64 FISHERY AND FUR INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



Products of the Alaska Halibut Fisheries in 1912. 



Products. 



Southeast Alaska. 



Central Alaska. 



Total. 



Halibut: 



Fresh 



Frozen 



Fletched.. 

 Dry salted 

 Smoked... 

 Deviled . . . 

 Canned . . . 



Total.... 



16,756,328 



Pounds.a 



140, 415 



140, 415 



Value. 



S7,722 



Pounds.a 



13,351,306 



3, 421, 605 



72,776 



10,000 



400 



39,840 



816 



7,722 



16,896,743 



Value. 



$696,731 



219, 788 



3,638 



500 



120 



6,640 



85 



927, 502 



a Prepared weight. 



6 Represents 1,660 cases, each containing 48J-pound flat cans. 



c Represents 17 cases, each containing 48 1-pound flat cans. 



Statistics of Alaska Halibut Fisheries, 1905-1012. 



Years. 



Fishery in Alaska territory. 



Men em- 

 ployed. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Pounds of 

 halibut. 



Vessel fishery in extraterritorial 



waters.o 



Vessels. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Pounds of 

 halibut. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



276 

 304 

 .591 

 395 

 281 

 829 

 651 

 1,038 



$95,980 



106, 702 



164, 126 



340,825 



340, 032 



1,258,004 



1,194,073 



2, 036,-050 



4, 675, 900 



4, 245, 644 



4,487,618 



5,662,000 



5,189,924 



21,630,289 



f> 17,315,571 



e 16,896, 743 



128 

 159 

 166 



$55, 645 

 64,030 

 56, 730 



1,800 



60 



852, 080 



6 2, 002, 670 

 2, t)40, 489 

 1, 527, 674 

 2,259,529 

 4, 414, 555 



6 2,399,379 



a A number of steamers from Puget Sound in addition; catch not known, 

 b Dressed or prepared weights, 

 e Inclusive of the steamer catch. 



COD FISHERY. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



The commercial fishery of Alaska other than whaling had its real 

 inception in the operations of cod fishermen. This work dates back 

 almost to the middle of the last centmy when schooners were dis- 

 patched from San Francisco and returned with fares of cod from 

 Alaska, equal or even superior in quahty to the well-known cod of 

 the eastern coast. From the early sixties to the present day Alaska 

 has constantly maintained a prominent position in meeting the 

 demand for this staple food fish. The cod fishery is now fourth in 

 relative importance of the fisheries of Alaska, being exceeded by the 

 salmon, haUbut, and herring operations, unless account be taken 

 also of the unusual spurt shown by the whale fishery this year. 



Cod operations in Alaska are conducted almost exclusively by 

 firms having their headquarters in Washington and Cahfornia. The 

 three San Francisco companies have a number of shore stations at 



