54 FISHERY AND FUE INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



Persons Engaged in the Salmon-Pickling Industry in 1912. 



Barrels" of Salmon Pickled in 1912, by Species. 



Products. 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Central Alaska. 



Western Alaska. 



Total. 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 

 Humpback bellies.. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



No. 



■274 



25 



3, 6S1 



31 



52 



252 



4,315 



Value. 



S2, 406 

 157 



24,419 



534 



208 



2,582 



No. 



622 



1 



524 



6 



16 



6,539 



30,306 



7,708 



Value. 



$5,007 



7 



3,668 



72 



152 



54,195 



No. 

 269 

 67 

 31 



157 

 22,092 



63,101 



22, 616 



Value. 



$2, 152 

 488 

 217 



2,082 

 208, 188 



No. 



1,165 



93 



4,236 



37 



225 



28,883 



213, 127 



34, 639 



Value. 



$9, 565 



052 



28,304 



606 



2, 442 



264,965 



306, 534 



a Barrels holding 200 pounds of fish. 



FRESH FISH. 



Shipped from Alaska. — The fresh-salmon industry of southeast 

 Alaska has assumed quite extensive proportions since 1905, when it 

 first developed on a scale of any importance. Shipments are made 

 by way of the regular steamship lines from Juneau, Petersburg, 

 Wrangell, and Ketchikan. The fish are eviscerated and are packed 

 in crushed ice in boxes holding on the average about 450 pounds. 

 Shipments are made at all seasons of the year, and all species of 

 salmon are handled. The greatly increased demand for kings for 

 mild-cure purposes has very materially diminished shipments in a 

 fresh state. A greatly increased number of dog salmon were shipped 

 fresh during 1912. There was also a distinct gain in shipments of 

 humpback salmon. 



Shipments of fresh salmon from Alaska in 1912 totaled 1,188,923 

 pounds, valued at $87,463. This was a falling off of 736,649 pounds, 

 valued at $21,459, from 1911. 



Marketed locally in Alaska. — The local consumption of fresh fish 

 has assumed quite extensive proportions in Alaska. The chief dis- 

 tributing point in this trade is at Juneau. So far as figures are 



