FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 73 
Persons ENGAGED IN THE ALASKA HERRING FISHERY IN 1916. 
Occupations and races. Number. Occupations and races. Number. 
Fishermen: Shoresmen—Continued. 
Wih6St 2o5 tes Sees tees sie 115 JRPANOSE asso ee se eee doss oo ew Sec tite 7 
Natives..... Cee oem _ eee eee 4 BEIM IMOS eae: eee ce cere cee cee ee 1 
oie see eB Se eae a eee 4 
DOW crete on sean mono ne oe eemis Sone 263 
TPM E Ae \ooabs aatseticw gone sates ksiniec 123 _——— 
Transporters: Whites. ........-..-2----- 6 
Shoresmen == 
Vt ER Se Ss ees 241 Gran@ tose cee atc oe occ state 392 
JOS N a7 3 SRE ie BSR Rea eee ee ee 14 
Propuct oF ALASKA HERRING FISHERY IN 1916. 
Products. Quantity. | Value. 
Herring: 
Fresh, for bait........ PR eee oe Pate ae RI Ae eee ae helenae oo pounds..] 2,124,600 | $31, 100 
ROLE a OTaD Ai jetetatelat ete seins cats wis nes iets eyo ae alae pata ore erm 3 Sige loins = dOwz=. 841, 800 ; 
Hick leg On TOO CBG Fe es! abcess mesa ok See reyet Oh te heise Aes barrels. . 18,079 | 166, 062 
Smoked, PEA ies rere ciar icicle tics Sor aati ae ace eS nce nanan yee dora: 300 4, 200 
9 SD SE SE DICE DRIDEEADO SU onan I OS Oreste ia cic IRI Pees terete eae cases 19, 850 | 132, 330 
Div acd, ORR OU eaters tates aie ate. ae Tata as ees aikrcle pounds. . 197,000] 9, 
ocho ccbeseengoaseo cco Beer be see AEE SoBe ic 20 Aner Or Sema sar gallons... 188,926 | 47,231 
Moai 2 note Seo Sos eee eS eres teens eee Seb see oe see eee ne oe Hee eeco sees tons. 875 | 21,875 
TUDE no tae 5 Sse Ree S ese see aes oe codes ede GSds Ue CEE DaEE ARCO eee eee peas aaanee 418, 076 
a Includes 1,590 barrels, valued at $15,855, pickled in central Alaska. 
WHALE FISHERY. 
SHORE STATIONS. 
The whaling industry in Alaska is represented chiefly by the opera- 
tions of two companies—the United States Whaling Co., at Port 
Armstrong, and the North Pacific Sea Products Co., at Akutan. 
Whaling operations were conducted in a limited way in the vicinity 
of Nome by Ben Nygren and S. Torkensen, who, as in previous sea- 
sons, hunted the beluga, or white whale, principally for its skin. Simi- 
lar work was undertaken on Cook Inlet by the Beluga Whaling Co., 
which was incorporated at Anchorage, Alaska, in 1916. 
The United States Whaling Co. operated the same steamers in 
whale killing as in 1915—namely, Star J (133 tons), Star IJ, and Star 
HII (97 tons each). The North Pacific Sea Products Co. operated, in 
addition to the steamers Unimak and Kodiak (99 tons each), the steam 
whaler Tanginak, of 71 net tons. 
OFFSHORE WHALING FLEET. 
The steamer Herman, of 229 net tons, was converted into a motor- 
power vessel and was chartered to Capt. L. A. Pedersen, who sailed 
her from San Francisco early in 1916 on a trading trip to Siberian . 
waters, from which she returned in November. Incidentally, some 
whaling was done, netting a small quantity of oil and bone. The 
_ auxiliary whaling schooner Belvedere (400 tons net) sailed from Seattle 
