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intervening decade there had been, notwithstanding some marked 

 fluctuations, a general upward trend in the production of meal and 

 oil. This upward trend was continued in 1935, chiefly thi'ough the 

 establishment of reduction plants for the first time in the Kodiak area 

 to enable the utilization of that portion of the catch consisting of fish 

 too small for satisfactory curing. 



The total output of Scotch-cured herring in 1935, although far short 

 of the 1925 production, was the largest for any year since 1928 and 

 more than double that of 1934. All the major districts contributed 

 to the gain, but the cliief increase was in the Prince William Sound 

 and Kodiak areas. In southeast Alaska 2,187,000 pounds of Scotch- 

 cured herring were produced, as compared with 2,137,075 pounds in 

 the preceding year. The increase in the Prince William Sound area 

 was from 1,790,750 pounds in 1934 to 5,626,500 pounds in 1935, in the 

 Kodiak area from 1,455,875 pounds to 3,696,950 pounds, and in the 

 Aleutian Islands region from 2,015,375 pounds to 3,404,675 pounds. 

 Small quantities of cured herring were prepared at Cook Inlet, 

 Chignik, and Golovin Bay. 



Of the 24 concerns that handled herring in southeast Alaska, 6 were 

 cold-storage plants that froze herring for bait and 8 were engaged 

 solely in the production of bait herring. The following companies 

 operated saltery and reduction plants in this district: 



Arentsen & Co Big Port Walter. 



Atlas Packing Corporation Deep Cove. 



Buchan & Heinen Packing Co Port Armstrong. 



Chatham Strait Fish Co New Port Walter. 



Northwestern Herring Co Port Conclusion. 



Port Herbert Packing Co Port Herbert. 



Richmond Fisheries, Inc Red Bluff Bay. 



Storfold & Grondahl Packing Co Washington Bay. 



In central Alaska two floating salteries — the Donna Lane of the 

 Oceanic Fisheries Co., Inc., and a scow of the Patmos Packing Co. — 

 were used in both the Prince William Sound and Kodiak areas. The 

 Southwestern Herring Co. leased the plant at Iron Creek that had 

 been operated in 1934 by the Apex Fish Co., and the latter built a 

 new plant at Port Wakefield, 3 miles east of Iron Creek, on Rasp- 

 berry Island. The output of bait in the Kodiak region was the 

 smallest since 1930, attributable to a disappointing early run in 

 Uganik Bay. The more important operators in the central district 

 were as follows: 



Salteries: 



David Buvick Shuyak Strait. 



Oceanic Fisheries Co., Inc Floating plant. 



Patmos Packing Co Do. 



San Marco Fish Co Amee Bay and floating plant. 



Sword & Hofstad Floating plant. 



Saltery and reduction plants: 



Apex Fish Co Port Wakefield. 



Chatham Strait Fish Co Crab Bay. 



Evans Bay Packing Co., Inc Port Benny. 



George Hogg & Co Blue Fox Bay. 



Johnson Fisheries Co Thumb Bay. 



Perfection Fisheries, Inc Do. 



San Juan Fishing & Packing Co Port San Juan. 



Shepard Point Packing Co Port Ashton. 



Southwestern Herring, Inc Iron Creek. 



