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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  PUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  1914 
  was 
  $203,045 
  as 
  against 
  $261,480 
  for 
  1913, 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  this 
  

   year 
  of 
  $58,435. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  144 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  200 
  in 
  1913. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  in 
  1914 
  

   was 
  $123,217 
  as 
  against 
  $191,105 
  in 
  1913, 
  a 
  reduction 
  of 
  $67,888. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Herring 
  Fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Herring 
  Fishery 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Products 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Herring 
  Fishery 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Products. 
  

  

  Quantity. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Herring: 
  

  

  Fresh, 
  for 
  bait 
  poimds.. 
  

  

  Frozen, 
  for 
  bait 
  do 
  

  

  Pickled, 
  for 
  food 
  a 
  barrels. 
  . 
  

  

  Pickled, 
  for 
  b.iit 
  do.... 
  

  

  Dry-salted, 
  for 
  food 
  pounds 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Fertilizer 
  tons. 
  . 
  

  

  Oil 
  gallons.. 
  

  

  3,531,100 
  

  

  1,336,680 
  

  

  1,955 
  

  

  2,450 
  

  

  626, 
  000 
  

  

  963 
  

  

  192, 
  662 
  

  

  $22, 
  334 
  

   6,241 
  

   20, 
  595 
  

   4,800 
  

   6,640 
  

   24,075 
  

   38, 
  532 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  123, 
  217 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  520 
  barrels 
  pickled 
  for 
  food, 
  valued 
  at 
  $4,600, 
  from 
  central 
  Alaska. 
  All 
  other 
  products 
  listed 
  

   are 
  from 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  WHALE 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  SHORE-STATION 
  OPERATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  whaling 
  industry 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1.914 
  was 
  conducted 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  

   extensive 
  scale 
  than 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  when 
  only 
  one 
  shore 
  

   station 
  was 
  in 
  operation. 
  Two 
  plants 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  1914, 
  one 
  by 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Whaling 
  Co., 
  at 
  Port 
  Armstrong, 
  in 
  southeast 
  

   Alaska, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  by 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Sea 
  Products 
  Co. 
  at 
  Akutan, 
  in 
  

   western 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  latter 
  company 
  was 
  newly 
  organized 
  for 
  work 
  

  

  