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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  whicli 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  employed 
  as 
  a 
  run 
  vessel, 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  

   fishing 
  vessel 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  power 
  schooner 
  Golden 
  State 
  made 
  

   several 
  voyages 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  Alaska 
  in 
  the 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  tender 
  for 
  the 
  company's 
  shore 
  stations. 
  The 
  Golden 
  

   State 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  motor-propelled 
  vessel 
  in 
  the 
  fishing 
  industry 
  on 
  

   the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  

  

  Although 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  gales 
  were 
  experienced, 
  only 
  one 
  fisherman 
  

   was 
  reported 
  as 
  drowned 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  following 
  vessels 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  cod 
  

   fishery 
  in 
  1914: 
  

  

  Alaska 
  Cod 
  Fleet, 
  1914. 
  

  

  o 
  Wrecked 
  Feb. 
  2, 
  1914. 
  

  

  6 
  Transporting 
  vessels. 
  

  

  SHORE 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  Shore 
  stations 
  were 
  situated 
  as 
  follows: 
  Alaska 
  Codfish 
  Co.: 
  Unga, 
  

   Squaw 
  Harbor, 
  and 
  Kelleys 
  Rock, 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island; 
  Companys 
  Har- 
  

   bor 
  and 
  Murphys 
  Cove, 
  on 
  Sannak 
  Island; 
  and 
  Dora 
  Harbor, 
  on 
  

   Unimak 
  Island. 
  Pacific 
  States 
  Trading 
  Co.: 
  Northwest 
  Harbor, 
  

   Herendeen 
  Island. 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co.: 
  Pirate 
  Cove, 
  Popof 
  Island; 
  

   Northwest 
  Harbor, 
  Herendeen 
  Island; 
  Pavlof 
  Harbor 
  and 
  Johnson 
  

   Harbor 
  on 
  Sannak 
  Island; 
  Unga, 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island; 
  and 
  Dora 
  Harbor, 
  

   on 
  Unimak 
  Island. 
  Also 
  smaller 
  independent 
  shore 
  stations 
  were 
  

   reported 
  as 
  operated 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island 
  by 
  John 
  H. 
  Nelson, 
  at 
  Squaw 
  

   Harbor, 
  and 
  by 
  R, 
  H. 
  Johnson, 
  A. 
  Grosvold, 
  and 
  A, 
  Komedal. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  cod 
  fishery 
  in 
  1914, 
  including 
  both 
  

   offshore 
  vessels 
  and 
  shore 
  stations, 
  was 
  $623,921, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $581,107 
  in 
  1913. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  per- 
  

  

  