FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1909. 
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related to fishing and transporting vessels, has been added to the 
value of the vessels. The item of cash capital was eliminated in the 
1906 report, and this procedure has been followed ever since. West- 
ern Alaska leads in the total value of investment, followed by south- 
east and central Alaska, in the order named. The principal forms 
of apparatus all show small decreases in the number used as com- 
pared with 1908, the decrease in the number of traps alone being 13. 
Investment in the Alaska. Fisheries in 1909. 
Items. 
Southeast Alaska. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Central Alaska. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Western Alaska. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Total. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Fishing 
Steamers and launches . . . 
Tonnage 
Sailing 
Tonnage 
Transporting vessels: 
Steamers and launches. . . 
Tonnage 
Sailing 
Tonnage 
Boats 
Apparatus, vessel fisheries: 
Purse seines 
Trawl lines 
Harpoon guns 
Shotguns..... 
Apparatus, shore fisheries: 
Haul seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Dip nets 
Lines, hand 
Lines, trawl 
Traps, stake 
Traps, floating 
Crab pots 
Spears 
Hoes 
Shotguns 
Shore and accessory property. 
32 
452 
13 
155 
85 
1,254 
6 
8,581 
1,058 
$167,395 
= ‘ii,'762‘ 
377,250 
"183,800 
145,011 
3,000 
6,500 
350 
103 
256 
12 
14 
651 
30 
10 
40 
14,711 
30,088 
34,030 
120 
573 
2,275 
79,700 
19,750 
818 
37 
7 
1,200 
2, 139,737 
1 
37 
31 
1,544 
14 
15, 407 
695 
$2,750 
300, 174 
"379," 500 " 
83*485" 
42 
3,387 
29 
38,057 
905 
$788,266 
702,240 
"292," 755* 
240 
15,475 
180 
11,020 
7 
2,015 
600 
29,450 
1,500 
66,706 
2i, 644 
1,263,716 
2, 701,841 
32 
452 
14 
192 
158 
6, 185 
49 
62,045 
2, 658 
2 
20 
113 
103 
1,209 
26 
73 
15 
651 
30 
16 
40 
$167,395 
ii;5i2 
1 ,' 
1,265,540 
521,251 
a 3, 000 
6,500 
b 350 
240 
c 30, 366 
d 30, 088 
e 111,756 
127 
2,588 
2,875 
130,794 
21,250 
818 
37 
11 
1,200 
6, 105,294 
Total . 
3,218,114 
2,089,936 
4,573,632 
9,881,682 
a Aggregate length of 500 yards. 
b Includes also value of 14 harpoons. 
c Aggregate lentgh of 33,670 yards. 
d Aggregate length of 36,930 yards. 
e Aggregate length of 301,480 yards. 
PRODUCTS. 
The total quantity of products was 201,983,238 pounds, valued at 
$11,181,388, a decrease of 15,830,177 pounds and $666,055 from 1908, 
the greater part of the decrease being in salmon products. Except 
for salmon bellies and backs, fertilizer, oil, furs, and hides, the 
weights are round weights, or the weights of products when first 
taken from the water; for prepared products the weights are shown 
in the subsidiary tables of the report. As the packing establishments 
almost invariably catch their own fish, it has been found practically 
impossible to show the value of the products as they leave the fisher- 
men’s hands, hence the values shown are for the prepared products. 
