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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
mer the whites and natives were quite evenly divided, but by the 
1st of July most of the natives had left to work in the canneries, 
leaving only about 75 whites on the island. The fishing season 
was poor, only part of the rowboat trollers making a little more than, 
expenses and the power-boat trollers not doing much better. At 
one time in the season nearly 100 power boats were anchored off 
the island. A number of the fishermen filed a complaint with the 
Biological Survey that some of the birds, notably the puffins, inter- 
fered very seriously with fishing operations by frequently taking the 
bait from the books. 
There was a decrease of one in the number of fixed plants operated, 
but the investment increased from $487,359 in 1915 to $519,580 in 
1916. The number of persons employed in 1916 was 1,793, an 
increase of 68 over 1915. <A pack of 4,745 tierces of king salmon, 
49 tierces of cohos, and 104 tierces of chums, a total of 4,898 tierces, 
was made in 1916, as compared with 2,713 tierces of kings and 68 
tierces of cohos, a total of 2,781 tierces, in 1915, or a net increase 
of 2,117 tierces. The value of the pack in 1916 was $397,628, as 
against $191,523 in 1915, the increase in value being $206,105. The 
pack of 1915 was unusually small. 
INVESTMENT IN THE SALMON Mixp-Curina INDUSTRY IN 1916. 
Southeast Southeast 
Items. lesley. Items. Alaska. 
No. | Value. No Value. 
Fixed plants..........-..-.-.----- 12 | $75,805 |} Gear: 
Operating capitales.seesmeeor ones pence eee 142, 924 Seines, Purse. saeco eee eee eee 1 $80 
Vessels: Bathoms 4-2, 525-- 2226 > . SOi\esteeaae 
Power vessels over 5 tons..... 15 | 54,975 Gilles. ee aaacn sence ene 220 | 24,000 
Netitonnage ss... Naa. 22552 Dae eee Fathoms. 22-2 ceeeeessene 3000 Heceier oe 
Launches under 5 tons....-.-- 390 | 173, 600 Trolldines. 2/S2s vees see eee 3,174 | 16,948 
Boats, sail and row.........-- 1,011 | - 27,915 
Sailing ears esc cae cacemesoace 1 1, 233 WOGAY eaie cicadas sehen meee Seema 519, 580 
Net 'tonnage.....-.......- 14) || Sof oe 
Lighters and scows.......--..- 2 1,100 
House oats is... A=. 1 1, 000 
PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SALMON Mitp-Curtna InpustrRy IN 1916. 
Occupations and races. ce eae Occupations and races. pvc 
Fishermen: Shoresmen: 
WihitéS A954 24 0a 245-2 see 1,128 WWD ES oe onan eola deat = Eee 95 
INDTUNVOSt eee cee e ete ea cee sce ee eee 512 Natives’ 220 25 Sof 2522 = sat gesonees 4 
Ota serene cee cree e reese ce eae 1, 640 TOtal sic 5. ccccane ses ae eee eee 99 
Transporters:-“W hites;. 2-4. «ns oeeeee 54 
Grand total 2. co s.2ssec ee cates _ 1,793 
