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THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 

 Employees in the Salmon Pickling Industry in 1906. 



Investment. — There were 20 salteries (13 in Southeast Alaska, 2 in 

 Central Alaska, and 5 in Western Alaska). In addition, some of the 

 canneries also salted their surplus catch, and this has been included 

 in the present figures, although the men and investment could not be 

 separated from the cannery statistics. In Western Alaska one new 

 saltery was built on Kvichak Bay, while the saltery at Nelsons 

 Lagoon, which had been closed since 1903, was reopened. The 

 saltery at Bear River, however, was closed. A trader on the Kus- 

 kokwim River is reported to have chartered a San Francisco schooner 

 and, with an outfit of 2,000 barrels, engaged in pickling salmon on 

 the river, but it was impossible to verify this. In Central Alaska 

 two small salteries were operated at Kodiak. 



The investment in the pickled-salmon industry amounted to 

 $297,020, of which the greater part was in Southeast Alaska. 



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

 Pickling Industry in 1906. 



