THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



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increase of 4 in Western Alaska, or a total decrease of 8 as compared 

 with 1905. The total investment amounted to $8,102,771, of which 

 more than one-half was in Western Alaska. The item of cash capital 

 has been eliminated entirely. 



There were 47 canneries in operation (20 in Southeast Alaska, 8 

 in Central Alaska, and 19 in Western Alaska), compared witn 42 

 in 1905, a gain of 6 in Southeast Alaska, a loss of 1 in Central 

 Alaska (due to the placing of Yakutat in Southeast Alaska instead 

 of Central Alaska, as was done in 1905), and a loss of 1 in Western 

 Alaska. Canneries with two separate lines of machinery, but all under 

 the one roof, have heretofore been enumerated as two canneries; 

 in this report, however, all such plants will be considered one cannery, 

 a method deemed more proper and less liable to misunderstanding. 

 The number of plants in Southeast Alaska does not mean that new 

 canneries have been built since 1905, but that that many of the 

 establishments in reserve were operated this season. There are still 

 6 reserve canneries in that region which were not operated in 1906. 



Vessels, Boats, Apparatus, and Shore Property Employed in the Salmon- 

 Canning Industry in 1906. 



Outjmt of the canneries. — The table of products shows, with size 

 and style of can, the quantity and value of each species packed. 

 Western Alaska leads in the total quantity and value of pack, with 

 978,735 cases, valued at $3,560,272; followed by Southeast Alaska 

 and Central Alaska in the order named. Sockej^es, or red salmon, as 

 they are generally known in Alaska, occupy first place in the output, 

 with 1,500,730 cases, valued at $5,620,875, nearly half of this coming 

 from Western Alaska. Humpbacks, or pink salmon, were second, 

 with 349,767 cases, valued at $1,046,951; the greater part of these 

 being packed in Southeast Alaska. Dog or chum salmon were packed 

 in Southeast and Western Alaska alone, and amounted to 254,812 



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