48 



ALASKA FISHEEIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES, Idll. 



Investment. — There were 15 salteries (6 in southeast Alaska, 5 in 

 central Alaska, and 4 in western Alaska) in operation, an increase 

 of 3 over 1910. In addition, a few of the canneries and mild-curing 

 plants also pickled their surplus catch, and while the product has been 

 included in the present table, the men and investment could not be 

 separated from the statistics of the other branches of the industry. 



The total investment is slightly smaller than in 1910. One large 

 steamer employed in central Alaska has been withdrawn, but the 

 use of three sailing vessels m western Alaska more than balances the 

 total investment in vessels as compared with the previous year. 

 An examination of the investment in apparatus for capture of the 

 fish reveals a very slight falling off in value; the purse seines used 

 in southeast Alaska have very materially decreased, but the installa- 

 tion of a trap in western Alaska nearly restores the total. There 

 has been a marked decrease in the total wages paid. 



Investment in the Salmon Pickling Industry in 1911. 



1 Includes outiit. 



I Aggregate length of 4,320 yards. 



e Aggregate length of 802 yards. 

 d Aggregate length of 6,200 yards. 



Output. — The output this year amounted to 9,820 barrels, valued 

 at $118,038, a decrease of 4,585 barrels and $12,603 as compared 

 with 1910. A portion of this output is composed of salmon beUies. 

 A few of the backs were pickled and appear in this table, whUe the 

 rest were either dried, dry-salted, or smoked, and appear under their 

 proper headings in this report. In a comparison mth the output 

 for 1910, it will be oted that although two new salteries were estab- 

 lished in western Alaska there was a heavy decrease in the output of 

 pickled reds, from 11,931 barrels in 1910 to 6,239 in 1911. On the 

 other hand, the pack of pickled pinks increased from 330 barrels in 



