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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



E. ALASKA AND ITS FISHERY INTERESTS. 



BY DR. TARLETON H. BEAN. 



225. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Persons employed. 



Xumber. 



Fishermen C, 000 



Shoremen 130 



Total 6,130 



Detailed statement of capital invested and apparatus employed. 



Apparatus specified. i Number. Value. 



Boats 3,000 $60,000 



Other apparatus, including outfits 7, 000 



Cash capital and shore property 380,000 



Total capital 447,000 



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Detailed statement of the quantities and values of the products. 



Products specified. Quantity. Value. 



Salmon (fresh) pounds. 2,654,000 <z$39,640 



Other fish (fresh) do 105,000,000 525,000 



Sea otter skina nnmVr.. 6,000 600,000 



Sealskins do 147,450 1.474,500 



Sealflesh pounds..! 1,000,000 10,000 



Seal and fish oil gallons. .| 120,000 12,000 



Whaleoil do 5, 000 i 500 



Totr.1 2,661,640 



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a Including enhancement in the value of salmon in process of canning, $.6,640. 



226. THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



The shore fisheries of Alaska are fully discussed iu Section III of this report. The cod fishery 

 carried on at the Shuinagin Islands, the fur-seal industry of the Pribylov Islands, and also the 

 whale and walrus fisheries, are discussed in Section V. 



