﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
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  It 
  is 
  during 
  the 
  montlis 
  of 
  favorable 
  weather, 
  when 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  extensively 
  conducted, 
  that 
  the 
  freezing 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   halibut 
  takes 
  place. 
  These 
  fish 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  market 
  purposes 
  

   somewhat 
  later 
  on, 
  when 
  heavy 
  weather 
  greatly 
  lessens 
  the 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  fresh 
  halibut 
  landed. 
  At 
  other 
  times 
  the 
  markets 
  are 
  supplied 
  by 
  

   heavy 
  shipments 
  of 
  fresh 
  halibut 
  packed 
  in 
  ice, 
  and, 
  as 
  facilities 
  are 
  

   such 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  handled 
  with 
  dispatch 
  and 
  under 
  very 
  favorable 
  

   conditions, 
  they 
  reach 
  the 
  markets 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  or 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  condition. 
  

  

  In 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  operations, 
  and 
  taking 
  into 
  account 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  quite 
  hazardous 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  heavy 
  

   weather, 
  the 
  halibut 
  industry 
  this 
  year 
  has 
  experienced 
  but 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  disasters. 
  This 
  speaks 
  well 
  for 
  the 
  

   stanch 
  and 
  seaworthy 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  

   skill 
  of 
  the 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  modern 
  high-class 
  

   halibut 
  vessel 
  for 
  deep-sea 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  is 
  about 
  80 
  feet 
  

   in 
  length, 
  schooner 
  rigged, 
  with 
  a 
  motor 
  of 
  about 
  100 
  horsepower, 
  

   and 
  has 
  fuel 
  tanks 
  sufficient 
  for 
  several 
  thousand 
  miles, 
  cruising 
  under 
  

   power 
  alone. 
  A 
  vessel 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  generally 
  carries 
  6 
  dories 
  and 
  a 
  

   crew 
  of 
  15 
  men, 
  and 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  handling 
  a 
  cargo 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   80,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  halibut. 
  

  

  The 
  halibut 
  schooner 
  Alice 
  (29 
  tons 
  net) 
  was 
  wrecked 
  January 
  31, 
  

   1914, 
  on 
  Kosciusko 
  Island 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  There 
  were 
  11 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  aboard 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  disaster, 
  but 
  no 
  lives 
  were 
  lost. 
  The 
  

   halibut 
  vessel 
  Montana 
  (33 
  tons 
  net) 
  was 
  partly 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  

   May 
  2, 
  1914, 
  at 
  Redoubt 
  Bay, 
  near 
  Sitka. 
  The 
  vessel 
  sank 
  in 
  shallow 
  

   water 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  she 
  was 
  raised 
  and 
  taken 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  to 
  be 
  

   repaired 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  commission 
  again. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  apprehension 
  upon 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  

   interests 
  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  particularly 
  at 
  Ketchikan, 
  that 
  the 
  

   recent 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Trunk 
  Pacific 
  Railway 
  tlirough 
  to 
  Prince 
  

   Rupert, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  will 
  mean 
  a 
  heavy 
  loss 
  of 
  trade 
  to 
  Alaska 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  facilities 
  thus 
  afforded 
  for 
  quick 
  delivery 
  of 
  fresh 
  hali- 
  

   but 
  to 
  eastern 
  markets. 
  The 
  landing 
  of 
  fish 
  at 
  Prince 
  Rupert 
  means 
  

   going 
  only 
  90 
  miles 
  farther 
  than 
  Ketchikan 
  and 
  shipment 
  to 
  the 
  East- 
  

   ern 
  States 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  bond 
  and 
  delivery 
  may 
  be 
  effected 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  two 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  by 
  dehvery 
  through 
  Ketchikan 
  and 
  

   reshipment 
  on 
  commercial 
  steamers 
  to 
  Vancouver 
  or 
  Seattle, 
  600 
  

   miles 
  or 
  more 
  distant. 
  With 
  the 
  lessened 
  expense 
  for 
  ihe 
  shorter 
  haul 
  

   to 
  Prince 
  Rupert, 
  it 
  seems 
  inevitable 
  that 
  as 
  a 
  natural 
  result 
  there 
  will 
  

   be 
  some 
  loss 
  of 
  trade 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  there 
  will 
  ensue 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  certain 
  benefits 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sumers 
  of 
  halibut 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  for 
  delivery 
  of 
  this 
  food 
  prod- 
  

   uct 
  will 
  be 
  expedited 
  considerably, 
  and 
  anything 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  

   possible 
  to 
  put 
  a 
  perishable 
  food 
  commodity 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  