﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  133 
  

  

  grow 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  size. 
  In 
  all 
  characteristics 
  except 
  size 
  they 
  closely 
  

   resemble 
  the 
  finback. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  the 
  "sharp- 
  

   headed 
  finner," 
  which 
  attains 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  27 
  feet. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  Whale 
  Fishery 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Vessels: 
  

  

  Steamers 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Launches 
  under 
  5 
  tons.. 
  

  

  Boats, 
  row 
  

  

  Lighters 
  and 
  scows 
  

  

  Pile 
  drivers 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  plants 
  . 
  

  

  Cash 
  capital 
  

  

  Wages 
  paid 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $250,000 
  

   400,000 
  

   60,545 
  

  

  891,780 
  

  

  EFFECT 
  OF 
  WHALING 
  OPERATIONS 
  ON 
  FISHING. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  agitation 
  has 
  developed 
  of 
  late 
  in 
  certain 
  quarters 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  contention 
  that 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  whales 
  off 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   coast 
  has 
  worked 
  great 
  harm 
  to 
  the 
  hahbut 
  and 
  herring 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  

   also 
  affected 
  cod 
  and 
  salmon 
  operations. 
  It 
  is 
  claimed 
  that 
  whales 
  

   drive 
  the 
  herring 
  toward 
  the 
  shore, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  

   hahbut 
  and 
  other 
  species. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  whales 
  are 
  killed, 
  

   fishing 
  is 
  bound 
  to 
  be 
  poor. 
  

  

  Tliis 
  theory 
  is 
  open 
  to 
  much 
  question. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  recognized 
  fact 
  that 
  

   pelagic 
  fishes 
  have 
  well-defined 
  migratory 
  movements, 
  particularly 
  

   those 
  general 
  movements 
  toward 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  to 
  shallower 
  or 
  even 
  

   fresh 
  water. 
  This 
  is 
  primarily 
  the 
  call 
  of 
  the 
  reproductive 
  instinct. 
  

   Under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  it 
  seems 
  more 
  reasonable 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  

   the 
  whales 
  follow 
  the 
  herring 
  than 
  to 
  beheve 
  that 
  they 
  drive 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  legislation 
  in 
  Norway 
  prohibitive 
  of 
  

   whaling 
  is 
  often 
  quoted 
  as 
  evidence 
  that 
  whaling 
  is 
  injurious 
  to 
  other 
  

   fishing, 
  and 
  particularly 
  to 
  herring 
  operations. 
  In 
  the 
  fight 
  of 
  present 
  

  

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