FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 

 Barrels " of Salmon Pickled in 1917, by Species. 



41 



Coho, or silver 



Coho bellies 



Chum, or keta 



Chum bellies 



Humpback, or pink 

 Humpback bellies . . 



King, or spring 



King bellies 



Red, or sockeye 



Red bellies 



Total 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



No. 



1,387 



11 



959 



15 



5,453 



84 



1 



Value. 



$22,275 



326 



11,948 



300 



72,724 



2,245 



15 



921 



Central Alaska. 



No. 

 185 



512 

 42 

 80 

 24 

 62 

 7 

 2,368 

 22 



,302 



Value. 

 $3,230 



7,271 

 630 

 617 

 600 



1,157 



150 



45,489 



770 



,914 



Western 

 Alaska. 



Value. 

 $4, 126 



2,680 

 432 

 516 

 40 



5,384 



No. 



1,798 



11 



1,722 



73 



5, 576 



110 



359 



Barrels holding 200 pounds of fish. 



Value. 



$29,631 



326 



21,899 



73; 857 



2,885 



6,556 



150 



453,019 



812 



590,497 



SALMON FREEZING. 



All plants equipped for the freezing of salmon are located at the 

 more important fishing centers in southeast Alaska, except one which 

 was built at Seward, m central Alaska, by the San Juan Fishing & 

 Packing Co. Those in southeast Alaska are owned and located as 

 follows: New England Fish Co. and Ketchikan Cold Storage Co., 

 at Ketchikan; Booth Fisheries Co., at Sitka; Columbia & Northern 

 Fishing & Packing Co., at Wrangell; Juneau Cold Storage Co., at 

 Juneau; Taku Canning & Cold Storage Co., at Taku Harbor; and the 

 Glacier Fish Co., at Petersburg and at Scow Bay, where the barge 

 Glory of the Seas was used as a cold-storage plant. 



The output of frozen salmon in 1917 was 1,282,182 pounds, valued 

 at $81,574. This is an increase in production of 418,776 pounds and 

 in value of $47,166 over the figures reported in 1916. 



One trap, valued at $2,500, and owned by the Juneau Cold Storage 

 Co., is credited to this branch of the industry. 



Salmon Frozen in Alaska in 1917. 



Coho salmon 



Chum salmon 



Humpback salmon 



King salmon 



Red salmon 



Total 



415, 174 



302,816 

 226,253 

 301,777 

 36, 162 



$24,308 

 14,769 



30,460 

 2,951 



81,574 



FRESH-SALMON TRADE. 



Customs records at Juneau show that 3,559,785 pounds of fresh 

 salmon were shipped from Alaska in 1917 and that the value of this 

 product was $304,048. This is an increase over the figures given 

 for 1916, when the production was 1,480,515 pounds of salmon, 

 valued at $118,316. The trade in fresh salmon fluctuates consider- 

 ably as the demand for salmon in the other industries may be great 

 or small. With the high prices paid for salmon at the canneries a,nd 

 freezing plants, few operators found markets sufficiently attractive 



