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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



Investment. — There were 14 fixed plants (13 in southeast Alaska and 

 1 in central Alaska) — i. e., plants with permanent buildings and a chief 

 business of mild-curing salmon — operated in Alaska this year. A 

 considerable part of this industry is done by schooners and launches, 

 the crews of which catch the fish in small boats and pack them aboard 

 the vessels, moving from place to place with the schools of salmon. 



Investment in the Salmon Mild-Curing Industry in 1910. 



Items. 



Southeast 



Alaska. 



Central Alaska. 



Total. 



Fixed plants 



Transporting vessels: 



Steamers and launches (over 5 tons). 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Sailing vessels t 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Steamers and launches (under 5 tons) . . . 



Boats, sail and row 



Scows 



Apparatus, shore fisheries: 



Gill nets 



Lines, trolling 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



W ages paid 



No. 

 13 



23 

 179 



35 

 402 

 20 



138 



Total. 



Value. 



No. 



$51,500 



35,000 

 4,000 



3,000 



o 42,750 



14,365 



10, 100 



26, 225 

 471 

 40, 920 

 86, 000 

 46, 537 



360,868 



Value. 



No. 

 14 



23 

 179 



$1,000 



750 



35 



407 

 20 



143 



1,200 



2,950 



Value. 



$51, 500 



35,000 

 4,000 



3,000 

 42, 750 

 15,365 

 10, 100 



26,975 



471 



40,920 



86,000 



47,737 



303,818 



a Includes outfit. 



Catch., by apparatus and products. — All told, 164,520 red-meated and 

 22,525 white-meated king salmon were required in preparing the pack. 

 The greater part of these fish were caught with trolling lines. The 

 pack of 3,357 tierces, which sold for $220,673, is an increase of 1,065 

 tierces and $71,373 over 1909. 



Catch op Salmon for mild-curing, 1910, by Apparatus and Species. 



