ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1935 



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DRY-SALTED, DRIED, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SALMON PRODUCTS 



Three operators in southeast Alaska and one in the central district 

 reported the dry-salting of salmon, the total production amounting to 

 59,900 pounds valued at $6,433. Five white fishermen and one white 

 shoresman were employed in these operations. Other miscellaneous 

 products in these districts, incidental to salmon canning and mild- 

 curing for the most part, consisted of 45 cases of smoked and canned 

 king salmon valued at $225; 17,000 pounds of caviar valued at $2,100; 

 240,930 pounds of frozen salmon for use as bait in the halibut fishery, 

 valued at $1,205; and 8,400 pounds of fresh salmon for fox feed, valued 

 at $42. 



In the fishery of the Yukon, Tanana, and Kuskokwim Rivers, which 

 is carried on principally by natives, 1,436,000 pounds of chum salmon 

 were dried, valued at $114,960. Fifteen whites and six hundred and 

 fifty natives engaged in the fishery, and the apparatus used consisted 

 of 293 wheels, 484 gill nets of 7,669 fathoms, 2 dories, and 50 rowboats 

 and skiffs. 



Production of dry-salted, dried, and other miscellaneous salmon products in Alaska 



in 1935 



BYPRODUCTS 



The manufacture of salmon meal and oil was carried on by a 

 byproducts plant in southeast Alaska that gave employment to 14 

 white shoremen and 2 white transporters, and by a salmon cannery 

 in the central district as an adjunct to its canning operations. The 

 total production was 1,171,900 pounds of fertilizer, valued at $16,763, 

 and 49,000 gallons of oil, valued at $15,200, as compared with 

 1,015,560 pounds of fertilizer valued at $15,233 and 33,720 gallons 

 of oil valued at $13,701 in 1934 — an increase of 15 percent in the 

 output of fertilizer and 45 percent in the amount of oil. 



HERRING 



A new peak was reached in 1935 in the volume of Alaska herring 

 products, the total amounting to 81,147,693 pounds, as compared with 

 the previous record output of 77,064,011 pounds in 1925. In the 



