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  ALASKA 
  FISHEBIES 
  AND 
  FUB 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  run 
  of 
  males. 
  The 
  take 
  of 
  73 
  sperms, 
  nearly 
  40 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   catch 
  for 
  the 
  season, 
  is 
  most 
  remarkable. 
  In 
  1912 
  all 
  three 
  companies 
  

   got 
  but 
  23 
  sperms 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  total 
  kill 
  of 
  685 
  whales. 
  

  

  SAN 
  FEANCISCO 
  WHALING 
  FLEET. 
  

  

  Operations 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  fleet 
  in 
  northern 
  waters 
  during 
  

   1913 
  amounted 
  to 
  comparatively 
  Httle. 
  The 
  bark 
  Gay 
  Head 
  (252 
  

   tons) 
  cleared 
  December 
  27, 
  1912, 
  and 
  returned 
  August 
  30, 
  1913, 
  with 
  

   a 
  take 
  of 
  32,430 
  gallons 
  of 
  sperm 
  oil, 
  valued 
  at 
  $12,072. 
  The 
  Gay 
  

   Head 
  cleared 
  again 
  October 
  3, 
  1913, 
  for 
  a 
  cruise 
  to 
  southern 
  whaUng 
  

   grounds. 
  The 
  steamer 
  Belvedere 
  (339 
  tons) 
  left 
  March 
  11, 
  1913, 
  on 
  a 
  

   whaling 
  voyage 
  to 
  the 
  Arctic. 
  This 
  vessel 
  was 
  frozen 
  in 
  near 
  Griffen 
  

   Point, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  forced 
  to 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  power 
  schooner 
  

   Elvira 
  (60 
  tons) 
  cleared 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  May 
  26, 
  on 
  a 
  cruise 
  to 
  the 
  

   Arctic. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  unfavorable 
  conditions, 
  this 
  vessel 
  was 
  also 
  

   seized 
  in 
  the 
  ice, 
  and 
  late 
  in 
  September 
  capsized 
  and 
  became 
  a 
  total 
  

   loss. 
  The 
  crew 
  escaped 
  over 
  the 
  ice. 
  This 
  vessel 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  

   Japanese 
  seal 
  poacher 
  captured 
  by 
  a 
  revenue 
  cutter 
  and 
  afterwards 
  

   sold. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  at 
  present, 
  no 
  whales 
  were 
  killed 
  this 
  season, 
  

   either 
  by 
  the 
  Belvedere 
  or 
  Elvira. 
  The 
  Eskimos 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  

   four 
  bowheads 
  near 
  Point 
  Barrow. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Karlulc, 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  actively 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  

   San 
  Francisco 
  whaling 
  fleet, 
  was 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  Stefansson 
  Arctic 
  

   expedition, 
  and 
  sailed 
  north 
  this 
  spring. 
  

  

  The 
  steamers 
  Herman 
  (229 
  tons), 
  Beluga 
  (409 
  tons), 
  Bowhead 
  (243 
  

   tons). 
  Narwhal 
  (389 
  tons), 
  and 
  Thrasher 
  (502 
  tons), 
  also 
  the 
  brigantine 
  

   Jeanette 
  (217 
  tons), 
  did 
  no 
  whaling 
  this 
  year, 
  but 
  were 
  laid 
  up 
  in 
  

   Oakland 
  Creek. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  sum 
  invested 
  in 
  shore-station 
  whaling 
  operations 
  was 
  

   $891,780. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  $249,051 
  from 
  the 
  1912 
  season. 
  A 
  

   total 
  of 
  99 
  persons 
  were 
  engaged, 
  of 
  which 
  73 
  were 
  whites 
  and 
  26 
  Japa- 
  

   nese. 
  Last 
  year 
  303 
  persons 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  industry. 
  The 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  declined 
  from 
  $311,307 
  m 
  1912 
  to 
  $157,550 
  in 
  

  

  1913. 
  

  

  Whales 
  Taken 
  in 
  Shore 
  Operations 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Sperm 
  

  

  Sulphur 
  bottom 
  

  

  Finback 
  

  

  Humpback 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  CarLforniagray 
  

   Bottlenose 
  

  

  Total.... 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Included 
  in 
  the 
  finbacks 
  above 
  are 
  three 
  whales 
  designated 
  by 
  

   whalemen 
  as 
  "sei" 
  whales. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  finback, 
  but 
  never 
  

  

  