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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTEIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  Island. 
  John 
  H. 
  Nelson: 
  Squaw 
  Harbor, 
  Unga 
  Island. 
  R. 
  H. 
  

   Johnson: 
  Hard 
  Scratch, 
  Unga 
  Island. 
  Pacific 
  States 
  Trading 
  Co.: 
  

   Northwest 
  Harbor, 
  Herendeen 
  Island. 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co.: 
  Pirate 
  

   Cove, 
  Popof 
  Island; 
  Northwest 
  Harbor, 
  Herendeen 
  Island; 
  Pavlof 
  

   Harbor 
  and 
  Johnson 
  Harbor 
  on 
  Sannak 
  Island; 
  Unga, 
  on 
  Unga 
  

   Island 
  ; 
  and 
  Dora 
  Harbor, 
  on 
  Unimak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Summarizing 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Codfish 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Union 
  

   Fish 
  Co. 
  each 
  operated 
  six 
  shore 
  stations, 
  while 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  

   Trading 
  Co., 
  John 
  H. 
  Nelson, 
  and 
  R. 
  H. 
  Johnson 
  had 
  one 
  each. 
  Of 
  

   this 
  total 
  of 
  15 
  stations, 
  6 
  were 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island, 
  4 
  on 
  Sannak 
  Island, 
  

   2 
  each 
  on 
  Herendeen 
  and 
  Unimak 
  Islands, 
  and 
  1 
  on 
  Popof 
  Island. 
  

  

  The 
  business 
  of 
  R. 
  H. 
  Johnson 
  and 
  John 
  H. 
  Nelson, 
  whose 
  plants 
  

   are 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island, 
  was 
  largely 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  stockfish. 
  Tliis 
  

   is 
  a 
  hard-dried 
  form 
  of 
  cod, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  shipped 
  in 
  bales. 
  In 
  south- 
  

   east 
  Alaska 
  the 
  Kake 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  experimented 
  with 
  the 
  canning 
  

   of 
  cod. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  product 
  was 
  prepared. 
  The 
  

   results 
  bespeak 
  further 
  endeavor 
  along 
  this 
  fine. 
  

  

  The 
  price 
  of 
  cod 
  has 
  been 
  strong 
  this 
  season, 
  owing 
  chiefly 
  to 
  Ught 
  

   catches 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  statistics 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing 
  vessels 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   tables. 
  Up 
  to 
  last 
  year 
  figures 
  for 
  vessels 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  part 
  omitted. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  cod 
  fishery 
  in 
  1913, 
  inclusive 
  of 
  both 
  

   offshore 
  vessel 
  and 
  shore 
  station 
  operations, 
  was 
  $581,107, 
  as 
  against 
  

   $274,674 
  for 
  1912. 
  The 
  increase 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  vessels 
  to 
  

   the 
  fleet, 
  enlarged 
  production, 
  and 
  the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   $150,000 
  more 
  cash 
  capital. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  was 
  

   531, 
  including 
  5 
  natives 
  and 
  1 
  Japanese. 
  Tliis 
  is 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  46 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  over 
  1912. 
  Figures 
  for 
  persons 
  employed 
  at 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  

   States 
  are 
  not 
  included. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  totaled 
  11,916,500 
  pounds 
  of 
  prepared 
  products, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $357,711. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  substantial 
  gain 
  over 
  the 
  1912 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  8,064,853 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $218,268. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Cod 
  Fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  