THE SALMON AND SALMON . FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 
175 
Tlie following vessels were employed: 
Klg. 
Name. 
Net tons. 
Crew. 
Value. 
ATit 
238 
5 
5 
1,529 
,55« 
8 
2 
2 
Fishermen. 
Fishermen. 
$40, OOO 
3, 000 
2, 000 
30, 000 
10, 000 
Launch 
Do 
Sliij) 
Northern Light 
J. W. Clark 
Bolieiuia 
Bark 
W. TV. Case 
32 boats, lighters, and scows. 
The following is the pack for 1897 : 
Species. 
Number 
of fl.sh. 
Number 
of cases 
packed. 
Number 
of lisb 
per case. 
Barrels I 
salted. I 
345 
126 
2.7 
13.7 
220 
1,480 
. 
Kedtisli - 
760, 652 
NAKNEK RIVER. 
Naknek Eiver emiities iuto the upiier part of Bristol Bay, about 20 miles below 
Koggiuug. There are two canneries at its mouth. 
The Arctic Packing Oomiiany built and operated a saltery at Naknek in 1890 and 
sold it to the Alaska Packers’ Association in 1893. The association in 1891 built a 
cannery at the same iilace, utilizing the machinery of the Thin Point Packing Company 
in its construction. It was operated in 1895, 1896, and 1897, and has a capacity of 
1,800 cases per day. Salmon are also salted here. 
In 1897 the company employed 45 white fishermen, 10 white cannery-hands, 102 
Chinese, and 10 natives. They used 11 gill nets, each 70 fathoms long by 24 meshes 
deep; 34 gill nets, each 70 fathoms long by 22 meshes deep; 3 traps with leads of 175 
feet. The vessels employed Avere the launch Ralph A., of 5 tons, with a crew of 2, and 
valued at $4,500; the bark Merom, of 1,159 net tons, with a crew of fishermen, valued 
at $16,000; the schooner Prosper j of 230 net tons, with a crew of fishermen, valued at 
$15,000; also 30 boats and lighters. The bark Merom made one trii) on account of 
Karluk. 
The following gives the pack for 1897 : 
Si>ecies. 
Number 
of fish. 
Number 
of cases 
I)ackdd. 
Number 
offish 
per case. 
Ninjj salnion 
902 
180 
Kedtish 
429, 655 
34, 496 
12. 4 
In 1890 Mr. L. A. Pederson established and , operated a small saltery on the 
northern shore of the Naknek Eiver near its mouth, and in 1894 the Eaknek Packing 
Company Avas incorporated under the laAvs of the State of California, a cannery being- 
built on the site of the saltery. The first j)ack was made in 1895, and operations Avere 
continued in 1896 and 1897. Salting is also carried on by this company. In 1897 an 
additional saltery was built on the shore of Bristol Bay about 2 miles above the mouth 
of the Eaknek. The eannery has a capacity of 1,500 cases per day. 
In 1897 the company employed 40 white fishermen and salters, 10 white cannery- 
men, 75 Chinese, and about 10 natives. The folloAAdug was the equipment: 27 gill 
nets, each 100 fathoms long by 20 meshes deep, 6J-inch mesh, valued at 40 cents 
