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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUE 
  IISTDUSTEIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  Barrels 
  a 
  of 
  Salmon 
  Pickled 
  in 
  1914, 
  by 
  Species. 
  

  

  Products. 
  

  

  Southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Central 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Western 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Coho, 
  or 
  silver 
  

  

  Coho 
  bellies 
  

  

  Dog, 
  or 
  chum 
  

  

  Chum 
  bellies 
  

  

  Humpback, 
  or 
  pink. 
  

   Humpback 
  bellies... 
  

  

  King, 
  or 
  spring.. 
  

  

  King 
  bellies 
  

  

  Red, 
  or 
  sockeye 
  

  

  Red 
  bellies 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  39 
  

   18 
  

   399 
  

   173 
  

   30 
  

  

  839 
  

  

  Value. 
  

   81, 
  140 
  

  

  No. 
  

   205 
  

   32 
  

  

  195 
  

  

  180 
  

  

  2,456 
  

  

  1,876 
  

  

  210 
  

  

  184 
  

  

  1,557 
  

  

  6,329 
  

  

  2,052 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $1,627 
  

  

  662 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  744 
  

   329 
  

  

  16,597 
  

   1,584 
  

  

  208 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  23,212 
  

  

  23, 
  471 
  

  

  2,049 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  221, 
  812 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  365 
  

  

  67 
  

  

  53 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  482 
  

  

  229 
  

  

  269 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  24, 
  785 
  

  

  92 
  

  

  224,392 
  

  

  26,362 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $2, 
  767 
  

  

  982 
  

  

  293 
  

  

  180 
  

  

  2,954 
  

  

  2,620 
  

  

  2,588 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  238, 
  593 
  

  

  1,672 
  

  

  252, 
  662 
  

  

  a 
  Barrels 
  holding 
  200 
  poimds 
  of 
  fish. 
  

  

  FRESH 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  Shipped 
  from 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Althougli 
  tlie 
  shipmont 
  of 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  from 
  

   Petersburg, 
  Wrangell, 
  Ketchikan, 
  and 
  Juneau 
  is 
  chiefly 
  incidental 
  

   to 
  mild 
  curing 
  or 
  other 
  methods 
  of 
  handling, 
  the 
  industry 
  is 
  never- 
  

   theless 
  of 
  considerable 
  importance. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  boxed 
  in 
  ice 
  and 
  

   are 
  transported 
  by 
  regular 
  steamship 
  lines. 
  The 
  period 
  of 
  transit 
  

   is 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  days 
  and 
  d 
  silvery 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  is 
  easily 
  accom- 
  

   plished. 
  In 
  1914 
  shipments 
  of 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  from 
  Alaska 
  aggregated 
  

   1,759,733 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $60,375. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  substantial 
  gain 
  over 
  

   1913, 
  when 
  645,956 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $51,727, 
  were 
  shipped. 
  

  

  Marketed 
  Locally 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Definite 
  figures 
  are 
  not 
  available 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  exact 
  quantity 
  of 
  fresh 
  

   fish 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  local 
  markets 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  more 
  

   importtmt 
  centers 
  of 
  population, 
  such 
  as 
  Juneau 
  and 
  other 
  cities, 
  the 
  

   amomit 
  consumed 
  is 
  of 
  sufficient 
  importance 
  to 
  warrant 
  mention 
  in 
  

   this 
  report. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  the 
  consumption 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  either 
  at 
  local 
  markets 
  or 
  from 
  fishermen 
  for 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  more 
  

   important 
  centers 
  is 
  500,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $40,000. 
  Of 
  this 
  

   quantity 
  about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  is 
  halibut, 
  35 
  per 
  cent 
  salmon, 
  and 
  15 
  per 
  

   cent 
  miscellaneous 
  fishes, 
  such 
  as 
  black 
  cod, 
  herring, 
  bass, 
  and 
  other 
  

   species. 
  Retail 
  prices 
  vary 
  from 
  7 
  or 
  8 
  cents 
  a 
  pomid 
  for 
  halibut 
  to 
  

   10 
  or 
  12 
  cents 
  for 
  salmon. 
  

  

  FROZEN 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  As 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past, 
  the 
  freezing 
  of 
  Alaska 
  salmon 
  was 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  in 
  1914 
  m 
  connection 
  with 
  other 
  cold-storage 
  business 
  at 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  plants 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  These 
  included 
  the 
  New 
  

   England 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  at 
  Ketchikan, 
  the 
  Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  

   Co. 
  at 
  Taku 
  Harbor, 
  the 
  Jmieau 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  at 
  Juneau, 
  the 
  

   Booth 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  Sitka, 
  and 
  the 
  Columbia 
  & 
  Northern 
  Fishing 
  

  

  