Alaska fisheries and pue tisrDusTEiES, 1911. 



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Average Annual Price per Case op forty-eight 1-Pound Tall Cans op 

 Salmon, 1905-1911. 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, orsockeye 



$3.20 

 2.69 

 2.95 

 3.28 

 3.38 



$3.63 

 2.87 

 3.00 

 3.78 

 3.77 



$3.91 

 2.97 

 3.16 

 4.18 

 4.59 



$3.98 

 2.53 

 2.69 

 4.20 

 4.52 



$4.07 

 2.28 

 2.40 

 4.32 

 4.53 



$4.89 

 3.04 

 3. 15 

 5.34 

 5.30 



$5.67 

 3.72 

 3.94 

 6,48 

 6.33 



PICKLING. 



Under the general head of picklmg are included the two proc- 

 esses, mild curing or light pickling and the ordinary salting or heavy 

 pickling. 



ORDINARY PICKLING OR SALTING. 



Owing to the high prices prevailing for canned salmon and the 

 correspondingly low prices for pickled or salt salmon, several salteries 

 were turned into canneries, while in other cases the greater part of 

 the fish caught were sold fresh to the canneries instead of being 

 salted. A few salters shut down altogether, while still others very 

 materially curtailed their operations. Two new plants were started, 

 but they will likely be equipped for canning next year. Owing to 

 the small pack, prices very materially improved late ia the season. 

 Salting salmon is a declining industry, due largely to better and more 

 popular methods of preparing salmon for market (such as canning, 

 freezing, and mild curing) and to the improvement in facilities for 

 marketing the fresh fish. 



In July the schooner Jessie Minor, supply vessel for the Lagoon 

 Salmon Co., of Nelsons Lagoon, was wrecked in the lagoon and became 

 a total loss. 



Persons engaged. — This year 252 persons (145 fishermen, 106 shores- 

 men, and 1 transporter) v/ere employed in the pickling industry, a 

 decrease of 9 as compared with 1910. 



Persons Engaged in the Salmon-Pickling Industry m 1911. 



