56 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
Accurate statistics of the quantity of salmon dried on the Yukon 
River and tributaries are not obtainable, but there is quite a catch, 
chiefly by small wheels, which is prepared as dog feed and finds 
ready sale at the interior towns of Alaska. The natives of the 
Bristol Bay region also dry large quantities of salmon for local use. 
_ SALMON BY-PRODUCTS. 
One of the most meritorious lines of work carried on in connection 
with the fishery industry of Alaska is the utilization of waste material 
from the canneries in the manufacture of oil and fertilizer. The Fish 
Canners By-Products Co., at Ward Cove, is engaged exclusively in 
this business and receives its material from a number of canneries in 
the Ketchikan region. The North Pacific Trading & Packing Co. 
continued the operation of its fertilizer and oil factory at Klawak, 
obtaining the raw material from its salmon cannery. 
The Pacific American Fisheries installed in connection with its 
cannery at Excursion Inlet a small reduction plant at which the 
cannery offal was converted into meal. Of this material 214 tons 
were produced and shipped to the company’s establishment at Eliza 
Island near Bellingham, Wash., for further treatment. The process 
employed for the extraction of oil from this material has not proved 
satisfactory. 
The value of fish meal for use as a stock and poultry food is pointed 
out very well in Bulletin No. 378 of the Department of Agriculture, 
published August 22, 1916. This document is by F. C. Weber of the 
Bureau of Chemistry of that department, its title bemg “Fish meal: | 
Its Use as a Stock and Poultry Food.” 
The investment in the by-products industry in 1916 amounted to 
$124,709, as compared with $127,879 in 1915. A total of 75 men, all 
whites, were employed in 1916, 65 shoresmen and 10 transporters, 
which is10 less than in 1915. The output of the industry was less in 
quantity than in 1915, but there-was a gain in value of $7,670. 
Outrut IN By-Propucts INpuUsTRY IN ALASKA IN 1916. 
Items. Quantity.| Value. 
OTe, REXEL SE SR ALLSTON CCE A ed ek TO) ee Nee AEE ERA A gallons..| 40,750] $20,150 
Lae Hib are Gee. Ina dee sep geae sae habonddss sondern eocketcness<>s2 sas coer aoDtoe tons. . 505 2 
idiblemishimoallt:-cttt.: Jee te ee eee sete ate eee Re eee a eee tne iereiate dort 214 5, 350 
Total et we. Aer143 1. te. Vee oe MEER Gere ee Bae Sen ee eee 47,925 
HALIBUT FISHERY. 
The halibut fishery is next in importance to the salmon fishery in 
Alaskan waters. Not only is there the catch of halibut which goes 
to a number of shore stations in Alaska, but there is the still more 
extensive fishery in extraterritorial waters, the product of which is 
