THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



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in 1906 in the value of the case over that of 1905. In 1905 cohos 

 averaged $3.20 per case, while in 1906 the average price was $3.63. 

 During the same period dog, or chum, salmon increased from $2.69 to 

 $2.87 per case; humpback from $2.95 to $3; king salmon from $3.28 

 to $3.78, and sockeye salmon from $3.38 to $3.77 per case. 



Comparison of the Output of the Salmon Canneries in 1905 and 1906. 



Species. 



1905. 



Number of 

 cases. 



Value. 



1906. 



Number of 

 cases. 



Value. 



Coho: 



i pound flat . 

 1 pound flat. 

 1 pound tall. 



Total 



Dog, or chimi: 

 1 pound tall . 



Humpback: 



i pound flat . 

 1 pound flat. 

 1 pound tall . 



Total 



King: 



i pound flat. 

 1 pound flat. 

 1 pound tall. 



Total 



Sockoye: 



J poundflat 

 1 poundflat 

 1 poundtall 



Total 



Grand total. 



1,032 



394 



66,184 



67,910 



41,972 



168,597 



168,597 



4,248 

 37,877 



42,125 



25,830 



18,725 



1,542,788 



?1,7.54 



1,340 



212,781 



3,217 

 15,944 

 91,582 



215,875 



110,743 



113,056 



254,812 



498,194 



2,940 



2,618 



344,209 



498, 194 



349,767 



189 



17,585 

 124,414 



30,748 



141,999 



30,937 



46,674 



67,410 



5,221,463 



49,541 



36,763 



1,414,426 



1,587,343 



5,335,547 



1,500,730 



1,907,967 



6,304,071 



2,246,989' 



$6,588 



63,487 



312,034 



382,109 



730,235 



4,851 



8,378 



1,033,722 



1,046,951 



397 



115,825 



116,222 



125,395 



161,793 



5,333,687 



5,620,875 



7,896,392 



PICKLING. 



The pickling of salmon is a much older industry than that of canning, 

 although it has never attained such proportions. For several seasons 

 past the prices realized have ranged very low, and as a result a num- 

 ber of the salteries were forced to shut down, wliile the others 

 materially reduced their output to conform to the new conditions. 

 While the prices received in 1906 were a little better, it is probable 

 that but few of the operators made a profit. The season showed 

 quite a revival in the packing of humpback bellies. For some few 

 years the Southeast Alaska salteries devoted a good part of their 

 efforts to the salting of these, but the price finally dropped so low 

 that the industry was almost entirely abandoned during the previous 

 three seasons. 



Employees. — During 1906 362 persons (of whom 164 were fisher- 

 men, 172 shoresmen, and 26 transporters) were engaged in the pickling 

 industry. Southeast Alaska leading slightly, followed by Western 

 Alaska. 



