FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



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The following table shows, by species, the average price received 

 by the packer per case of 1-pound tails for a series of years. The 

 1-pound tall cases are used because they form the vast majority of 

 the pack and are the ones in common use by the consumer, the flat 

 cans being packed for a special trade. 



Average Annual Price per Case of 48 1-pound Tall Cans op Salmon, 1905-1910. 



Products. 



1910 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or sprint,' 



Red, orsockeye 



3.04 

 3.15 

 5.34 

 5.30 



PICKLING. 



Owing to the low prices which have prevailed during several 

 seasons for whole pickled salmon, there was but little incentive 

 for the salteries to engage in this business very heavily this year. 

 Some shut down altogether, while others very materially curtailed 

 operations. Prices improved during the latter part of the season, 

 but it was then too late. 



The action of the Department in forbidding the packing of salmon 

 bellies without making some economic use of the backs contributed 

 to the depression in the pickled trade, as bellies were the most 

 remunerative product prepared. Nearly all of the salters are now 

 agreed, however, that this action was wise and necessary. Under 

 the old wasteful method from one-half to two-thirds of the edible 

 portion of the fish was thrown away and the belly only was pickled. 



Persons engaged.— This year 261 persons (196 fishermen, 51 shores- 

 men, and 14 transporters) were employed, a decrease of 135 as 

 compared with 1909. 



Persons Engaged in the Salmon-Pickling Industry in 1910. 



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