﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
  

  

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  & 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  Wrangell. 
  The 
  New 
  England 
  Fisli 
  Co. 
  froze 
  more 
  

   than 
  100,000 
  pounds, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  concerns 
  produced 
  less 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  listed. 
  

  

  Duraig 
  1914, 
  the 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  salmon 
  frozen 
  in 
  Alaska 
  was 
  

   228,528 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $8,551. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  heavy 
  decline 
  from 
  

   the 
  season 
  of 
  1913, 
  when 
  the 
  product 
  was 
  701,418 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $28,057. 
  Conditions 
  in 
  1913, 
  however, 
  were 
  quite 
  unusual, 
  as 
  the 
  

   market 
  for 
  canned 
  chum 
  and 
  coho 
  salmon 
  was 
  unattractive, 
  hence 
  

   more 
  attention 
  was 
  directed 
  toward 
  the 
  freezing 
  of 
  these 
  species. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  Frozen 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  DRY-SALT 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  The 
  Morrison 
  Salting 
  Co. 
  dry 
  salted 
  11,400 
  pounds 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  

   on 
  the 
  Chilkat 
  River 
  near 
  Katalla, 
  and 
  at 
  Idaho 
  Inlet 
  in 
  southeast 
  

   Alaska 
  the 
  Glacier 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  similarly 
  prepared 
  800 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   coho 
  salmon. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  products 
  was 
  $810. 
  In 
  1913 
  

   the 
  production 
  of 
  dry-salt 
  salmon 
  in 
  Alaska 
  was 
  21,282 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $1,235. 
  

  

  SALMON 
  IN 
  THE 
  YUKON. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Yukon 
  were 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  inquiry 
  and 
  

   investigation 
  by 
  Agent 
  H. 
  O. 
  Smith, 
  who 
  made 
  a 
  trip, 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  

   season, 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  from 
  St. 
  Michael 
  to 
  White 
  Horse. 
  The 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  which 
  follow 
  are 
  based 
  chiefly 
  on 
  notes 
  made 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  Yukon 
  is 
  navigable 
  for 
  large 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  

   type 
  from 
  St. 
  Michael, 
  on 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  to 
  White 
  Horse, 
  in 
  Yukon 
  Terri- 
  

   tory, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  2,000 
  miles. 
  The 
  river 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  swift 
  

   at 
  the 
  latter 
  point, 
  but 
  throughout 
  most 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  is 
  broad 
  and 
  

   rather 
  sluggish. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  stretch 
  of 
  70 
  miles, 
  its 
  

   waters 
  find 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  tlirough 
  various 
  channels 
  or 
  beds 
  

   which 
  greatly 
  increase 
  the 
  difficulties 
  of 
  navigation 
  and 
  make 
  it 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  sounding 
  lead 
  almost 
  constantly. 
  The 
  stream 
  empties 
  

   into 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  through 
  a 
  delta 
  70 
  miles 
  wide, 
  consisting 
  of 
  five 
  main 
  

   channels 
  and 
  numerous 
  smaller 
  streams. 
  Thi'oughout 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  the 
  Yukon 
  flows 
  between 
  low 
  banks, 
  which 
  each 
  

   season 
  are 
  receding 
  considerably, 
  chiefly 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  erosive 
  effects 
  

   of 
  the 
  ice 
  break-up 
  in 
  early 
  summer. 
  

  

  