FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 37 
per cent. The number of fry hatched and liberated from the 1915 
take of eggs was 4,020,000. The young salmon were liberated in the 
period between October 6, 1915, and April 7, 1916. 
In the season of 1916-17 egg taking began on July 20 and con- 
tinued through, September 26, 1916. The take of red-salmon eggs 
was 8,160,000. 
During the winter of 1915-16 the North Pacific Trading & Packing 
Co. blasted out certain sections of the falls at the foot of the lake 
upon which the hatchery is situated, and there is now a better over- 
flow for the water and the channel for the ascent. of fish is improved. 
It is reported that since this change has been made no damaged salmon 
have been taken, which was common before the improvement at the 
falls. Another improvement in the work of this station in 1916 was 
the adoption of the incision method for taking red-salmon eggs. 
The young salmon at this hatchery are liberated chiefly well up in 
small streams tributary to the lake. Some of the fry are retained in 
the small pond at the hatchery, where they have been observed to 
be in excellent condition, but the pond is too small to accommodate 
any large number. The construction of a series of small ponds in a 
stream near the hatchery would add materially to present facilities. 
GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES IN 1916. 
In 1916 the total investment in the Alaska fisheries amounted to 
$39,569,612, an increase of $2,253,052 over 1915. Approximately 88 
per cent of this investment was in the salmon industry. The number 
of persons engaged in 1916 was 23,994, an increase of 1,532 over 1915. 
The total value of the products in 1916 was $26,156,559, an increase 
of $5,157,216 over 1915. In both quantity and value of the products 
this is the largest output of the fisheries in the history of Alaska. It 
exceeds by $4,913,584 the previous record of 1914, when the total 
value of the products was $21,242,975. 
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS IN THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1916. 
*: Southeast Central Western 
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Wihnlotisherye cee ths be sto Pert Bare ee} 38653005 3.8 eee Sees 705, 171 1,091, 471 
CUBIC Pere nprrt te ee) ln sl ok ae ne rei 151,943) |wcconop «once 157, 943 
Paya productSereaere ners fel 2 oe hes em oh ty ny TDA: 11093 |S See tas ese eee 124, 709 
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