ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1935 



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SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 



Yakutat and Dry Bay. — Yakutat Bay to and including Dry Bay. 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal. — -West coast of Baranof and Chichagof islands, the 

 shores of Cross Sound, Icy Strait, Lynn Canal, and Stephens Passage, south to 

 Taku Harbor. 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound. — Both shores of Chatham Strait and its bays 

 from Point Augusta to Cape Ommaney, and through Frederick Sound and its 

 bays northward to Taku Harbor, including Kake. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance. — Southward from Petersburg and eastward from 

 Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon Entrance, and including all canneries 

 on the mainland and intervening islanas from the Stikine River to Portland 

 Canal. 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. — Territory west and south of a line from 

 Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. 



Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1935, by districts ^ 



District 



Bristol Bay 



Port Moller and Herendeen Bay 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands 



Chignik - 



Kodiak- Af ognak Islands. 



Cook Inlet 



Prince William Sound 



Copper and Bering Rivers 



Yakutat and Dry Bay 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound... 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. . 



Total 



Coho 



Cases 

 223 



11, 297 

 1,611 

 6,753 



14, 977 

 3,447 

 9,376 



15, 766 

 16, 152 

 16. 585 

 56, 474 

 37, 516 



190, 177 



Chum 



Cases 



6,995 



2,862 



175, 340 



17, 027 



42, 130 



14, 400 



53, 226 



148 



76, 562 



154, 018 



202, 963 



107, 257 



Pink 



Cases 



4 



266, 144 



19, 504 



534, 083 



22, 506 



201, 756 



9 



4,966 



185, 700 



335, 735 



1,406,122 



267, 537 



852,928 3,244,066 



King 



Cases 



660 



175 



3,741 



127 



350 



18, 863 



621 



760 



2,081 



2,707 



5,801 



519 



36, 405 



Red 



Cases 



231,014 



34, 920 



74, 412 



60, 808 



119,720 



104, 694 



16, 096 



8,453 



20,006 



60, 601 



9,759 



58, 324 



10, 739 



809, 546 



Total 



Cases 

 238, 892 



37, 961 

 530, 934 



99, 077 

 703, 036 

 175, 440 

 275, 146 



18, 598 



42, 967 

 341,722 

 521, 898 

 1, 724, 402 

 423, 049 



5, 133, 122 



Percentage 



increase or 



decrease 



from 1934 



-86. 51 

 -57. 14 

 -24.00 

 -40. 59 

 +7.22 

 -31.69 

 -39. 26 

 -80. 72 

 -27. 73 

 -30. 71 

 -21.65 

 -f 19. 47 

 -33. 17 



-31.39 



' Pack reduced to the basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans per case. 



MILD CURING 



The output of mild-cured salmon in 1935 showed a substantial 

 increase over that of the preceding year and was the largest since 1930. 

 As usual, the bulk of the product was put up in southeast Alaska. 

 In the western district operations were again carried on at the mouth 

 of the Yukon River, but the commercial catch there was exceptionally 

 light. Small outputs were prepared also on the Kuskokwim River 

 and at Cordova. 



The usual registration of trolling boats in southeast Alaska was not 

 undertaken by the Bureau in 1935. It was estimated, however, that 

 the number operated was 10 percent more than in the preceding year. 



Twenty-four plants were engaged in the industry, and 1,465 persons 

 were employed, as compared with 22 plants and 1,281 persons in 1934. 



The total production of mild-cured salmon was 4,442,400 pounds, 

 valued at $873,693, an increase of 909,600 pounds in quantity and 

 $257,582 in value over the previous year. 



