Harrison, Roger 
January 1, 1943 
Dr. Roger Harrison 
U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
Department of Interior 
Washington, D C 
Dear Dr. Harrisons 
In addition to several bits of information I desired regarding the 
crab meat canned in Cordova, I would also like to know something about 
halibut • The several questions that I desire to have answered are • 
a) How many cases of salmon were canned at Cordova in 1941? 
b) Approximate value of this 1941 Cordova pack # 
q) Approximately how many pounds of crab meat in 1S41 did 
Cordova pack, stated to have been 7,711 cases. 
d) Value $ 
e) Total tonnage or pounds of halibut taken in Alaskan waters 
in 1941. 
f) Value # 
g) Can you, perhaps, estimate the quantity of herring taken 
or packed in Prince William Sound? 
h) Value f . 
i) What was the total annual return of the Salmon Fisheries in 
Alaska for 1941? 
1 have left blank spaces in the script I am preparing for the film, 
ami would like to have the figures before I turn the script into the State 
Department for translation, sometime during the later part of next week. 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates. 
WLS s an 
