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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  was 
  32, 
  all 
  whites, 
  of 
  whom 
  27 
  

   were 
  shoresmen 
  and 
  5 
  were 
  transporters. 
  

  

  MINOR 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  TROUT. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  considerable 
  misapprehension 
  existed 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  propriety 
  of 
  shipping 
  Dolly 
  Varden 
  trout 
  from 
  Alaska 
  into 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Washington, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  which 
  but 
  little 
  interest 
  was 
  

   manifest 
  in 
  developing 
  this 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  fishery. 
  Last 
  year, 
  definite 
  

   announcement 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commissioner 
  Darwin 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  prohibition 
  upon 
  the 
  commercial 
  utilization 
  in 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  of 
  Dolly 
  Varden 
  trout 
  shipped 
  from 
  Alaska. 
  This 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   had 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  stimulating 
  shipments 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  

   Alaska 
  in 
  1914, 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

   Shipments 
  occurred 
  chiefly 
  from 
  Ketchikan 
  and 
  Petersburg, 
  and 
  were 
  

   heaviest 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  further 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  industry 
  should 
  be 
  encouraged, 
  as 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska 
  abound 
  with 
  Dolly 
  Varden 
  trout, 
  and 
  their 
  utili- 
  

   zation 
  will 
  be 
  beneficial 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  industry, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  

   that 
  the 
  Dolly 
  Varden 
  are 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  and 
  young 
  

   salmon. 
  

  

  At 
  Petersburg 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  & 
  Norway 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  canned 
  16 
  

   cases 
  of 
  steelhead 
  trout. 
  The 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  steelhead 
  is 
  rather 
  too 
  light 
  

   in 
  color 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  attractive 
  for 
  canning, 
  although 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  

   product 
  is 
  first-class. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  steelhead 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  too 
  

   valuable 
  for 
  freezing 
  and 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  state, 
  to 
  warrant 
  any 
  

   extensive 
  effort 
  to 
  market 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  canned 
  product. 
  It 
  is 
  particularly 
  

   in 
  a 
  frozen 
  condition 
  that 
  the 
  steelhead 
  finds 
  greatest 
  favor 
  with 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  interests, 
  as 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  unusually 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  this 
  mode 
  

   of 
  preparation. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  steelhead 
  in 
  Alaskan 
  waters 
  is 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  limited. 
  At 
  Ketchikan 
  in 
  1914 
  there 
  were 
  frozen 
  18,483 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  steelhead, 
  which 
  shows 
  a 
  substantial 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  

   5,093 
  pounds 
  frozen 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  central 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  W. 
  J. 
  Erskine 
  Co. 
  put 
  up 
  22 
  barrels 
  of 
  pickled 
  

   DoUy 
  Varden 
  trout 
  at 
  Eagle 
  Harbor 
  on 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  When 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  their 
  value 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  pickled 
  

   sockeye 
  salmon. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  its 
  pack 
  of 
  Coho 
  salmon, 
  the 
  Midnight 
  Sun 
  Packing 
  

   Co. 
  put 
  up 
  125 
  cases 
  of 
  DoUy 
  Varden 
  trout. 
  This 
  cannery 
  is 
  located 
  

   on 
  Kotzebue 
  Sound 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Noatak 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  

   northernmost 
  cannery 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  It 
  was 
  established 
  in 
  1912 
  pri- 
  

   marily 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  the 
  canning 
  of 
  trout. 
  The 
  season 
  is 
  short, 
  

   active 
  operations 
  being 
  chiefly 
  in 
  August. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  two 
  small 
  traps. 
  

  

  