $27,833; rockfish, 16,843 pounds frozen, valued at $336; flounders, 

 180,000 pounds fresh, valued at $4,500; "lingcod," 743 pounds frozen, 

 valued at $15, and 2,264 pounds of livers, valued at $906; and smelt, 

 275 pounds frozen, valued at $8. 



FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY 



PRIBILOF ISLANDS 

 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 



In 1937, 55,180 fur-seal skins were taken at the Pribilof Islands, an 

 increase of 2,734 over the number taken in the preceding year. Of 

 the skins secured on St. Paul Island, 41,383 were removed from the 

 animals by the stripping process and blubbered before curing. The 

 remaining 2,685 skins from that island and the entire take of 11,112 

 skins from St. George Island were removed by the skinning process. 



Delivery was made to a representative of the Canadian Govern- 

 ment at Seattle of 8,277 sealskins, representing 15 percent of the 

 season's take, selected proportionately from the different sizes and 

 grades, in accordance with provisions of the treaty of July 7, 1911. 

 The remaining 46,903 skins were forwarded to the Fouke Fur Co. at 

 St. Louis, Mo., for processing and sale at public auction. After the 

 latter skins are sold, payment from the net proceeds will be made to 

 Japan of its share of 15 percent of the season's take, due under the 

 fur-seal treaty. 



The byproducts plant at St. Paul Island was again operated for the 

 utilization of fur-seal carcasses. Products for the season amounted 

 to 29,830 gallons of oil and 165 tons of meal. These products, except 

 for small quantities used at the Pribilof Islands for fox feed, were 

 shipped to Seattle, where the oil was sold by competitive bidding and 

 the meal was transferred to the Division of Fish Culture for feeding 

 fish in hatcheries throughout the country. 



In the 1937-38 season there were taken on the Pribilof Islands, 863 

 foxskins, consisting of 231 blue and 15 white skins from St. Paul 

 Island and 616 blue skins and 1 white skin from St. George Island. 



