﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  is 
  owned 
  by 
  tlie 
  Nortli 
  Alaska 
  Salmon 
  Co. 
  The 
  hatcliery 
  has 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  about 
  10,000,000 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  A 
  rearing 
  pond, 
  

   16 
  by 
  24 
  feet 
  in 
  size, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  receives 
  the 
  fry 
  as 
  they 
  

   are 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  hatching 
  baskets. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  

   another 
  rearing 
  pond 
  would 
  prove 
  of 
  advantage 
  in 
  handling 
  the 
  

   hatchery's 
  output. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  $37,038,632, 
  

   a 
  decrease 
  of 
  $8,673 
  from 
  1913. 
  Of 
  tliis 
  investment 
  approximately 
  

   86 
  per 
  cent 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  industry. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  21,200, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  21,721 
  in 
  1913, 
  a 
  

   decrease 
  of 
  521 
  persons 
  for 
  1914. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  

   in 
  1914 
  was 
  $21,242,975 
  as 
  against 
  $15,739,068 
  in 
  1913, 
  an 
  increase 
  

   in 
  1914 
  of 
  $5,503,907. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  value 
  ever 
  shown 
  for 
  any 
  

   one 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  products, 
  proper, 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   Qounced 
  increase 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  pack 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  

   and 
  the 
  high 
  price 
  commanded 
  by 
  all 
  species 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  Investments 
  in 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Industries. 
  

  

  Southeast 
  

   Alaska. 
  

  

  Central 
  

   Alaska. 
  

  

  Western 
  

   Alaska. 
  

  

  Total- 
  

  

  Salmon 
  canning 
  

  

  Salmon 
  pickling 
  

  

  Salmon 
  mild 
  curing. 
  

  

  Herring 
  fishery 
  

  

  Halibut 
  fishery 
  

  

  Cod 
  fishery 
  

  

  Whale 
  fishery 
  

  

  By-products 
  

  

  $11,743,329 
  

  

  48, 
  398 
  

  

  753,589 
  

  

  203, 
  045 
  

  

  2,744,055 
  

  

  $5,692,159 
  

  

  38, 
  650 
  

  

  2,325 
  

  

  $13,394,947 
  

   199, 
  308 
  

   21,650 
  

  

  845, 
  623 
  

   116,607 
  

  

  611,026 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  16,454,646 
  

  

  6,357,055 
  

  

  14, 
  226, 
  931 
  

  

  $30,830,435 
  

   286,356 
  

   777, 
  564 
  

   203,045 
  

   2,744,055 
  

   623, 
  921 
  

   1,456,649 
  

   116,607 
  

  

  37,038,632 
  

  

  Summary 
  op 
  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  op 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  