﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

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  Average 
  Annual 
  Price 
  Per 
  Case 
  op 
  Forty-Eight 
  1-Pound 
  Cans 
  op 
  Salmon, 
  

  

  1905 
  TO 
  1914. 
  

  

  Product. 
  

  

  Coho, 
  or 
  silver 
  

  

  Dog, 
  or 
  chum 
  

  

  Humpback, 
  or 
  pink 
  

  

  King, 
  or 
  spring 
  

  

  Red, 
  or 
  sockeye 
  

  

  $3.20 
  

   2.69 
  

   2.95 
  

   3.28 
  

   3.38 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  $3.63 
  

   2.87 
  

   3.00 
  

   3.78 
  

   3.77 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  $3.91 
  

   2.97 
  

   3.16 
  

   4.18 
  

   4.59 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  $3.98 
  

   2.53 
  

   2.69 
  

   4.20 
  

   4.52 
  

  

  1909 
  

  

  $4.07 
  

   2.28 
  

   2.40 
  

   4.32 
  

   4.53 
  

  

  1910 
  

  

  3.04 
  

   3.15 
  

   5.34 
  

   5.30 
  

  

  1911 
  

  

  $5.67 
  

   3.72 
  

   3.94 
  

   6.48 
  

   6.33 
  

  

  1912 
  

  

  $4.44 
  

   2.37 
  

   2.55 
  

   5.37 
  

   5.45 
  

  

  1913 
  1914 
  

  

  $3.45 
  

   2.21 
  

   2.58 
  

   4.04 
  

   4.54 
  

  

  $4.3iJ 
  

   3.37 
  

   3.50 
  

   5.01 
  

   5.58 
  

  

  MILD 
  CURING. 
  

  

  Extent 
  and 
  Methods. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  shows 
  a 
  considerable 
  decline 
  in 
  the 
  mild-cure 
  

   industry 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  when 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   shore 
  stations 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  much 
  activity 
  was 
  

   displayed 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  those 
  experienced 
  in 
  mild-cure 
  

   work, 
  but 
  by 
  others 
  who 
  were 
  not 
  familair 
  with 
  the 
  processes 
  involved 
  

   and 
  who 
  possessed 
  only 
  limited 
  facilities 
  for 
  preparing 
  their 
  catch. 
  

   The 
  result 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  heavy 
  output 
  of 
  mild-cured 
  salmon, 
  part 
  of 
  

   which 
  did 
  not 
  measure 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  quality 
  previously 
  

   established. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  this, 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  did 
  not 
  

   open 
  quite 
  as 
  auspiciously 
  as 
  the 
  previous 
  year; 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  coming 
  

   of 
  the 
  European 
  war, 
  operations 
  almost 
  without 
  exception 
  were 
  

   suspended 
  immediately, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  realized 
  that 
  the 
  principal 
  market 
  

   for 
  mild-cured 
  salmon 
  would 
  in 
  aU 
  likelihood 
  be 
  practically 
  closed. 
  

   Subsequent 
  events 
  proved 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  these 
  conclusions, 
  as 
  

   the 
  demand 
  for 
  mild-cured 
  salmon 
  fell 
  off 
  very 
  perceptibly, 
  and 
  the 
  

   market 
  was 
  over 
  stocked. 
  

  

  The 
  important 
  troUmg 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Forrester 
  Island 
  

   were 
  again 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  much 
  activity 
  this 
  season. 
  This 
  island 
  is 
  a 
  

   Federal 
  bird 
  reserve 
  and 
  is 
  mider 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture. 
  Operations 
  were 
  conducted 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Game 
  Warden 
  Willett, 
  of 
  that 
  department, 
  who 
  reached 
  

   Forrester 
  Island 
  on 
  May 
  23 
  and 
  was 
  on 
  duty 
  there 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   August. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  457 
  permits 
  were 
  issued 
  covering 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  within 
  the 
  reservation. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  more 
  than 
  400 
  fishermen 
  

   were 
  engaged. 
  Each 
  fisherman 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  paint 
  his 
  permit 
  

   number 
  distinctly 
  on 
  his 
  boat, 
  and 
  a 
  limit 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  catch. 
  

   This 
  was 
  made 
  possible 
  through 
  arrangements 
  with 
  the 
  buyers, 
  who 
  

   fixed 
  the 
  number 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  purchased 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  which 
  

   number 
  was 
  posted 
  on 
  the 
  bulletin 
  board. 
  The 
  prices 
  agreed 
  upon 
  

   were 
  as 
  foUows: 
  Red 
  kings, 
  20 
  pounds 
  or 
  over, 
  $1; 
  red 
  kings 
  under 
  

   20 
  pounds, 
  30 
  cents; 
  white 
  kings, 
  20 
  cents; 
  cohos, 
  5 
  cents. 
  An 
  

   agreement 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  buyers 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  if 
  rowboat 
  

   operators 
  could 
  furnish 
  enough 
  fish, 
  none 
  would 
  be 
  purchased 
  from 
  

  

  