FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 53 
INVESTMENT IN AND PrRopuUcTS OF THE ALASKA HALIBUT FISHERIES IN 1907. 
Items. Number. | Value. 
Fishing vessels: 
Screamers and: lannehes® seeeee mee en nae cee os 2 at ee ets See eins See 14 $90, 400 
PROMNGPC S22 Pie oe Meee eee a eee an sion haem ae nas eoe ates ad DAY papatt ee rc 
AU oe abe eee nae a we acini aa dae tee deneek ee seewse acess 15 11,907 
ARGS G8E YE Fee ae, SAIS a th py eee ee ee ae a TADS Sos ae sit 
Transporting vessels: 
SteaIMers and 1a DNCHOSe eeee ere eee ees ar care ere baa an aac e nee ae 4 19, 220 
MRODTIR EO See ee Oe nee eat ae, tee Cena See Nae tee ee ee ee G7 dal Bee ee 
ISORI HSS SSE SaE Bcc Aneae oc Se SE a See eese de nde bot Annee esr Sonera EEnonOnGaeeSaebese 116 20,050 
Apparatus: 
WIGRSOLMISHE TION sib et OuN al LI) OSieeee er secte  e ere e ee  ace es reap le State a coleraae Stel Stentor tis Aaya 5, 460 
BHOTEGINNEHIOS Vina Wielillesee tes cos acter seis Sete Semen ear os oo hee Ae asa ate 6, 089 
HOLGER MeACCOSNO LY: DEODOLUV aes serene ae See eine see ane Cle win Cele ase nian ows S alana ceetee 11,000 
SRG Leet errs eer Serene ee eee eat hn Leno ye) Moen obs sacle altoeassoecen 164, 126 
Round Dressed = 
Products. weight. weight. Value. 
Pounds. Pounds. 
FERa a niiieatrOShinye =. Soa nae aes see weet ais a sioete Se ecco eaae emcees cies 3,630,256 | 2,904,205 | $109, 293 
Halibut, frozen... -... le es = A ale Re ahs ood Oe Se Se ae Oe 375, 000 300, 000 15, 286 
EID ats etched! {seas cae aces ce ew ece eee aack coe mace eee eal ee canto oe 482, 362 385, 890 16,172 
DOA epeae oe nscies secs i - mesasee Heide aaceees cedest eens c teens 4, 487,618 | 3,590,095 140,751 
THE PUGET SOUND FISHING FLEET. 
A fleet of Puget Sound power and sail vessels visits southeast 
Alaska during the months from October to March, when, owing to 
stormy weather 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 mainly at Petersburg, at the head of Wrangell Narrows, 
shipping the catch home from Scow Bay, near by, via the regular 
steamship lines. During 1907 this fleet comprised 15 power and 15 
sail vessels, with a net tonnage of 475 tons and a value of $58,200, an 
increase of 7 over the number of vessels used in 1906. This fleet was 
manned by 159 men and used 65 dories and $5,850 worth of trawl] lines. 
The catch amounted to 2,640,489 pounds of halibut, dressed, valued 
at $98,025, a gain over 1906 of 637,819 pounds in quantity and of 
$17,144 in value. At the end of the fishing season in the spring most 
of the vessels return to their home ports, but a few are put into sum- 
mer quarters in the little streams and bays of Wrangell Narrows until 
needed the next fall. In addition to the above an ever-increasing 
fleet of steamers from Puget Sound and British Columbia also fishes 
occasionally in Alaska, but it has been found impossible to secure 
accurate data as to the quantity taken in these waters. These ves- 
sels return to their home ports as soon as a full fare has been secured. 
None of the data relating to this fleet have been included in the 
statistical tables of this report. 
THE HERRING FISHERY. 
Herring are quite abundant at times along the coasts of southeast 
and central Alaska, and possibly would be found in considerable 
abundance in western Alaska if the matter were to be looked into 
