﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  57 
  

  

  year 
  at 
  Killisnoo 
  upward 
  of 
  200 
  tons 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  product 
  were 
  

   sold 
  for 
  use 
  as 
  poultry 
  food. 
  When 
  fish 
  m6al 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  poultry 
  

   food 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  oil 
  content 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  the 
  lowest 
  

   possible 
  minimum. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  activity 
  was 
  manifested 
  again 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  prep- 
  

   aration 
  of 
  pickled 
  herring 
  for 
  food, 
  the 
  industry 
  centering 
  at 
  Petersburg. 
  

   The 
  herring 
  of 
  Alaska 
  are 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  the 
  equal 
  of 
  those 
  so 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  in 
  Norway 
  or 
  other 
  important 
  centers 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  At 
  

   times 
  in 
  the 
  past, 
  however, 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  sufficient 
  care 
  exer- 
  

   cised 
  in 
  packing 
  herring 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  Fortunately, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  and 
  packers 
  are 
  coming 
  to 
  realize 
  this 
  fact, 
  and 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  from 
  Alaska 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  a 
  uni- 
  

   formly 
  high 
  grade. 
  The 
  herring 
  are 
  captured 
  chiefly 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   small-meshed 
  purse 
  seines, 
  which 
  means 
  that 
  all 
  sizes 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  

   are 
  landed. 
  This 
  necessitates 
  considerable 
  labor 
  in 
  selecting 
  the 
  

   larger 
  fish 
  for 
  food. 
  The 
  smaller 
  fish 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  bait 
  in 
  the 
  

   halibut 
  fishery, 
  although 
  at 
  times 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  waste 
  of 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  fish 
  after 
  the 
  hxrger 
  ones 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  for 
  food 
  purposes. 
  

   This 
  practice 
  is 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  wanton-waste 
  

   feature 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  law, 
  and 
  its 
  further 
  continuance 
  will 
  result 
  

   in 
  prosecutions 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  engage 
  in 
  the 
  practice. 
  If 
  gill 
  nets 
  

   were 
  used 
  more 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  herring 
  intended 
  for 
  

   pickling 
  purposes, 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  less 
  likehhood 
  of 
  wasting 
  

   any 
  fish, 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  proper 
  size 
  of 
  mesh 
  the 
  smaller 
  herring 
  

   would 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  nets. 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  gear 
  would 
  

   also 
  save 
  labor 
  in 
  culling 
  out 
  the 
  larger 
  fish, 
  which 
  is 
  necessary 
  in 
  

   handling 
  the 
  catch 
  made 
  in 
  purse 
  seines. 
  It 
  is 
  realized, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  where 
  operations 
  are 
  conducted 
  on 
  an 
  extensive 
  scale 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  purse 
  seines 
  is 
  preferable 
  from 
  the 
  viewpoint 
  of 
  the 
  fisherman 
  

   and 
  packer 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  herring. 
  

  

  The 
  herring 
  fishery 
  of 
  Alaska 
  has 
  been 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  developed 
  

   to 
  anything 
  like 
  its 
  maximum 
  productivity, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  

   this 
  industry 
  offers 
  a 
  profitable 
  field 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  will 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  

   a 
  carefuUy 
  selected 
  and 
  high 
  grade 
  of 
  herring. 
  It 
  seems 
  unnecessary 
  

   that 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  should 
  import 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  herring 
  

   from 
  Norway 
  or 
  Scotland 
  when 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  this 
  industry 
  in 
  

   Alaska 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  extent. 
  Instead 
  

   of 
  having 
  European 
  herring 
  come 
  to 
  this 
  country, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  

   that 
  an 
  export 
  trade 
  might 
  be 
  built 
  up, 
  as 
  the 
  enormous 
  yield 
  of 
  

   herring 
  heretofore 
  available 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  has 
  been 
  greatly 
  

   curtailed 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  war. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  figures 
  for 
  the 
  herring 
  fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914 
  show 
  a 
  decline 
  

   in 
  the 
  industry 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  1913. 
  The 
  total 
  investment 
  for 
  

  

  