66 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915. 
Propucts oF ALASKA SHORE WHALING OPERATIONS IN 1915, 
Products. Quantity. | Value. 
VWetale ols. cue ress. a. a ee eee MRR SSeS Ne gallons..| 876,500 |” $295,000 
Speray.aWy: ATE ACL VILE Fe ee ee eS ERED EES RL, Seats do.... 01, 800 38, 
Hertilizer M@Aabs ce pn pin) p pic eo ee eee pees ce as cee ce ntgee tons. . 1,385 46, 000 
Mettibisers bores). Syfeed Sea eee SR Ee epee tee Cee ee dost: 110 2, 750 
Motes £2 UALS ON SSE Mae ee ce LT ec Eee eae Eee eae 381, 750 
MINOR FISHERIES. 
TROUT. 
Several of the trouts are widely distributed in Alaska, including 
the Dolly Varden, rainbow, cutthroat, and steelhead, all of which 
go to make Alaska very attractive from the angler’s point of view. 
The Dolly Vardens are particularly abundant, and together with 
steelheads are utilized in a small way commercially. So numerous 
are the Dolly Vardens that a much greater expansion of this industry 
is not only possible, but would be a decided benefit in the way of 
helping the salmon industry, as the Dolly Vardens destroy large num- 
bers of the eggs and young of salmon. 
The total value of trout products in Alaska in 1915 was $3,420. 
This shows a decline from the previous year when trout to the value 
of $5,758 were utilized. 
PRopucts oF THE ALASKA Trout FISHERY IN 1915. 
Section and species. Fresh. Frozen. Canned. 
Southeast Alaska: Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value.| Cases.a | Value. 
a VAT CON 526: siecle Geile at tate fee ee 22,670 | $2, 297 990 $41 17 $38 
Steelhead sss Seccencsces tenes So meme rete sem Mate oetcecena| cee eres oF O51 O40" eeeeee eet cers: <6 
Motaleesncos wees eae eee ae secre fic 22,670 | 2,297 10, 041 381 17 38 
Western :Agaska: Dolly, Vardent: 25.5. - sese-ehen| = eros aa| a deerierte epee nert= een 176 704 
Grandctotalsec este sacs ee sm epeeie one 22,670 | 2,297 | 10,041 | 381 193 742 
a Each case contains forty-eight 1-pound tall cans. 
BLACK COD. 
The black cod (Anoplopoma fimbria), a fish almost unknown to 
the Pacific coast markets until a few years ago, continues to grow in 
favor, as is evidenced by the increase over the previous year in the 
quantity shipped from Alaska in 1915, which amounted to 142,550 
pounds as compared with 87,573 pounds in 1914. Except for its 
darker color the black cod resembles the true cod which has long 
been marketed, but it belongs to an entirely different family. Its 
most striking characteristic is the unusual amount of oil in the flesh, 
in consequence of which a rich article of food results. A favorite 
