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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUE 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  information 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  prohibition 
  of 
  

   wliahng 
  on 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  coast 
  was 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  involved 
  with 
  poli- 
  

   tics. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  place, 
  the 
  decrease 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  yield, 
  at 
  least 
  

   during 
  some 
  years, 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  fishing 
  population 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  

   supposition 
  that 
  the 
  schools 
  of 
  herring 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  fiords 
  because 
  

   they 
  were 
  chased 
  by 
  the 
  whales, 
  and 
  unless 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  whales 
  

   to 
  do 
  the 
  chasing 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  no 
  herring 
  near 
  the 
  coast; 
  and 
  

   secondly, 
  whales 
  had 
  been 
  hunted 
  so 
  persistently 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  for 
  so 
  

   many 
  years 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  had 
  so 
  decreased 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  whale 
  

   fisliing 
  unprofitable, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  owned 
  the 
  big 
  estabhshments 
  in 
  

   that 
  industry 
  were 
  only 
  too 
  anxious 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  Government 
  stop 
  

   whaling 
  and 
  remunerate 
  the 
  owners 
  for 
  the 
  values 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  wliich 
  

   thereby 
  became 
  confiscated. 
  Therefore 
  they 
  lent 
  their 
  efforts 
  to 
  the 
  

   agitation 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  population. 
  Men 
  of 
  science 
  in 
  Norway 
  are 
  

   agreed 
  that 
  the 
  whale 
  has 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  herring 
  or 
  

   any 
  other 
  fish 
  in 
  Norwegian 
  waters. 
  Any 
  marked 
  or 
  prolonged 
  

   diminution 
  in 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  herring 
  could 
  with 
  much 
  more 
  reason 
  be 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  the 
  energy 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  herring 
  fishery 
  has 
  been 
  

   prosecuted 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  a 
  heavy 
  export 
  trade. 
  

  

  FERTILIZER 
  AND 
  OILS. 
  

  

  Operations 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil 
  from 
  

   fishery 
  products 
  were 
  not 
  conducted 
  as 
  extensively 
  as 
  last 
  year. 
  

   This 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  whaling 
  establishments 
  did 
  

   not 
  operate. 
  The 
  companies 
  doing 
  business 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  Alaska 
  

   Oil 
  & 
  Guano 
  Co., 
  Kilhsnoo; 
  United 
  States 
  Wlialing 
  Co., 
  Port 
  Arm- 
  

   strong; 
  W. 
  H. 
  Royden, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  floating 
  plant; 
  and 
  the 
  Union 
  

   Fish 
  Co., 
  Shumagin 
  Islands. 
  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  first-named 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  are 
  shown 
  elsewhere 
  under 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  herring 
  fishery, 
  

   wliile 
  the 
  whahng 
  station 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  devoted 
  to 
  whaling. 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Royden 
  operated 
  the 
  scow 
  EUiott 
  with 
  headquarters 
  at 
  

   Petersburg, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  prepared 
  16 
  barrels 
  of 
  shark 
  oil, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $200. 
  The 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  put 
  up 
  210 
  gallons 
  of 
  cod-Hver 
  

   oil, 
  valued 
  at 
  $60. 
  This 
  was 
  merely 
  a 
  minor 
  incident 
  in 
  the 
  season's 
  

   operations 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  represent 
  any 
  concerted 
  effort 
  in 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  oil. 
  The 
  present 
  price 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  too 
  low 
  for 
  profitable 
  work 
  

   along 
  this 
  line. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil 
  situation, 
  more 
  attention 
  ouglit 
  

   to 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  these 
  products 
  from 
  cannery 
  waste. 
  

   In 
  other 
  words, 
  put 
  to 
  use 
  every 
  portion 
  of 
  each 
  fish 
  liandled, 
  as 
  do 
  

   the 
  meat-packing 
  establisliments 
  their 
  waste 
  products. 
  The 
  meat 
  

   packer 
  would 
  not 
  long 
  survive 
  if 
  he 
  placed 
  before 
  the 
  public 
  only 
  the 
  

   choice 
  edible 
  portions 
  of 
  each 
  steer 
  handled 
  and 
  threw 
  away 
  30 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  his 
  raw 
  material, 
  as 
  the 
  salmon 
  packer 
  does. 
  True, 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   carded 
  fish 
  material 
  is 
  not 
  proportionately 
  equal 
  in 
  value 
  at 
  present 
  

  

  