44 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



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



Items 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Fishermen: Whites 



Shoresmen: Whites 



Total 



Wages paid shoresmen 



Total 



404 

 21 



425 

 ,900 



Items 



OPERATING UNITS 



Vessels: 



Power, over 5 tons 



Net tonnage 



Launches 



Skates of lines 



Total 



1,072 



29 



1,886 



COD 



A limited amount of cod fishing was carried on in 1935 from shore 

 stations in the Shiimagin Islands region and at Unalaska, partly in 

 connection with salmon pickling and herring operations. Ten persons, 

 whites, were engaged in the industry, a decrease of 44 from the 

 number reported for the previous year. Products of the shore fishery 

 were as follows: 106,808 pounds of drj^-salted cod, valued at $4,555; 

 32,789 pounds of pickled cod, valued at $1,130; and 8,140 pounds of 

 stockfish, valued at $1,128 — a total of 147,737 pounds, valued at 

 $6,813, as compared with 492,905 pounds, valued at $19,906, in 1934. 



There were 5 sailing vessels in the Bering Sea fleet, the products 

 of which are not included with the Alaska fisheries output because the 

 vessels operate from and land their fares in ports of the Pacific Coast 

 States. Of these, the Sophie Christenson (570 tons) was operated by 

 the Pacific Coast Codfish Co., the Azalea (365 tons) and the Wawona 

 (413 tons) were operated by the Robinson Fisheries Co., and the 

 Louise (328 tons) and William H. Smith (496 tons) by the Union 

 Fish Co. 



Products of the offshore fishery were 4,422,411 pounds of dry-salted 

 cod, valued at $199,027, and 16,926 pounds of tongues, valued at 

 $1,162— a total of 4,439,337 pounds valued at $200,189, as compared 

 with 4,942,376 pounds valued at $213,366 in 1934. The oft'shore fleet 

 employed 202 persons, or 3 more than in the previous year. 



WHALES 



The American Pacific Whaling Co. again operated its plants at 

 Port Hobron and Akutan, using seven steam whalers during the season. 

 Employment was given to 238 persons, of whom 216 were whites and 

 22 natives. 



Three hundred and ninety-fom- whales were taken, consisting of 

 94 finback, 141 humpback, 87 sulphur bottom, 70 sperm, and 2 right 

 whales. This is a decrease of 71 from the number taken in 1934. 



Products of the whale fishery were 833,299 gaflons of wdiale oil, 

 valued at $312,560; 192,850 gallons of sperm oil, valued at $46,284; 

 852 tons of fertilizer from meat, valued at $21,800; and 487 tons of 

 bone fertilizer, valued at $9,740 — a total value of $390,384, as com- 

 pared with $251,005 in 1934. 



