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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1917. 



SHORE STATIONS. 



Three companies, engaging in fishery business in southeast Alaska, 

 are to be noted among the operators of cod shore stations incidental 

 to their salmon and hahbut operations. They are the New En^and 

 Fish Co., at Ketchikan; Taku Canning & Cold Storage Co., at Taku 

 Harbor; and Advance Fisheries Co., at Crai^. The central district 

 shows several additional operators. The following in this district 

 handled cod, either as incidental to other lines or as their chief 

 business: Columbia River Packers' Association, at Chignik; Kadiak 

 Fisheries Co., and Northern Fisheries (Inc.), at Kodiak; Gus Ohm, 

 at Cordova; San Juan Fishing & Packing Co., at Seward; W. J. 

 Riegel, at Uyak Bay; wShumagin Packing Co. and John H. Nelson 

 at Squaw Harbor; Pacific American Fisheries, at King Cove; Deep 

 Sea Codfish Co., at Unga; N. H. Johnson, at Snug Harbor; North 

 Pacific Sea Products Co., at Akutan; Alaska Codfisn Co., at Kelleys 

 Rock and Unga on Unga Island, Companys Harbor and Murphys 

 Cove on Sannak Island, and Dora Harbor on Unimak Island; Union 

 Fish Co., at Pirate Cove on Popof Island, Unga on Unga Island, 

 Sanborn Harbor and Eagle Harbor on Nagai Island, Northwest 

 Harbor on Herendeen Island, Pavlof Harbor and Johnson Harbor 

 on Sannak Island, and Tigalda Lagoon on Tigalda Island;- Akutan 

 Codfish Co., at Akutan; Pacific American Fisheries at Makushin and 

 Port Moller; and the Nelson Lagoon Packing Co., at Nelson Lagoon. 



The Pacific American Fisheries and the Nelson Lagoon Packing 

 Co. experimented further in the canning of cod by packing 2,070 

 cases of 1-pound flat cans and 567 cases of one-half-pound fiat cans. 



The Northern Fisheries (Inc.), lost two vessels during the year, the 

 first being the schooner Harold Blekum (192 tons net), which 

 was wrecked in Ugak Bay, Kodiak Island, on March 3, 1917. This 

 vessel was valued at $15,000, The second loss occurred on August 

 30, when the auxihary schooner Hunter (60 tons net), struck a rock 

 off Sutwik Island and foundered immediately. This vessel was 

 valued at S10,000, and was returning to Kodiak from a fishing voyage 

 to western waters. Three fishermen were drowned and one was 

 accidentally killed while engaged in this industry. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



The Alaska codfish industry shows an investment of $1,408,265, 

 which is an increase of $844,053 over 1916. A total of 795 persons 

 were employed, as compared with 778 in 1916. 



This fishery produced a total of 13,777,470 pounds of cod, valued 

 at $744,976. This is a decrease of 524,894 poimds in production, and 

 an increase of $226,179 in value. 



Investment in the Cod Fishery in Alaska in 1917. 



