30 ALASKA FISHEEIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES, 1911. 



Peusons Engaoed in the Alaska Fisheries in 1911. 



INVESTMENT. 



The total investment in the fisheries of Alaska, exclusive of that 

 in the vessel fisheries for offshore cod and halibut, is $22,671,387, an 

 increase of $1,959,965, as compared with 1910. Of this amount 

 $19,931,215 is invested in the salmon canning business, and $623,126 

 in saltmg and mild curing salmon; $1,194,073 in the halibut fishery; 

 $295,220 in the herring fishery, and $215,670 ui the central Alaska 

 cod fishery. It is thus seen that over 90 per cent of the capital 

 engaged in the inshore fisheries in the Territory is employed in the 

 various branches of salmon packing. The investment in salmon 

 canning m 1911 exceeds that of 1910 by $1,590,466; this is attribut- 

 able largely to the 13 new plants established in 1911. The quantity 

 of apparatus used increased quite materially, also due largely to the 

 increase in the number of plants operating. 



