60 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
DRY SALTING OF SALMON. 
The Kuskokwim Salmon Co., which was formed as a consolidation 
of the interests of the Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation Co. and 
the Northern Fisheries (Inc.), on the Kuskokwim River, was engaged 
in the packing of dry-salted salmon in Alaska in 1920. The invest- 
ment in miscellaneous supplies, small boats, fishing apparatus, and 
wages amounted to $45,232. Employment was given to 28 whites 
and 15 natives. The products were as follows: 
PRODUCTS OF THE DRY-SALTING SALMON BUSINESS IN ALASKA IN 1920. 
Species. Pounds. Value. 
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Chum), orketat ts 2455-222 ccc sce ace nes wasen estan esees sheen en eens. eseenee Seeeee | 7, 80 881 
IGIng JOnSpHIn gs 58. sed seers seen oat ae a eek Sse Ose oe eine sas eee cee | 152, 640 28, 440 
SCG MOL/SOCKCY Crrarsmee sae oa eee ee serene ie yo Cite nee east arote atetett srerc fee ISIS 22, 200 3, 572 
INO; 7 se On ele Sada” RA PRL op A Canto eee Da 9 Seria | 224, 840 37, 535 
There was an increase in production over 1919 of 12,596 pounds 
of dry-salted salmon, and in value of $19,934. 
DRYING AND SMOKING OF SALMON. 
As a commercial undertaking the drying and smoking of salmon 
in 1920 was unimportant; the only reported products of that kind 
were 15,000 pounds of kippered salmon, valued at $3,000, prepared 
by the Juneau Cold Storage Co., at Juneau, and 5,000 pounds of 
humpback salmon, valued at $250, dried at Uyak by Peter Petrovsky. 
Whites and natives living along the larger rivers of Alaska dry 
or smoke considerable quantities of salmon annually for local uses, 
but reliable figures of the number so used were not obtainable. These 
methods of preparing salmon were practiced chiefly in the Yukon 
Valley, where the inhabitants depend largely on such products for 
human needs and for dog food. In the coastal regions of Alaska, 
particularly those localities where winter temperatures are com- 
paratively moderate, very limited quantities of salmon are dried or 
smoked. The possibility of taking cod and other sea foods at prac- 
tically any time of the year obviates the necessity of preparing other 
fishery products for winter use. 
SALMON BY-PRODUCTS. 
The utilization of offal and waste material at the salmon can- 
neries in Alaska in the manufacture of oil and fertilizer as a branch 
of the salmon industry revived somewhat in 1920, and was centered 
wholly in the southeastern district. Three companies were engaged 
exclusively in this business, while four were primarily concerned in 
the canning of salmon. In the first category are the Fish Canners’ 
By-Products Co., which resumed operations at Ward Cove; the 
Alaska Reduction Co., which established a plant at Hawk Inlet; 
and the Petersburg By-Products Co., which operated at Scow Bay; 
in the other class were the Alaska Herring & Sardine Co., at Port 
