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ALASKA FISHERIES AND PUE INDUSTRIES, 1911. 



prepared, one showing the estimated round weights of the different 

 species of fish used in preparing finished products, the other showing 

 the weights of all prepared products packed for market and their 

 Belling value. 



This year 256,154,109 pounds of fish were used in preparing the 

 various fish products. Salmon is the most important, with a total 

 for ail species of 207,636,174 pounds; halibut, herring, and cod are 

 next in order of quantit}^ produced. 



Catch of the Alaska Fisheries in 1911, Shown by Species and with Estimated 

 Round Weights.^ 



a For obvious reasons crustaceans, raoUusks, mammals, and seaweed have not been included in this 

 table but are shown in the next table. 



The total weight of the prepared products amounted to 177,572,873 

 pounds, which sold for $16,863,728. Under appropriate headings 

 elsewhere in this report will be found detail tables showing the various 

 ways in which these products were packed. Of the total value 

 S16,281,055 is fish products alone. Under the general heading are 

 included $100,084 worth of whale oil and whalebone, $1,105 of walrus 

 ivory, S8,G38 of crustaceans and shellfish, $200 of seaweed, and 

 $472,646 aquatic furs. The total value of the furs produced in 

 Alaska is shown in another table. 



