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investment in this business was estimated at $17,700, there being 

 168 wheels, valued at $16,800, and 900 fathoms of gill nets, valued 

 at $900. 



SALMON BY-PRODUCTS 



The Alask^, Reduction Co., at Hawk Inlet, and the Petersburg 

 By-Products Co., at Scow Bay, both in southeast Alaska, and the 

 Alaska Packers Association, at Larsen Bay in Central Alaska, util- 

 ized the ojffal at salmon canneries in the manufacture of oil and fer- 

 tilizer. The total production was 888,220 pounds of fertilizer, val- 

 ued at $22,409, and 29,031 gallons of oil, valued at $13,247. The 

 two plants in southeast Alaska show an investment of $225,193 and 

 that employment was given to 27 men. The plant at Larsen Bay 

 was operated in connection with the salmon cannery of the Alaska 

 Packers Association at that place, and the investment represented by 

 it was included in statistics of cannery investments. Louis Peterson, 

 at Scow Bay, prepared 1,800 pounds of salmon caviar, valued at $81. 



Production of salmon oil and fertiliser in Alaska in 1923 



HERRING FISHERY 



In 1923 there was a considerable falling off in the output of Alaska 

 pickled herring for food as compared with 1922. The output in 1922, 

 however, was more than double that of any preceding year except 

 1918. The output in 1923, Avhen compared with the average for the 

 o-year period from 1918 to 1922, showed decreases as follows : Scotch 

 cure, 14.4 per cent; Norwegian cure, 81.4 per cent; and total, both 

 methods, 23.6 per cent. 



Early in 1923 there remained on the market a considerable quantity 

 of herring packed in the preceding year. This did not encourage 

 efforts to prepare for a large pack in 1923. Later, when an active de- 

 mand came for the 1923 product, the operators found it impossible 

 to secure adequate quantities of fish suitable for their requirements. 

 This was particularly the situation in the Prince AVilliam Sound 

 region, where there was a marked shortage of herring for a con- 

 siderable period. 



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