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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUB 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  flesh 
  loses 
  its 
  rich 
  and 
  oily 
  characteristic. 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  true 
  

   during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  In 
  consequence, 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   not 
  much 
  esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  wliite 
  population 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  state 
  

   except 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Tanana 
  and 
  Yukon 
  as 
  far 
  down 
  as 
  Nulato 
  small 
  fish 
  wheels 
  

   are 
  almost 
  entirely 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  salmon, 
  but 
  from 
  Anvik 
  

   down 
  various 
  rather 
  primitive 
  styles 
  of 
  traps 
  are 
  used. 
  In 
  either 
  

   case 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  placed 
  near 
  some 
  rocky 
  point 
  or 
  curve 
  in 
  the 
  

   river. 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Nome 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  seines 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   Eskimos. 
  The 
  fish 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  consumed 
  locally. 
  Early 
  

   in 
  June, 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  break-up 
  of 
  the 
  rivers, 
  nearly 
  every 
  family 
  of 
  

   natives 
  starts 
  for 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  its 
  intended 
  fish 
  wheel 
  or 
  trap, 
  as 
  the 
  

   case 
  may 
  be. 
  The 
  bucks 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  fishing 
  apparatus, 
  after 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  attended 
  by 
  the 
  squaws, 
  who 
  also 
  clean 
  and 
  smoke 
  or 
  otherwise 
  

   prepare 
  the 
  fish. 
  From 
  June 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  the 
  king 
  salmon, 
  the 
  first 
  fish 
  

   of 
  the 
  season, 
  begins 
  to 
  run. 
  This 
  run 
  lasts 
  about 
  a 
  month, 
  and 
  each 
  

   Indian 
  catches 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  anywhere 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  125 
  fish. 
  In 
  

   July 
  the 
  runs 
  of 
  coho 
  and 
  dog 
  salmon 
  begin, 
  and 
  continue 
  until 
  well 
  

   along 
  in 
  August. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   will 
  catch 
  from 
  300 
  to 
  600 
  coho 
  and 
  from 
  1,200 
  to 
  1,500 
  dog 
  salmon. 
  

   A 
  white 
  man 
  will 
  catch 
  several 
  times 
  as 
  many 
  fish 
  as 
  a 
  native, 
  but 
  

   there 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  white 
  fishermen 
  engaged. 
  They 
  are 
  mostly 
  squaw- 
  

   men 
  who 
  live 
  and 
  catch 
  their 
  fish 
  near 
  some 
  white 
  settlement 
  where 
  

   they 
  can 
  dispose 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  dog 
  feed. 
  

  

  Practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska 
  are 
  

   smoked 
  and 
  di'ied, 
  though 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  sold 
  fresh. 
  

   The 
  Indians 
  sell 
  the 
  best 
  fish 
  of 
  their 
  catch 
  and 
  eat 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   or 
  feed 
  it 
  to 
  their 
  dogs. 
  The 
  salmon 
  as 
  dried 
  and 
  sold 
  for 
  dog 
  feed 
  

   are 
  handled 
  by 
  traders 
  who 
  retail 
  this 
  commodity 
  at 
  prices 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  10 
  to 
  12^ 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  sold 
  to 
  whites 
  for 
  

   human 
  consumption 
  are 
  Hghtly 
  smoked. 
  

  

  HALIBUT 
  FISHERY. 
  

   CONDITIONS 
  AND 
  PROSPECTS. 
  

  

  The 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  now 
  

   greatly 
  exceeds 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  and 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  as 
  in 
  British 
  

   Columbia, 
  it 
  is 
  second 
  in 
  importance 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  halibut, 
  the 
  trifling 
  loss 
  of 
  weight 
  in 
  dressing 
  

   for 
  market, 
  and 
  the 
  generally 
  remunerative 
  price 
  which 
  it 
  commands 
  

   render 
  its 
  pursuit 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  fisherman, 
  while 
  its 
  clean, 
  white, 
  

   firm-grained 
  flesh 
  and 
  its 
  capacity 
  to 
  withstand 
  much 
  handling 
  and 
  

   distant 
  shipment, 
  also 
  its 
  susceptibility 
  of 
  preservation 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  

   state 
  for 
  extended 
  periods 
  without 
  serious 
  loss 
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  palatable 
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