56 ALASKA FISHEKIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES, 191L 



VESSEL FISHING. 



The folJ:.)wing fleet" of 10 vessels, with headquarters in California 

 and Washington, fished in Alaskan waters this year: 



The vessels from Washington operating in Alaskan waters caught 

 1,101,000 fish, Avith a cured weight of 5,378,000 pounds, valued at 

 $161,340, while those from California caught 466,000 fish, with a 

 cured weight of 2,330,000 pounds, valued at $69,900. 



HALIBUT FISHERY. 

 GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



A large part of the halibut taken from the waters of Alaska and 

 adjacent offshore grounds are landed directly in the home ports 

 without entering any Alaskan port. No statistics for this catch have 

 been compiled, and the figures in the following tables pertam entirely 

 to the inshore fishery or fish landed in and shipped from Alaskan 

 ports. 



Most of the fishing done by Alaskan vessels is prosecuted from 

 September to May, but duriag the last few years a number of vessels 

 and boats have fished contmuously throughout the year for the 

 freezing plants of soutlieast Alaska. Durmg the winter season the 

 greater part of the catch is shipped fresh to Puget Sound ports, 

 whence it is distributed throughout the country. 



Several vessels from the Juneau fleet fished in the spring on an 

 ocean bank about 15 miles west of Lisianski Strait, southeast 

 Alaska. This is thought to be a good-sized bank, and the halibut 

 appear to be fairly numerous. 



During the summer the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross 

 surveyed the known halibut banks in the north Pacific Ocean and m 

 Bering Sea, and also prospected for new banks. The results of this 

 work have been published as Bureau of Fisheries Document 763. 



• None ol the data relating to (iiis fleet appears in the statistical tables. 



