ers Azalea and Fanny Dutard from the 

 Matheson Fisheries Co. and would re- 

 enter the business once more. Capt. 

 Matheson sold out in 1913. He was 

 the pioneer cod fisherman operating 

 from Puget Sound, and he will be wel- 

 comed back into the fold once more. 

 The selling of its fleet, and the dis- 

 posal of its plants in Anacortes and 

 Seattle will probably mark the pass- 

 ing of the Matheson Fisheries Com- 

 pany. 



PACIFIC FISHERMAN 103 



1914— ALASKA SALT SALMON PACK— 1914. 



PACIFIC COAST CODFISH 

 CATCH. 



Year No. Fish 



1870 1,467.000 



1871 926,000 



1872 305.500 



1873 563,000 



1874 369,000 



1875 362,000 



1875 844.000 



1S77 857.000 



1878 857,000 



1S79 1,499.000 



18S0 1.203,000 



1881 1.061.000 



1882 1.241.000 



1883 1,720.000 



18S4 1.620,000 



1885 1,374,000 



18S6 1.231.000 



1S87 1,129.000 



1SS8 1,051.000 



1889 816.000 



1890 1.138,000 



1S91 1.220.000 



1892 1.312,000 



1893 1.216,000 



1894 969.000 



1895 1,014,000 



1896 802.000 



1897 1.740,000 



1898 817,000 



1S99 1,377,000 



1900 1,417.000 



1901 1, 504.000 



1902 2,248,000 



1903 2.177.000 



1904 2,551.000 



1905 3.642.000 



1906 4,527.000 



1907 -. 3,012.000 



1908 3,245.000 



1909 2,460,000 



1910 1,969.000 



1911 2.793.000 



1912 2.326.000 



1913 .^ 2,425,357 



1914 3.920,802 



Total catch, 45 years 72,550,159 



Approximate value $S. 402, 691 



SALMON, ETC. 



In every way the season of 1914 has 

 proven much more satisfactory than 

 that of 1913, despite the gloomy out- 

 look at the beginning. The war proved 

 no hindrance to the business — in fact, 

 by temporarily cutting off our supplies 

 of foreign herrings, it increased the 

 demand for fat, well-packed American 

 herring. 



Salmon. — The low prices which pre- 

 vailed for salted salmon in 1913 de- 

 terred a number of salters from put- 

 ting up a full pack this year, with the 

 result that the pack in Alaska was 

 9,206 barrels less than the year before, 

 which was the most prolific ever 

 known in our northern territory. The 

 pack would have been even less had it 

 not been for Bristol Bay having such a 

 large run of Reds that it was found 

 impossible to can them in the limited 

 time, so the surplus had to be salted. 



By far the greatest part of the catch 

 comprises Red salmon. At one time 

 Pinks formed a large part of the total, 

 but the multiplicity of canneries in 

 Southeast Alaska, where the Pink is 

 most abundant, has created such a 

 profitable market for the fish that the 



PACK OF SALTED SALMON IN ALASKA, 1868 TO 1914. 





