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Fisheries of the Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and Lake Keokuk, 1934 — 



Continued 



OPERATING UNITS: By States 



CATCH: By States 



FISHERIES OF ALASKA i* 



The commercial catch of fishery products in Alaska during 1934, 

 exclusive of whales, amounted to 809,914,821 pounds, valued at 

 $11,706,935, which is an increase of 29 percent both in volume and 

 value as compared with the catch in 1933. Of the total catch in 

 1934, 624,651,388 pounds, valued at $9,881,113, consisted of salmon; 

 182,531,160 pounds, valued at $1,660,234, other fish; and 2,732,273 

 pounds, valued at $165,588, shellfish. In addition, 465 whales were 

 taken. These fisheries gave employment to 9,433 fishermen, 1,758 

 persons on transporting craft, and 14,999 persons in fisheries whole- 

 sale and manufacturing industries^ — a total of 26,190 persons, wdiich 

 is an increase of 21 percent as compared with the number employed 

 in 1933. 



" statistics for the fisheries of Alaska are collected and corr piled by the Alaeka Division of this Bureau. 

 A summary of these statistics appear in this section. For detailed figures the reader is referred to Alaska 

 Fishery and Fur-Seal Industries in 19:34, by Ward T. Bower, Appendix I to the Report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1935. 



