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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUE 
  INDUSTRIES^ 
  1913. 
  

  

  Considering 
  Alaska 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  30 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  caught 
  

   in 
  1913 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  seines, 
  32 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  traps, 
  and 
  36 
  per 
  cent 
  

   by 
  means 
  of 
  gill 
  nets. 
  The 
  year 
  before, 
  seines 
  took 
  31 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   traps 
  33 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  gill 
  nets 
  34 
  per 
  cent. 
  Thus, 
  for 
  all 
  Alaska, 
  

   1913 
  shows 
  as 
  to 
  proportion 
  of 
  catch 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  1 
  per 
  cent 
  for 
  seines, 
  

   a 
  loss 
  of 
  1 
  per 
  cent 
  for 
  traps, 
  and 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  2 
  per 
  cent 
  for 
  gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  1913 
  was 
  59,915,128 
  as 
  against 
  

   60, 
  938, 
  945 
  in 
  1912, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  1, 
  023,817. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  reds 
  

   was 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  this 
  year; 
  kings 
  gained 
  66,000; 
  pinks 
  gained 
  

   approximately 
  2,970,000; 
  cohos 
  fell 
  off 
  620,000; 
  and 
  chums 
  declined 
  

   3,433,000 
  in 
  number 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  Statistics. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  canneries 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  Alaska 
  during 
  1913 
  was 
  

   79 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  87 
  for 
  1912. 
  The 
  total 
  investment 
  declined 
  

   from 
  $33,759,295 
  m 
  1912 
  to 
  $31,341,670 
  for 
  1913. 
  The 
  decrease 
  

   was 
  chiefly 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  1912 
  was 
  17,705 
  and 
  16,513 
  

   in 
  1913, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  1,192 
  persons, 
  also 
  almost 
  wholly 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  section. 
  Although 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  about 
  7 
  per 
  cent 
  

   this 
  year, 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  both 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  whites 
  

   and 
  natives 
  show 
  sUght 
  gains. 
  This 
  condition 
  should 
  inure 
  to 
  the 
  

   benefit 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  Of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  element, 
  Japanese 
  and 
  Filipinos 
  

   are 
  supplanting 
  the 
  declining 
  numbers 
  of 
  Chinese. 
  

  

  In 
  1912 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  4,054,641 
  cases, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $16,291,927, 
  while 
  m 
  1913 
  it 
  was3, 
  739,185 
  cases, 
  valued 
  at$13,531,604, 
  

   a 
  decrease 
  of 
  315,456 
  cases 
  and 
  $2,760,323 
  in 
  value. 
  By 
  sections 
  

   the 
  case 
  pack 
  comparison 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Southeast 
  Alaska 
  declined 
  

   from 
  2,033,648 
  to 
  1,782,898 
  cases, 
  a 
  difference 
  of 
  250,750 
  cases; 
  

   central 
  Alaska 
  dropped 
  from 
  625,062 
  to 
  447,249 
  cases, 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  

   177,813 
  cases; 
  but 
  in 
  western 
  Alaska 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  from 
  

   1,395,931 
  cases 
  in 
  1912 
  to 
  1,509,038 
  cases 
  m 
  1913, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  113,107 
  

   cases. 
  Comparisons 
  by 
  species 
  show 
  the 
  following: 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  cohos 
  

   declined 
  from 
  166,198 
  to 
  75,779 
  cases, 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  90,419 
  cases; 
  chums 
  

   dropped 
  from 
  664,633 
  to 
  290,918, 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  373,715 
  cases; 
  and 
  kings 
  

   went 
  from 
  43,317 
  down 
  to 
  34,370, 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  8,947 
  cases; 
  but 
  pinks 
  

   increased 
  from 
  1,280,138 
  to 
  1,372,881, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  92,743 
  cases; 
  and 
  

   reds 
  also 
  gained 
  from 
  1,900,355 
  to 
  1,965,237, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  64,882 
  

   cases. 
  The 
  net 
  decrease, 
  however, 
  for 
  1913 
  was 
  315,456 
  cases, 
  

   due 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  lighter 
  pack 
  of 
  chums. 
  

  

  