FISHERIES OF ALASKA IK 1909. 
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THE SALMON INDUSTRY. 
The season of 1909, while not so good as that of the previous year, 
which was the best the fishermen have ever had, was excellent so far 
as the quantit}^ of fish obtained was concerned. The prices received 
for the cheaper grades, however, were not so remunerative as in 
some previous seasons. 
The run in southeast Alaska, except in the lower portion, was very 
good, but the cannery men packed no more of the cheaper grades than 
they felt could be disposed of. As a result the catch of humpback 
salmon was 4,734,525 less and of dog salmon 1,069,269 less in number 
than in 1908. 
In central Alaska the run in the neighborhood of Karluk fell off 
very materially as compared with 1908, but in Chignik the usual 
good run appeared, and the Alaska Packers Association sent to its 
Karluk canneries 54,605 red salmon, while the Northwestern Fish- 
eries Company transferred to its Uyak cannery 100,950 red salmon. 
In western Alaska the ice in Bristol Bay was found to be very 
troublesome this year, and some of the supply ships found difficulty 
in reaching their plants in time to get ready for the opening of the 
season. The steamer Nushagak , of the Alaska Packers Association, 
was held seven days in the ice pack not far off the mouth of Nushagak 
Bay. With the exception of the Ugashik and Ugaguk rivers and the 
Nushagak Bay region the runs were fairly good. The falling off 
in the latter region has been discussed in detail elsewhere in the 
report. In order to help out the canneries on the Nushagak and 
Ugaguk, canneries on the Naknek and Kvichak, owned by the same 
companies, sent to the Nushagak 123 king salmon and 289,688 red 
salmon, and to the Ugaguk River 12,178 red salmon. 
In the Nushagak Bay the weather was especially bad during the 
greater part of the season, and as a result eight fishermen lost their 
lives through the capsizing of their boats. 
PLANTS IN OPERATION. 
Following is a list of the plants operated during the season of 1909 : 
Name. 
Location. 
Southeast Alaska: 
Canneries— 
Alaska Packers Association 
Loring and Wrangell. 
Quadra, Hunter Bay, Santa 
Ana, and Dundas Bay. 
Metlakahtla. 
Yes Bay. 
Lake Bay. 
Shakan. 
Klawak. 
Pillar Bay. 
Petersburg. 
Taku Harbor. 
Sitkoh Bay. 
Funter Bay. 
Northwestern Fisheries Co 
William Duncan 
C. A. Burckhardt & Co 
F. C. Barnes 
Shakan Salmon Co 
North Pacific Trading and Packing Co 
Pillar Bay Packing Co 
Pacific Coast and Norway Packing Co 
John L. Carlson 
George T. Myers & Co 
Thlinket Packing Co 
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