46 THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



Alaska Codfish Company: Company Harbor and IMoffat Cove, 

 Sannak Island; Unga, Baranof (Squaw Harbor), and Kelley Rock 

 (Winchester), Unga Island, and Dora Harbor, on Unimak Island. 



Blom Codfish Compan}*: Eagle Harbor, on Nagai Island. 



Pacific-States Trading Compan}^: Nagai, on Nagai Island, and 

 Ikatik, on Unimak Island. 



Seattle-Alaska Fish Company: Baranof (Squaw Harbor), on Unga 

 Island. 



Union Fish Company: Pirate Cove, Popof Island; Northeast Har- 

 bor, Big Koniuji Island; Sanborn Harbor, Wedge Cape, and Eagle 

 Harbor, on Nagai Island; Unga, on Unga Island; Pavlof Harbor and 

 Johnson Harbor, on Samiak Island, and Dora Harbor, on Unimak 

 Island. 



Kjng & Winge, of Seattle, expect to establish a station at Doublin 

 Bay tliis year. 



Nearly all of the fisldng stations (several are operated only during 

 the sunmier) are open the year round, the fishermen going out in 

 their dories each day the weather is favorable. Usually there is one 

 man to a boat and hand lines arc quite generally employed, although 

 a few trawls are used. Trawls were found to be unprofitable because, 

 owing to the frequent storms at certain seasons, the fishermen often 

 could not reach them until after the fish on them had spoiled. Owing 

 to long-continued stormy weather, which prevented trips to the 

 banks, the winter fishing this year was very poor. After the middle 

 of the spring, however, when the weather settled, good catches were 

 made. 



A small plant for the rendering of oil from the cod livers is located 

 at the Kelley Rock (Winchester) station of the Alaska Codfish Com- 

 pany. A portion of the oil is prepared for medicinal purposes and 

 sold to hospitals in San Francisco. 



STATISTICS. 



During the year 1906 there were operated 19 stations, valuea at 

 $64,805, and employing 38 shoresmen, 7 transporters, and 190 fisher- 

 men. The boats in use numbered 205, valued at $7,000, and the 

 fishermen used $2,825 worth of hand and trawl lines. Four trans- 

 porting vessels, with a total net tonnage of 179 and a value of $16,700, 

 were used in the work. The catch by the station fishermen amounted 

 to 3,126,434 pounds of salted cod (in preparing which 4,168,579 

 pounds of fresh cod were used), valued at $110,473. Some other 

 products were prepared — 7,000 pounds of cod tongues, valued at 

 $350, and 240 gallons of cod-liver oil, valued at $84. A few cod were 

 taken incidentally in Southeast Alaska. 



