XXXII 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISKERIF^S 



Alaska the take increased 51 per cent, due chiefly to the larger run 

 and increased pack of humpbacks, while in central Alaska there 

 was a decline of f^2 per cent and in western Alaska of 22 per cent. 



A compariscm of Alaska salmon cannin.o; ooerations in 1022 and 

 1923 is as follows: 



Item 



CanneiiCvS operated 



Cases of salmon packed 



Value 



Persons employed 



Ciises of salmon packed, by species: 



Coho 



Chum 



Humpback 



King 



Red 



Number of salmon caught 



$29, 



123 



501, 652 



787, 193 



17, 697 



175,993 

 565, 918 

 , 058, 423 

 30, 660 

 , 070, f.58 

 . 370, 400 



5, 035, 



$32, 873. 



19, 



164, 



525, 



2, 448, 



38, 



1,859, 



77, 422, 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 (+) or de- 

 ei-ea^ (— ) 



Other salmon products were : Mild cured. 3.372,250 ])0unds, valued 

 at $726,622; pickled, 2,332,81:1 podinds, valued at $186,790: frozen, 

 1,765,289 pounds, valued at $132.522 ; fresh, 2,926,257 pounds, valued 

 at S244.838; dried and smoked. 778,412 pounds, valued at $39,328; 

 fertilizer, 888.220 pounds, valued at $22,409; and oil, 29,031 gallons, 

 valued at $13,247. The total value of these minor salmon products 

 in 1923 was $1,365,756. The value of similar products in 1922 was 

 $1,779,064. 



The products of the herring fisherv were as follows : Bait, 5,234,- 

 525 pounds, valued at $43,927 ; Scbtcli cured, 13,047,433 pounds, 

 valued at $966,025; Norwegian cured, 453,450 pounds, valued at 

 $29,268; roused for food, 50.200 pounds, valued at $2,510; ])loaters, 

 64,222 pounds, valued at $1,939; fertilizer, 6,382.445 pounds, valued 

 at $194,081; and oil, 886,112 gallons, valued at $364,821. The total 

 value of the herring fishery products in 1923 was $1,602,571. as com- 

 pared with $2,329,116 in 1922. 



The halibut industry produced 3,959,105 pounds of fresh fish, 

 valued at $449,638, and 8.214,169 pounds of frozen hsh, valued at 

 $804,313, a total of 12,173,274 pounds, valued at $1,253,951. 



The cod fishery yielded 5,747,671 pounds of products, valued at 

 $406,932. The whaling industry produced oil, fertilizer, whalebone, 

 and pickled meat value.l at $;}88,681. 



The pack of clams amounted to 77.283 cases, valued at $541,139. 

 The output of shrimps was 460,560 pounds, ^^alued at $178,474. Crab 

 products were valued at $14,590. The output of trout products, 

 including 77 cases of canned trout, was valued at $4,122. Then- wer^- 

 also |)ioduc(Ml 849.5<S5 pounds of sablefish, chiefly frozen, valued at 

 $49,172; 6,<)9l pounds of frozen flounders, valued at $190; 7,035 

 pounds of frozen rocklisli. valued at $140; and 1,063 pounds of 

 smelts, valued at $100. 



The total value of the manufactured fishery products of Alaska 

 in 1923 is estimated at $38,678,825. The valiie of the catch to the 

 fish«n-men was approximately $10,700,000. 



The entire Alaska fishery industry gave employment to 25,246 

 persons and represented an investment of $60,039,677. 



