ALASKA FISHERY AXD FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1923 



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FRESH SALMON 



The fresh-salmon business of Ahiska fell off approximately 30 per 

 cent in 1923, as compared with the fi<j:ures shown for this trade in 

 1922. Investments dropped from $35,541 to $6,053 and products de- 

 creased from 3,802,729 pounds, valued at $271,869, to 2,926,257 

 pounds, valued at $244,838. 



There is some evidence that considerable quantities of salmon taken 

 by American trollers in Alaskan waters are picked up by Canadian 

 vessels plying along the international boundary in Dixon Entrance 

 and landed at Prince Rupert or near-by canneries in British Co- 

 lumbia. 



Products of the Alaska fresh-sahnan industry in 1923 



Products 



Coho, or silver _ 



Chum, or keta .'. 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye.. 



Total - 



Pounds 



559, 980 

 15,310 



45, 994 



2, 266, 503 



38, 470 



Value 



$31, 231 

 632 



603 



209, 878 



2,494 



2, 926, 257 244, 838 



SALMON FREEZING 



The production of frozen salmon in 1923 was 1,765,289 pounds, 

 valued at $132,522. All of this product was prepared in southeast 

 Alaska, except 30,811 pounds, valued at $1,115, which was reported 

 from the Yukon River by Waechter Bros. Co. Five companies 

 engaged in this business in southeast Alaska, as follows: Sebastian 

 Stuart Fish Co., at Taku Harbor and Ketchikan; Booth Fisheries 

 Co., at Sitka and Ketchikan: Xew England Fish Co., Marlyn Fish 

 Brokerage Co., and Atlantic & Pacific Packing Co.. all at Ketchikan. 

 As compared with similar products in 1922, there was a decrease in 

 quantity of 2,083,864 pounds and in value of $128,572. 



Quantity and value of salmon frozen in Alaska in 1923, by species 



Species 



Pounds 



Value 



Coho, or silver. 

 Chum, or keta. 

 King, or spring. 



385, 484 



234,009 



1, 145, 796 



Total 1,765,289 



$21, 657 



9,040 



101, 825 



132, 522 



DRYING AND SMOKING OF SALMON 



, The Indians of the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Valleys pre- 

 pared for local use 747.588 pounds of dried salmon, valued at 

 $37,378. Waechter Bros., also operating on the Yukon River, 

 (h-ied 19.824 pounds of chum salmon, valued at $500. Cook Inlet 

 l)roduced 3.000 po'unds, valued at $450. The total production of 

 dried salmon was 774,412 pounds, valued at $38,728. The Juneau 

 Cold Storage Co. kippered 4,000 pounds of king salmon, valued at 

 $600. No dry-salted salmon was produced in 1923. The total 



