FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



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Investment, Persons Engaged, and Products of Alaska Herring Fishery 



IN 1919. 



a Cases. 



6 Pounds. c Tons. 



COD FISHERY. 



<J Gallons. 



The outstanding facts in connection with the cod industry of 

 Alaska in 1919 are a decrease in production of 23 per cent as compared 

 with that of 1918 and a reduction in the number of operators from 32 

 to 19. The most conspicuous withdrawal from this field was that of 

 the Northern Fisheries (Inc.), which in 1918 was likewise the most 

 conspicuous accession to the list of operators. Other withdrawals 

 were said to have been occasioned by the lack of transportation, a 

 difficulty which could not be overcome successfully, since no regular 



