STATISTICS OF THE HSHERIES OF ALASKA FOR mi 



By F. M. Chamberlain, Agent, Alaska Salmon Fisheries, 



and 



John N. Cobb, Assistant Agent, 



SUMMARIZED STATISTICS. 



As in the similar reports for previous years, the District of Alaska 

 is here considered in the four geographic sections generally recognized, 

 as follows: Southeast Alaska, embracing all that narrow strip of 

 mamland and the numerous islands adjacent, from Portland Canal 

 northwestward to and including Yakutat Bay; central Alaska, the 

 region on the Pacific, or south side, from Yakutat Bay westward, 

 including the Aleutian chain; western Alaska, the shores of Bering 

 Sea and islands in tliis sea ; and arctic Alaska, from Bering Strait to 

 the Canadian border. 



The Bureau has been unable to secure even approximately com- 

 plete data as to the persons engaged or the investment in the hunting 

 of aquatic animals, except fur seals and sea otters. This industry is 

 largely in the hands of the natives throughout the district or carried 

 on by whites during seasons when other employment is not available. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Alaska in 1911 

 was 17,932, an increase of 2,312 over the number so engaged in 1910. 

 Of these, 7,619 were whites, 4,642 Indians, 2,553 Japanese, 2,466 

 Chinese, 2 Hawaiians, and 650 miscellaneous (these include Fili- 

 pinos, Porto Ricans, Mexicans, etc.), as compared with 6,836 whites, 

 4,147 Indians, 2,206 Japanese, 2,411 Chinese, 4 Koreans, and 16 

 Filipinos in 1910, showing an increase in 1911 of 783 whites, 495 

 Indians, 347 Japanese, and 55 Chinese. The fact that the fishermen 

 serve as sailors on the transporting vessels to and from the salmon 

 canneries and salteries explains the small number of transporters 

 shown in the table as compared with the large number of transport- 

 ing vessels. 



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