FISHERY INDUSTRIES. oD 
SALMON TAKEN IN 1915, By SPECIES AND APPARATUS, FOR EACH GEOGRAPHIC SEC- 
TION ot ALASKA—Continued. 
Apparatus and species. Pe ei oe eo Total, 
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Gill nets: Number. Number. Number. Number. 
MAHOMOESILVCD SS! ©. 0 ete TR Aes od Pedal _§ 214, 310 71,719 99, 225 385, 254 
CILETen Gir dal Ee ee a ea a re rae 48, 618 102 539, 591 588, 311 
Mumporekor pink=.222!2) sc erties! Te Ge 97, 800 1, 134 37, 000 135, 934 
LSet ATG | 9) at 2 Sea ge Se 77, 631 37, 827 140, 974 256, 432 
Redorsackoyest, suse te kd ALL I ak 483,682 | 1,077,705 | 14,561,820 | 16, 123, 207 
Moves AL ees ee se eee tits Ae he 922, 041 1,188, 487 | 15,378, 610 17, 489, 138 
Traps: 2 
HON ON SUVOR 9c = sac cers sisson sthes ees See et ceases 392, 632 159, 362 24, 050 576, 044 
hip or ketasee seer eee ee ere it Sey ae 1, 416, 989 256, 451 205,890 | 1,879, 330 
Humpback, of pinks. 2 or s.cs ss cece see Poncchs 18, 308, 532 1SQR434p hee 18, 497, 966 
King for spring 7d c3S2 52119, Tk eee ed 22, 903 57, 027 27, 960 107, 890 
Red MOMSOCKOYV One rs ut seco egons ce ee a ioe 1,419,807 | 3, 443, 112 994,016 } 5,856,935 
hills .ee Ae ae Ba ee ea 21,560,863 | 4,105,386 | 1,251,916 | 26,918,165 
Lines: 
Coho, or silver -s4552 SS Pe5tA eS. AUT LEE. . i st Bl ee ae 55 (hee eee oS 77,999 
IKSIN PN ONS PLING coo eens Gos cote on sede kono adse ese B26 S53) lacece a bebae|s sagocecee o8 226, 853 
AR GE cil eect ett or ominiss roe See wie cineeaisetowme 304) 852) |Fe2 522. aor Resend 304, 852 
Dip nets: 
LTS Gr Raye be ee See ee en Soot EG aaa ers O54. ore ams or 2,054 
HLAGMONISOCKOY Osea. co esas os one ne ee ee Seesaw conde cece cee LOT STOR eee eres ses - 191,310 
TATE RIES a dil ant i heat tA Fn oe cel uel rte TRYIN is Oe et ak 193, 364 
Total: : 
@oho! orsilver 5... 25s cco tet es 918,979 289, 330 123, 275 1,331, 584 
Chummorketa {eee ceh fae we ar ete 4 3, 625, 511 448, 330 745,667 | 4,819,508 
Pampback, or pit! 6 2... ...5c. 8 be cetukesascs 29, 948, 883 910, 511 37,000 | 30,896, 394 
ne Or:Spring. Sh = ese sls. ones oe sk bes eeleeess 338, 823 97, 847 174, 277 610, 947 
RedNOnSOCKe yous mete sttase ico ceieaeanccendiecee 2, 833,923 | 6,263,220 | 16,781,668 | 25,878, 811 
cS asrha a I 20) ey oe SS Se Sa Se eee 37,666,119 | 8,009,238 | 17,861,887 | 63,537, 244 
STATISTICS. 
The number of canneries in operation in Alaska in 1915 was 85, as 
compared with 81 in 1914. The total investment increased from 
$30,830,435 in 1914 to $31,282,325 in 1915. This increase was 
chiefly in central and western Alaska. 
The number of persons employed in canning operations in 1914 
was 16,307 and in 1915 the number was 17,741, an increase of 1,434 
persons. Gains were shown in all three districts. The most notable 
feature was the increase of 598 Indians over 1914. The total num- 
ber of Indians employed in 1915 in the salmon canning industry was 
4,325. There were smaller gains in 1915 in the number of whites, 
Chinese, and Japanese engaged in this industry. 
In 1914 the pack of canned salmon was 4,056,653 cases, valued at 
$18,920,589, while in 1915 it was 4,500,293, valued at $18,653,015, 
an increase of 443,640 cases, but a decrease of $267,574 in value. This 
seeming anomaly is accounted for by reason of the much larger pack 
of lower-priced fish in 1915. By sections the case-pack comparison 
is as follows: Southeast Alaska advanced from 1,776,075 to 2,549,212 
cases, an increase of 773,137 cases; central Alaska declined from 
