42 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska herring industry, 1935 



Item 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



Central 

 Alaska 



Western 

 Alaska 



Total 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Fishermen: 



Whites.. 

 Natives. 



Total.. 



Shoresmen: 

 Whites.. 



Natives- 

 Total.. 



Transporters: 



Whites... 



Grand total . 



Wages paid shoresmen. _ 

 Wages paid transporters. 



OPERATING UNITS 



Plants: 



Shore 



Floating- 

 Power vessel 



Net tonnage 



Sailing vessel 



Net tonnage 



Scows 



Total plants operated 



Vessels: 



Power, over 5 tons 



Net tonnage 



Launches 



Power dories - 



Gill-net boats 



Seine skiffs 



Other rowboats and skiffs 



Scow 



Pile drivers 



Apparatus: 



Purse seines 



Fathoms 



Beach seines 



Fathoms 



Gill nets 



Fathoms 



Pound seines 



Pounds 



277 



631 



$113, 102 



51 



1,701 



3 



54 

 ,907 



196 

 3 



352 

 26 



378 



591 



$161,073 

 $7, 397 



1 

 1,597 



1 

 1,068 



2 

 13 



32 



944 



2 



26 



4,400 



2 



90 



29 



$500 



34 

 1,510 



575 



7 



582 



686 

 55 



1,339 



$304, 159 

 $7, 957 



28 



1 

 1,597 



1 

 1,068 



2 

 32 



83 



2,645 



8 



6 



7 



43 



36 



1 



2 



13, 307 

 2 

 90 

 34 

 1,510 

 12 

 11 



Products of Alaska herring industry in 1935 



» 2,239,730 gallons. 



2 1,552,679 gallons. 



3 3,792,409 gallons. 



