THE I'lSHERIfiS OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



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The following tables show m detail the condition of the industry in 

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Employees in the Halibut Fisheries in 1906. 



Investment in and Products of the Halibut Fisheries in 1906. 



VESSEL FISHING. 



As previously noted, a fleet of Puget Sound power and sail vessels 

 visits Southeast Alaska during the months from November to March, 

 when, owing to stormy w^eather and a scarcity of fish, it is not safe 

 or profitable to visit the fishing banks near their home ports. This 

 fleet makes its headquarters at Petersburg, at the head of Wrangell 

 Narrows, shipping the catch home via the regular steamship lines. 

 During 1906 there were 23 vessels, valued, with outfits, at $47,145, and 

 manned by 128 men, who used $8,500 w^orth of trawl lines. The 

 catch amounted to 2,002,670 pounds of fresh halibut, valued at $80,881 . 

 As these vessels all hail from the state of Washington, however, none 

 of these data are included in the statistical tables of this report. 

 In addition to the above, some six or eight American steamers, hailing 

 from Puget Sound ports, also visited Alaskan waters on certain trips, 

 but it was found an impossibility to gather data showing just what 

 proportion of their catch came from Alaskan waters. 



