64 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
shown under the name of Lars Mikkelsen. Operations by the Pacific 
American Fisheries in the vicinity of Unimak Island and W. J. 
Erskine Co. in the Kodiak region account largely for the increased. 
production of cod in 1920 over that of 1919. It is noteworthy that 
approximately 28 per cent of the cod taken in Alaskan waters was 
reported as of shore-station catch. Generally the smaller producers 
of cod are the operators of shore stations only. 
The Alaska cod industry is facing a decline of serious proportions 
in view of the active competition which has developed rather re- 
cently through deliveries of cod by Japanese vessels. Under present 
conditions this competition bids fair to increase to the great dis- 
advantage of the Alaska cod industry. 
VESSEL FISHERY. 
Owing to the withdrawal of J. A. Matheson, the schooner Fanny 
Dutard does not appear in the list of vessels forming the cod fleet of 
1920. The Chas. R. Wilson, a schooner heretofore listed as one of 
the vessels of the Pacific Coast Codfish Co., was also withdrawn 
from the Alaska field. Offsetting these withdrawals ate two notable 
additions to the list of vessels in the fleet of 1920. One was that of 
the schooner S. V. Castle, belonging to the Alaska Codfish Co., and 
the other that of the schooner Carolyn Frances, owned by the Union 
Fish Co., which company further increased its fleet by adding the 
schooners Hunice, Mary EF, Chas. E. Brown, and the power schooner 
Progress. The W. J. Erskine Co. reported nine small vessels engaged 
in cod fishing at Kodiak, two of which were listed in 1919. The 
Alaska Codfish Co. added the Alasco IV to its fleet of small power 
vessels in Alaska. 
The fleet in 1920 was composed of 36 vessels, 16 of which were 
schooners of more than 100 tons register. This is an increase of 11 
over the number listed in 1919. The total tonnage of the fleet in 1920 
was 5,171 net tons, as compared with 4,234 net tons in 1919. 
SHORE STATIONS. 
The important shore stations of Alaska were operated and located 
as follows: O. Kraft & Son at Kodiak; the Union Fish Co. and the 
Alaska Codfish Co. at several stations in the Shumagin and Sanak 
Islands; the Bering Sea Fisheries Co. at Unga; and four stations in 
the Aleutian Islands Reservation. 
ALASKA Cop FLEET IN 1920. 
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| * | Net 
Name. Rig. | tonnage Operators. 
City of Papeete........ Schooner: 2 ...-s-<<--< 370 | Alaska Codfish Co., San Francisco, Calif. 
Glend aleve... e2 see ereeee d 281 Do. 
Maweema 392 Do. 
S. N. Castle 464 Do. 
Alasco: ste Jes 23 Do. 
Alasco II. -...-- 5 Do. 
Alasco III 8 Do. 
Alasco IV 14 Do. 
TWWi0 23562 eee eons panse (3 (opera Se nee vee Ae 9 | Alaska Ocean Food Co., Seattle, Wash. 
(DOTa es eemeae seater | Steamer: 23, Ae Soke sce 217 | Bering Sea Fisheries Co., Seattle, Wash. 
Daistenocast.ceceseasesl Power schooner...-.... 15 | W. J. Erskine Co., Kodiak, Alaska. 
Pilovim ss ccc eee se see lees dGs.0 eee 8 Do. 
Northern’ King >. 2-2 2it 5-2 Goss eS asecenes 8 Do. 
IPatimOssemesmeccmceees| cere DOsaecedcweesseese 17 Do. 
