68 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
PrRopucTs OF ALASKA CLAM-CANNING INDUSTRY IN 1920. 
Items. Cases. Value. 
Minced clams: 
+-pound | cans|(48iperiCas®) secre nas see eee emia ee eee eee eee 424 $3, 384 
No. 1 eastern oyster cans (48 per case)..-.-.-------- oops SE ee ws see eae ei eee | 5, 876 41, 132 
1-pound cans (48 per case).....--.---- se sedeins jcaichonga: see sabeenesecne = steeebe 17 
2-pound cans.......-.-2------------------------ Bean hp pnt Goan oh oaauee seleearecne 380 1,748 
Clam juice, 8-pound cans........------- SESE Sane Sook BABE cosa Chas ch is s6a5secaaEe ete 136 412 
otalk Ves ceases: 2 SoBe reek eg E EA 1G OE hc AR eR | 6, 833 46, 812 
MINOR FISHERIES. 
TROUT. 
The output of trout in Alaska in 1920 was practically equal in 
quantity and value to that of 1919, when it was valued at $13,155 as 
against $13,662 in the past year. Southeastern Alaska led in pro- 
duction, as approximately but 20 per cent of the catch came from 
central and western Alaska, as compared with 27 per cent from those 
districts in 1919 and 79 per cent in 1918. The chief factor contribut- 
ing to this result was the continued closure of the cannery of the 
Midnight Sun Packing Co., at Kotzebue Sound, where a few thou- 
sand cases of Dolly Vardens were canned annually prior to 1919. 
The bulk of the catch of both steelhead and Dolly Varden trout 
was handled as fresh or frozen fish by the Ripley Fish Co., and 
Libby, McNeill & Libby, in southeastern Alaska. Alt canned tront 
came from central and western Alaska. No investment is credited 
to this business, as all operations were incidental to halibut and sal- 
mon industries. 
Propucts or ALASKA Trout FISHERY IN 1920. 
Section and species. Fresh. Frozen. Pickled. Canned. 
Southeast Alaska: Pounds.| Value. | Pownds.| Valwe. | Barrels.| Value. | Cases. | Value. 
Steelhead! eb tcs8 seer Sac QWBU751) |) SL AT4A 178440 S25000 ese s- se| eee eis (> eae | ee eee 
DollyaVarden= sas. sce sce - 26, 326 6, 726 250 25 5 | $75 oor eee 
MOtabe aes oe a aoe 53, 077 8,140 | 17,594 2, 626 5 45 le. foes eee eate 
Central: 
‘Steelheadee secs cco ete oes erece lee ial Sercecioteis | sine winta siete llc alalatelele=lellle(el='a(altanilel | siateintalelaiat= 427 | $2,126 
Dolly Warden=- s2-cccs--—- 3, 420 342 379 20 5 (ioe efor cel lot cosooe 
Totale... 432 oe eon eee 3, 420 342 379 20 5 | 1 427 2,126 
Western Alaska: Dolly Var- 
(\1e ee ee Chee ee) Te ey ee re ed ee eas |S AOR r|| HSOee ocd |OEPeohebe loneercees 43 258 
Grandtotal-eee-- eee eee 56,497 | 8,482| 17,973 2,646 10 | 150 470 | 2,384 
SABLEFISH. 
As may be generally known, the catch of sablefish each year is 
made almost wholly by halibut fishermen operating in the offshore 
waters of Alaska, and the quantity reported annually fluctuates with 
market demands and the willingness of the fishermen to utilize space 
in their boats for sablefish which might be filled more profitably with 
