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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Juneau 
  markets 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  call 
  for 
  eulachon, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  esteem 
  by 
  those 
  acquainted 
  with 
  its 
  merits. 
  One 
  

   dealer 
  states 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  demand 
  for 
  euclahon 
  as 
  a 
  

   breakfast 
  fish. 
  The 
  Juneau 
  local 
  market 
  has 
  been 
  supplied 
  from 
  the 
  

   Chilkat 
  River, 
  where 
  eulachon 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  each 
  spring. 
  

   Occasionally 
  a 
  supply 
  is 
  brought 
  from 
  Dry 
  Bay, 
  where 
  the 
  average 
  

   size 
  is 
  better. 
  

  

  Experimentation 
  in 
  the 
  Cook 
  Inlet 
  country 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Erskine 
  

   has 
  developed 
  the 
  high 
  value 
  of 
  eulachon 
  for 
  salthig 
  purposes, 
  and 
  a 
  

   very 
  attractive 
  product 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  result. 
  An 
  enormous 
  run 
  of 
  

   eulachon 
  occurs 
  in 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  usually 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   May 
  or 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  ice 
  goes 
  out. 
  They 
  swarm 
  into 
  the 
  Susitna 
  

   River 
  in 
  such 
  enormous 
  numbers 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  dipped 
  up 
  

   as 
  required. 
  No 
  expensive 
  fishing 
  gear 
  is 
  needed. 
  Thus 
  eulachon 
  

   could 
  be 
  salted 
  at 
  considerably 
  less 
  expense 
  than 
  herring, 
  as 
  the 
  cost 
  

   of 
  getting 
  the 
  fish 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  little. 
  

  

  BLACK 
  COD. 
  

  

  A 
  fish 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  into 
  well-merited 
  favor 
  during 
  recent 
  years 
  

   Is 
  the 
  black 
  cod 
  (Anoplopoma 
  fimbria), 
  a 
  species 
  entirely 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  the 
  true 
  cod, 
  particularly 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  rich 
  and 
  oily 
  character 
  

   of 
  the 
  flesh. 
  Most 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  cod 
  are 
  taken 
  incidentally 
  in 
  

   halibut 
  operations. 
  However, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  growing 
  demands, 
  

   definite 
  sets 
  were 
  made 
  this 
  year, 
  perhaps 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  

   with 
  a 
  view 
  primarily 
  to 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  black 
  cod. 
  These 
  operations 
  

   were 
  conducted 
  in 
  Chatham 
  and 
  Icy 
  Straits. 
  The 
  same 
  gear 
  and 
  

   bait 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  in 
  haUbut 
  fishing, 
  but 
  sets 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  300 
  fathoms 
  

   or 
  more, 
  as 
  fishermen 
  claim 
  that 
  black 
  cod 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  only 
  at 
  these 
  depths. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  at 
  present, 
  the 
  

   species 
  occurs 
  rather 
  scatteringly 
  in 
  the 
  fiords 
  of 
  the 
  northwestern 
  

   coast 
  of 
  the 
  continent, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  greatest 
  abundance 
  

   in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  what 
  is 
  consumed 
  locally 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  cod 
  

   is 
  handled 
  by 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  wholesalers. 
  In 
  the 
  past 
  they 
  have 
  taken 
  

   the 
  black 
  cod 
  more 
  as 
  an 
  accormnodation 
  to 
  their 
  halibut 
  fishermen 
  

   than 
  anything 
  else. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years, 
  however, 
  the 
  black 
  

   cod 
  has 
  been 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  in 
  popularity 
  and 
  is 
  rapidly 
  coming 
  

   into 
  its 
  own. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  featured 
  by 
  the 
  leading 
  hotels 
  and 
  restaurants 
  

   of 
  Seattle. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  demand 
  in 
  the 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  market 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  for 
  

   kippered 
  backs. 
  This 
  usually 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  menu 
  as 
  "barbecued 
  

   Alaska 
  black 
  cod." 
  The 
  belhes, 
  which 
  are 
  exceptionally 
  rich 
  and 
  

   toothsome, 
  are 
  salted 
  down 
  separately. 
  The 
  black 
  cod 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  

   salt-fish 
  handlers 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  fish 
  for 
  salting 
  purposes 
  found 
  

   in 
  Pacific 
  waters. 
  

  

  