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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Halibut 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Products 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Halibut 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  a 
  Prepared 
  weight. 
  

  

  COD 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  cod 
  industry 
  in 
  Alaska 
  waters 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  a 
  flourishing 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  this 
  year. 
  All 
  vessels 
  took 
  full 
  fares, 
  and 
  the 
  shore 
  stations 
  did 
  

   well. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  accounted 
  for 
  largely 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that, 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  weather 
  conditions 
  for 
  the 
  inside 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  shore 
  

   stations, 
  also 
  in 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  were 
  unusually 
  favorable. 
  The 
  offshore 
  

   vessel 
  catch 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  however, 
  was 
  considerably 
  lessened 
  by 
  

   heavy 
  weather. 
  

  

  One 
  man 
  was 
  lost 
  from 
  the 
  schooner 
  Fanny 
  Dutard, 
  of 
  the 
  Matheson 
  

   Fishei'ies 
  Co., 
  and 
  the 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  lost 
  a 
  man 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  

   shore 
  stations. 
  

  

  VESSEL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  March 
  29, 
  returning 
  from 
  the 
  Alaska 
  shore 
  stations 
  

   with 
  a 
  cargo 
  of 
  145,000 
  codfish, 
  the 
  schooner 
  Jolin 
  D. 
  Sjyrecl'els, 
  

   operated 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Codfish 
  Co., 
  was 
  run 
  down 
  off 
  the 
  California 
  

   coast 
  by 
  the 
  steamship 
  Statesman 
  and 
  lost. 
  A 
  heavy 
  fog 
  was 
  respon- 
  

   sible 
  for 
  the 
  disaster. 
  Two 
  seamen 
  on 
  the 
  schooner 
  were 
  crushed 
  

   to 
  death. 
  The 
  cargo 
  also 
  was 
  lost. 
  

  

  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Codfish 
  Co. 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  season 
  

   the 
  328-ton 
  schooner 
  Charles 
  R. 
  W'dson. 
  This 
  compan}^ 
  also 
  had 
  the 
  

   the 
  schooner 
  John 
  A., 
  which 
  luis 
  been 
  in 
  service 
  for 
  several 
  seasons. 
  

   Operations 
  were 
  confii 
  ed 
  to 
  se.i 
  fishing. 
  The 
  Blom 
  Codfish 
  Co. 
  did 
  

   not 
  send 
  the 
  sclmoner 
  Forfuna 
  north 
  this 
  yea'. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  equi])pcd 
  the 
  schooner 
  Vega 
  

   (233 
  tons) 
  and 
  the 
  power 
  schooner 
  Union 
  Jack 
  (39 
  tons) 
  with 
  trawl 
  

   lines 
  designed 
  on 
  the 
  general 
  plan 
  of 
  halibut 
  trawls. 
  Virtually 
  the 
  

  

  