1920. 
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ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 
____..Ketchikan. 
Port Alexander. 
Yukon River. 
Hehe Thompsons. 22-242.3- 
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The total investment in the mild-cure salmon industry was 
$213,632. Employment was given to 357 persons. The mild-cure 
products were 2,295 tierces of king salmon, valued at $364,219, of 
which 2,120 tierces were prepared in southeastern Alaska, 26 in 
central, and 149 in the western district. 
INVESTMENT, PERSONS ENGAGED, AND PropuUCTS OF ALASKA SALMON MILD-CURING 
INDUSTRY IN 1920. 
Items. Tierces. | Number. | Value. 
INVESTMENT. 
ea PERESICAIICH OA LINE see te Sam cece Saree oe cin gee a sae een aaaie Sco camll|sesisisarace 4 $5, 600 
Oyayeiga a Ys Cryer See be adh TURE D0 ee sie ee en os OR ees ocd PCenenenee Cece cenesnc. 149, 677 
Vessels: 
ROW erm OU Clio LONS sameeren nee ma niane ies cc se a = slstoisiateun clelsslersintae | => oiel=io==re= 7 28, 200 
INO LOT TASS EG teeter a rhe eo fea aS ai dignra, hoe tlaymrcieretywieloie smell 'eie BH E35 eee 
Launches under 5 tons 4 5, 700 
Other boats and skiffs 12 5, 850 
ILM Ou eRe bee 20s SR es eee eee ee ees 1 1,500 
Apparatus: 
Tee Se ee cea coy oohicicnineideete | -eemmacaas 657 1, 405 
(OMT RR RS OOS SF eee Se eee eens See eee Meoeceroe 8 3, 700 
es CHORIN See ee es See Dae Red ee eS SE eaaeet 3 2 S25 A eee ee 
FE OUTIMITIO LGR ae eteae oe ite et a 2 = Seen emcee nicks siaso's Sette eiatia S mlnracaisieiara| caine mnie y 12, 000 
eiyielleeeee ee eR Re 2a Paes ee ea ae make Benne oe aloes bates] aldisrss Bese 213, 632 
PERSONS ENGAGED.,! fice asin 
Fishermen: 
WNL OS nee a tt pate rac cltlonis cis ace ntas ines Soin ssicis swiccieits cal siete mee a7a8 BOGE ste sce 
PAT EAE ES ee ict ao RS os oe se Se eiuetee a ee nee oemas Seem Se Moke mieeeieie, = Mt ae eee 
SING) See ae ae Cn eee eee eae Se eee eer ee S164). tte 
Shoresmen: Whites Dei cee aes 
SRECTINTONLELS BVM LOSS = eee co sone aoe cee coin saeco en peincu cicigwee las aes IS ease 
Grey ON ee ere tae cree eae oe eae Sonim A moe es cle sie am lmmeiate wssjeie ee 357) |CaseNa? 5. 
PRODUCTS. | | 
{ Pounds. | 
Bont hoagie Nlaskars Kane salm0ns 2262 52840 Soon nce ns eer semate aoa cene 2,120 | 1,717,800 | 341,429 
(OG Ar I MARSTON GT CART 0) 7 eee eee ee eee ee ae ae | 26 20, 800 | 5, 000 
WHESLerTaAIASK A hGing, SAlMON 26 -acccb shes woe ce eee cece dec ncccmceaces 149 119, 200 17, 790 
Toreaiege: Pete et eee ete 9-905 "| ot an7 800d, 80% 210 
1 Southeast Alaska only. 
SALMON PICKLING. 
The pickling of salmon as a branch of the salmon industry is 
rapidly losing its importance. Since 1918 there has been a shrink- 
age in investment of $1,064,836, or 78 per cent, and in production 
from 56,890 barrels of salmon to 4,822 barrels, or 91.6 per cent. As 
compared with the situation in 1919, the investment fell off approxi- 
mately 50 per cent, or from $590,422 to $298,681, and production 41 
per cent, from 8,110 barrels valued at $195,447 to 4,822 barrels valued 
at $104,873. From an industry employing 815 men in 1918 and 267 in 
1919, it has shrunk until only 157 were employed in 1920, all but 2 
of whom were credited to western Alaska. The most noticeable 
changes occurred in central Alaska. In 1919 that district showed 
approximately 40 per cent of the capital invested in this industry, 
whereas in 1920 no salteries were operated and no investment re- 
ported. Of the two companies listed in that district a year ago, the 
