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halibut. In 1920 the production of sablefish reached a total of 
584,251 pounds, valued at $28,544. There was an increase of 74,882 
pounds in products but a decline of $6,941 in value from the corre- 
sponding figures reported in 1919. Statistics show that 565,926 
pounds, valued at $27,770, were frozen; 3,000 pounds, valued at 
$140, were pickled; and 15,325 pounds, valued at $634, were shipped 
fresh to the States. 
CRABS. 
Some change was noted in 1920 with respect to the utilization 
of crabs in Alaska. The Arctic Packing Co. and Eda O. Kitzman 
canned experimentally a few cases of crabs at Seldovia, in central 
Alaska. John Murphy, at Tenakee, was the only operator engaged 
in crab fishing in southeastern Alaska. The investment in the crab 
fishery was $750. The products were 70 cases of canned crabs, valued 
at $1,050, and 6,350 pounds of crabs sold fresh for $690. ‘The total 
value of all crab products was $1,740. 
SHRIMPS. 
Encouraging interest in the shrimp fishery of southeastern Alaska 
was manifested in 1920 by the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co., at 
Petersburg. The investment in the shrimp industry was reported 
as $76,100, of which amount $24,500 was paid in wages to 14 whites, 
5 natives, 20 Japanese, and 1 Mexican. Four boats and six trawls, 
valued at $29,600, were operated in this fishery. The total produc- 
tion of shrimp was 112,045 pounds, valued at $49,123. The products 
of this fishery were more than double those of 1919, and it would 
therefore seem that the competition of the southern shrimp fisheries 
had not seriously affected operations in Alaska. 
MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS. 
This classification of products includes red rockfish, flatfish, and 
smelts. Products aggregated 11,073 pounds, valued at $229, prac- 
tically all of which were frozen. 
