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  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Herring 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Products 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Herring 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  WHALE 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  SHORE 
  STATION 
  OPERATIONS. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  unprofitable 
  returns 
  in 
  1912, 
  but 
  one 
  concern 
  oper- 
  

   ated 
  a 
  shore 
  whaling 
  station 
  in 
  Alaska 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1913. 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Whaling 
  Co., 
  whose 
  plant 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  

   Port 
  Armstrong 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Baranof 
  Island. 
  The 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  built 
  on 
  Akutan 
  Island 
  in 
  1912 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  "V\Tialing 
  Co. 
  was 
  

   not 
  operated 
  this 
  year. 
  Likewise 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Tyee 
  Co. 
  were 
  

   suspended. 
  In 
  fact 
  this 
  company 
  has 
  been 
  dissolved, 
  the 
  shore 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  at 
  Tyee 
  having 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  Vendsyssal 
  Packing 
  

   Co., 
  which 
  used 
  it 
  for 
  mild-curing 
  salmon 
  this 
  season. 
  

  

  Last 
  year 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Whaling 
  Co, 
  had 
  the 
  Norwoginn 
  

   steamer 
  Somerstadt 
  (2,777 
  tons) 
  as 
  a 
  floating 
  plant 
  auxiliaiy 
  to 
  the 
  

   shore 
  station 
  at 
  Port 
  Armstrong. 
  This 
  vessel 
  put 
  in 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   son 
  at 
  the 
  Shumagin 
  Islands. 
  This 
  year 
  operations 
  were 
  confined 
  

   solely 
  to 
  the 
  Port 
  Armstrong 
  plant. 
  The 
  company 
  operated 
  the 
  kill- 
  

   ing 
  boats. 
  Star 
  I, 
  133 
  tons 
  net 
  burden, 
  and 
  the 
  Star 
  II 
  and 
  Star 
  III, 
  

   each 
  of 
  97 
  net 
  tons. 
  Their 
  normal 
  cruising 
  radius 
  did 
  not 
  extend 
  

   more 
  than 
  60 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  station. 
  It 
  was 
  observed 
  that 
  whales 
  

   in 
  this 
  region 
  almost 
  always 
  move 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  northerly 
  direction. 
  

  

  