46 FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 
SHORE STATIONS. 
During 1907 the following shore stations were in operation: Alaska 
Codfish Company—Company Harbor and Moffat Cove, Sannak 
Island; Unga, Baralof (Squaw Harbor), and Kelley Rock (Win- 
chester), Unga Island, and Dora Harbor, on Unimak Island. Blom 
Codfish Company—EKagle Harbor on Nagai Island. Pacific-States 
Trading Company—Northwest Harbor, Little Koniuji Island, and 
Tkatik, on Unimak Island. Seattle-Alaska Fish Company—Baralof 
(Squaw Harbor), on Unga Island. Union Fish Company—Pirate 
Cove, Popof Island; Northwest Harbor, Little Koniuji Island; Eagle 
Harbor and Sanborn Harbor, on Nagai Island; Unga, on Unga Island; 
Pavlof Harbor and Johnson Harbor, on Sannak Island, and Dora 
Harbor on Unimak Island. The latter company has abandoned its 
Wedge Cape (Nagai Island) station. 
Mr. A. Grosvold, merchant, at Sand Point, Unga Island, also 
operated a small cod-fishing station here this year. This was formerly 
an important cod station. 
The Blom Codfish Company and Pacific-States Trading Company 
expect to establish new stations in 1908. 
Usually all the stations are open during the summer, but owing to 
the difficulty of securing fishermen some of them were closed down in 
that season. Since the San Francisco earthquake, labor for Alaska 
has been very scarce, the high wages paid in the city, together with 
the assurance of permanent work, proving too attractive to be re- 
sisted by the better class of workers. Another reason is that fish are 
not so abundant in summer as in winter, and as the fishermen are paid 
by count, they are unable to average as much in summer. Practically 
all of the stations were operated during the winter of 1906-7, and 
the same was the case in the winter of 1907-8. 
The 1906-7 winter fishing was very disastrous, but few fish being 
secured at most of the stations. A good catch was made during the 
spring months, however. A determined effort is being made this 
winter to secure a good catch, large crews and heavy supplies having 
been sent to the stations from the home ports. 
At the stations, which are generally located close to the banks, 
fishing is carried on in dories, which are operated by one man. Hand 
lines are employed almost exclusively and the fisherman goes out 
and returns to the station the same day. A heavy drawback in the 
fishery is the prevalence of bad weather throughout a considerable 
part of the year, which prevents all dory fishing. 
The station fisherman is paid from $25 to $30 per 1,000 fish of 28 
or more inches in length, and should he engage in splitting he receives 
$2.50 per 1,000 fish in addition. All fish below 28 inches in length 
