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FISHERY AND FUR INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



ALASKA CODFISH FLEET, 1912. 



The following fleet of sailing vessels from California and Puget 

 Sound engaged in Alaska codfish operations this year: 



Names. 



Fanny Diitard 



Maid of Orleans 



Alice 



Josei)h Russ a 



Fortuna 



John A 



Vega* 



Sequoia b 



r,alilee6 



W. H. Dimond 



John D. Spreckels b. 



City of Papeete 



Ottilie Fjord 



Bertha Dolbeer 6 . . . 



Class. 



Schooner 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Brigantine . . 



Schooner 



do 



Barlcentine. . 



Schooner 



do 



Net 

 ton- 



252 

 171 

 220 

 235 

 138 

 235 

 233 

 324 

 328 

 376 

 253 

 370 

 247 

 230 



Operators. 



Matheson Fisheries Co., Anacortes, Wash. 



Do. 

 Robinson Fisheries Co., Anacortes, Wash. 



Do. 

 Blom Codfish Co., Seattle, Wash. 

 Pacific Coast Codfish Co., Seattle, Wash. 

 Union Fish Co., San Francisco, Cal. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Alaska Codfish Co., San Francisco, Cal. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Pacific States Trading Co., San Francisco, Cal. 



Do. 



o Wrecked Apr. 21, 1912. 



6 Transporting vessels. 



The statistics relating to the foregoing vessels are included in the 

 tables. Heretofore figures for vessels have in part been omitted. 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY. 



The total investment in the cod fishery in Alaska in 1912 was 

 $274,674, as against $215,670 in the previous year. The number of 

 persons engaged was 485 (347 fishermen, 83 shoremen, and 55 trans- 

 porters), as against 284 in 1911. 



Practically the same number of persons were engaged this year as 

 last. The apparent increase from 284 in 1911 to 485 in 1912 results 

 from the fact that the vessel fishermen and employees are now in- 

 cluded in the statistical tables, which was not previously done. 



The catch totaled 8,064,853 pounds of prepared products, valued 

 at $218,268. This includes both vessel and shore station catch. 

 The combined figures from these two sources in 1911 amounted to 

 11,305,288 pounds, cured weight, valued at $330,030. It will thus 

 be noted that 1912 shows a decrease of about 35 per cent as com- 

 pared with 1911. Stormy weather and the loss of one of the fishing 

 vessels had much to do with the decline. 



Investment in the Cod Fishery in Alaska in 1912. 



Items. 



Transporting vessels: 



Steamers and launches 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Launches under 5 tons. . . 



Saihng vessels 



Tonnage 



Fishing vessels 



Tonnage 



Number. 



2 

 5 



1,368 



a 11 



2,285 



Value. 



$21,000 



3,500 



2,600 



44,000 



73,000 



Items. 



Boats, row , 



Apparatus: 



Hand lines , 



Trawl lines , 



Cash capital 



Shore stations and accessory 

 property 



Total. 



Number. 



Value. 



$10,920 



3,004 



150 



50,000 



66,500 



274,674 



o Includes 2 small sailing vessels used locally; tonnage, 31. 



