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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



DRY SALTING OF SALMON. 



The dry salting of salmon in Alaska in 1919 was represented by 

 the activities of a single packer, the Kuskokwim Fishing & Trans- 

 portation Co., at Apokak. The investment was increased from 

 $58,345 in 1918 to $103,862 in 1919, the increase bein^ accounted for 

 entirely by the inclusion of the value of certain vessels not reported 

 in 1918. 



Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products op Alaska Dry Salting of Salmon 



IN 1919.a 



a Confined wholly to western Alaska. 



DRYING AND SMOKING OF SALMON. 



The drymg and smoking of salmon in Alaska is not an essential 

 branch of the salmon industry, though a considerable quantity of 

 salmon is doubtless so prepared and used locally, chiefly by the 

 Indians. Statistics of the number of salmon used in this way are 

 unavailable, but a conservative estimate would place the quantity 

 at 400,000 pounds, having a value of at least $40,000. In addition 

 to this, the Juneau Cold Storage Co. kippered 15,000 pounds of 

 salmon, valued at $3,000. 



SALMON BY-PRODUCTS. 



The most notable change in the salmon by-products industry was 

 the withdrawal from Alaska of the Fish Canners By-Products Co., at 

 Ward Cove. This company met with misfortune in 1918 by the loss 

 in transit of new machinery intended for installation in its oil and 

 fertilizer factory, and as a result it decided not to operate. The 

 plant was then offered for sale and remained idle in 1919. 



The Pacific American Fisheries was the only concern in Alaska in 

 1919 utilizing the offal and other fishery waste at its canneries in the 

 production of by-products. It operated plants in connection with the 

 canneries at Excursion Inlet in southeast Alaska, and at Ikatan in 

 central Alaska. As these reduction plants were incidental to the 

 camiing of salmon, no investment in the by-products industry is 

 shown for 1919. The products were 362 tons of fertilizer, valued at 

 $18,680, and 966 gallons of oil, valued at 



