FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 69 
hence there was a very strong export demand for cod from Alaskan 
waters. The chief markets were the West Indies, South America, 
Hawaiian Islands, and Australia. This condition of affairs would 
undoubtedly have caused many others to go into the cod business but 
there was a scarcity of vessels, and moreover the attractive rates 
offered for general freighting business induced some of the cod com- 
panies to charter their vessels in the season when they were not 
required in Alaskan waters. 
VESSEL FISHERY. 
Two changes from the previous year are noted in regard to the con- 
cerns engaged in cod fishing off the Alaskan coast in 1916. The 
Northern Codfish Co., of Seattle, did not operate, but its schooner 
Fortuna went to the Bering Sea banks under charter to the Pacific 
Coast Codfish Co. The Pacific States Trading Co., of San Francisco, 
retired from business early in the year and its shore station at North- 
west Harbor, Herendeen Island, was taken over by the Union Fish 
Co. The schooners Ottilie Fjord (247 tons) and Bertha Dolbeer (230 
tons), of the Pacific States Trading Co., did not go north and are not 
listed in the fishing fleet of 1916. 
AtasKA Cop FLEET, 1916. 
Names. Class. ae Operators. 
ENE EC Sa Sa ea ae ee Schooner. .....-... 327 | J. A. Matheson, Anacortes, Wash. 
[RES ei a gal DWTS | ce enon [a G02 eae 252 oO. 
Wawona. .--. 5: SERS beast 8 doa eesiayS . 413 | Robinson Fisheries Co., Anacortes, 
Do. 
235 Pacis Coast Codfish Co., Seattle, Wash. 
0. 
171 Do. 
rae Do. 
oe as eed ee 8 SR | eed. 281 ae Codfish Co., San Francisco, Cal. 
0. 
370 Do. 
Ree ais Raise eae se ee 392 Do. 
Tate Career en Nace 324 | Union Fish Co., San Francisco, Cal. 
eb saa cwetee canna = SEE AES 233 Do. 
oh ed ole. Se ieee [lat 2 328 Do. 
4 SE eee oe eee ee eee 14 Do. 
Golden State ¢ 223 Do. 
irsie. 2-6-2). Suet: Be Saeee eee do 30 Do. 
\yTELG ied 0) De 1 gt eam a a leet : if Do 
a Transporting vessel for shore station catch; also made one fishing voyage. 
b Made one fishing voyage and one voyage as a transporting vessel. 
¢ Transporting vessel. 
SHORE STATIONS. 
The following shore stations were operated: Alaska Codfish Co.— 
Kelleys Rock and Unga, on Unga Island; Companys Harbor and Mur- 
phys Cove, on Sannak Island; and Dora Harbor, on Unimak Island. 
Union Fish Co.—Pirate Cove, on Popof Island; Unga, on Unga Island; 
Sanborn Harbor and Eagle Harbor, on Nagai Island; Northwest 
Harbor, on Herendeen Island; Pavlof Harbor and Johnson Harbor, 
