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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  complete 
  cold-storage 
  plant 
  was 
  installed 
  by 
  the 
  Glacier 
  

   Fisheries 
  Co. 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  Glory 
  of 
  the 
  Seas, 
  which 
  vessel 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   two 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  operated 
  as 
  a 
  floating 
  cannery. 
  The 
  daily 
  capac- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  the 
  sharp 
  freezers 
  is 
  60,000 
  pounds, 
  while 
  the 
  total 
  cold 
  stor- 
  

   age 
  facilities 
  will 
  enable 
  the 
  handhng 
  of 
  approximately 
  3,000,000 
  

   pounds. 
  The 
  vessel 
  was 
  towed 
  to 
  Idaho 
  Inlet 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  was 
  

   brought 
  back 
  to 
  Seattle 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  with 
  the 
  season's 
  product. 
  Tlie 
  

   Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  at 
  Taku 
  Harbor 
  has 
  storage 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  approximately 
  450,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish. 
  This 
  concern 
  

   utilized, 
  in 
  part, 
  the 
  barge 
  Dashing 
  Wave 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  its 
  cold- 
  

   storage 
  operations. 
  The 
  largest 
  cold-storage 
  plant 
  in 
  Alaska 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  at 
  Ketchikan, 
  which 
  now 
  has 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  handling 
  100,000 
  pounds 
  daily 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   6,000,000 
  pounds. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  elsewhere 
  concerning 
  the 
  

   utlization 
  of 
  those 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  now 
  generally 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  waste, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  

   considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  nutritive 
  material 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  the 
  halibut. 
  In 
  northwestern 
  Europe 
  this 
  is 
  considered 
  

   the 
  choicest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  many 
  delicacies 
  are 
  prepared 
  from 
  

   it. 
  If 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  halibut 
  taken 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   could 
  reach 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  such 
  establishments 
  as 
  the 
  ReviUa 
  Fish 
  

   Products 
  Co., 
  at 
  Ketchikan, 
  where 
  various 
  special 
  fishery 
  preparations 
  

   have 
  already 
  been 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  market, 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  a 
  further 
  

   value 
  might 
  accrue 
  to 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishery. 
  

  

  While 
  fresh 
  and 
  frozen 
  herring 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  favorite 
  bait 
  

   for 
  halibut 
  on 
  the 
  offshore 
  grounds, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  banks 
  during 
  

   the 
  winter 
  months, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  that 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  is 
  a 
  su 
  erior 
  

   attraction 
  in 
  the 
  regions 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  canneries 
  and 
  salteries 
  

   during 
  the 
  salmon-packing 
  season. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  halibut 
  are 
  

   enticed 
  from 
  distant 
  points, 
  probably 
  by 
  the 
  oflal 
  from 
  the 
  packing 
  

   establishments, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  canning 
  season 
  continues 
  a 
  hook 
  

   baited 
  with 
  a 
  liberal 
  piece 
  of 
  salmon 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  surpass 
  aU 
  other 
  

   lures. 
  

  

  The 
  serious 
  strike 
  of 
  halibut 
  fishermen 
  operating 
  chiefly 
  from 
  

   headquarters 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  which 
  began 
  on 
  November 
  14, 
  1912, 
  

   was 
  amicably 
  terminated 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  February 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   year. 
  Since 
  this 
  time 
  no 
  further 
  labor 
  disturbances 
  have 
  occurred. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  serious 
  disaster 
  to 
  the 
  halibut 
  fleet 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  

   of 
  1913 
  was 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Weiding, 
  formerly 
  the 
  Weiding 
  

   Bros., 
  of 
  Seattle 
  (120 
  net 
  tons), 
  which 
  was 
  sunk 
  off 
  the 
  Queen 
  Char- 
  

   lotte 
  Islands 
  on 
  July 
  23. 
  No 
  lives 
  were 
  lost. 
  Weather 
  conditions 
  

   were 
  remarkably 
  favorable 
  to 
  halibut-fishing 
  operations 
  until 
  early 
  

   in 
  September, 
  subsequent 
  to 
  which 
  an 
  unusual 
  series 
  of 
  storms 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  each 
  other 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  