﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
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  The 
  northwestern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Peninsula 
  from 
  Port 
  Heiden 
  

   soutliwestward 
  to 
  Nelson 
  Lagoon 
  has 
  attracted 
  the 
  itinerant 
  attention 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  fishermen 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  Dating 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  

   1900 
  several 
  packing 
  schemes 
  have 
  been 
  promoted 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   desultory 
  manner. 
  Of 
  these 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  surviving 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  is 
  the 
  salting 
  establishment 
  at 
  Nelson 
  Lagoon, 
  although 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  character 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  were 
  also 
  conducted 
  at 
  

   Port 
  Heiden 
  this 
  year. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  commonly 
  conceded 
  that 
  while 
  

   there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  having 
  regular 
  runs 
  of 
  

   red 
  salmon 
  in 
  moderate 
  abundance, 
  their 
  distance 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  

   and 
  the 
  general 
  lack 
  of 
  refuge 
  for 
  vessels 
  operating 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  has 
  

   precluded 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  any 
  large 
  establishment. 
  

  

  In 
  1911, 
  however, 
  a 
  practical 
  fisherman 
  on 
  a 
  prospecting 
  trip 
  from 
  

   a 
  cannery 
  then 
  newly 
  established 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula, 
  

   learning 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  masses 
  of 
  salmon 
  which 
  school 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  

   between 
  Cape 
  Seniavin 
  and 
  Port 
  Moller, 
  conceived 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  taking 
  

   them 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  purse 
  seines. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  the 
  large 
  cannery 
  at 
  

   Port 
  Moller, 
  operated 
  this 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  was 
  established. 
  

   From 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  superintendent 
  the 
  new 
  departure 
  was 
  so 
  

   sucessful 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  method 
  of 
  fishing 
  will 
  be 
  depended 
  upon 
  

   henceforth 
  as 
  the 
  principal 
  means 
  of 
  capture; 
  in 
  fact, 
  he 
  freely 
  pre- 
  

   dicts 
  that 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  taken 
  by 
  

   Bering 
  Sea 
  canneries 
  will 
  be 
  caught 
  with 
  purse 
  seines. 
  

  

  SALMON 
  CANNING. 
  

  

  Changes 
  and 
  Improvements 
  in 
  Canneries 
  and 
  Equipment. 
  

  

  Early 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1913 
  the 
  two 
  canneries 
  operated 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  in 
  the 
  Bristol 
  Bay 
  region 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Fishermen's 
  Packing 
  

   Co. 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Libby, 
  McNeill 
  & 
  Libby. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  

   plants 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  Nushagak 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  

   Kvichak 
  Bay 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Graveyard 
  Creek. 
  Also 
  the 
  same 
  

   company 
  acquired 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Yakutat 
  & 
  Southern 
  Railway 
  

   Co. 
  at 
  Yakutat 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  These 
  plants, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   one 
  operated 
  at 
  Kenai, 
  give 
  Libby, 
  McNeill 
  & 
  Libby 
  four 
  canneries 
  in 
  

   Alaska. 
  The 
  three 
  canneries 
  purchased 
  this 
  season 
  will 
  be 
  operated 
  

   under 
  the 
  names 
  used 
  before 
  the 
  transfer 
  of 
  ownership 
  was 
  effected. 
  

   Libby, 
  McNeill 
  & 
  Libby 
  contracted 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  output 
  of 
  canned 
  

   salmon 
  put 
  up 
  this 
  season 
  by 
  the 
  Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  

   at 
  Taku 
  Harbor, 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  western 
  Alaska 
  plants, 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   American 
  Fisheries 
  at 
  Port 
  Moller 
  was 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  

   season. 
  The 
  buildings 
  for 
  this 
  plant 
  were 
  erected 
  in 
  1912. 
  Exten- 
  

   sive 
  improvements 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  Clark 
  Point 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  

   Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  on 
  Nushagak 
  Bay. 
  Important 
  changes 
  

  

  