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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1909. 
Persons Engaged in the Salmon-canning Industry in 1909. 
Occupation and race. 
Southeast 
Alaska. 
Central 
Alaska. 
W estern 
Alaska. 
Total. 
Fishermen: 
Whites 
382 
399 
1,394 
10 
2,175 
808 
, 9 
750 
48 
9 
Total 
1,141 
447 
1,404 
2, 992 
Shoresmen: 
Whites 
384 
271 
1, 149 
1,804 
1, 172 
Indians 
783 
85 
304 
Chinese 
546 
377 
1,069 
1,428 
1,992 
Japanese 
348 
356 
2, 132. 
Total 
2,061 
1,089 
3,950 
7, 100 
Transporters: 
Whites 
128 
102 
182 
412 
Indians 
13 
5 
18 
Total 
141 
107 
182 
430 
Grand total 
3,343 
1,643 
5,536 
10, 522 
Investment . — There were 114 steamers and 39 sailing vessels en- 
gaged in transporting supplies and the pack. 
Gill nets were the principal form of apparatus in use, by far the 
greater number being employed in western Alaska. Purse seines and 
spears were used only in southeast Alaska, haul seines and traps were 
most numerous there. All forms of apparatus except gill nets show 
a decrease in 1909 as compared with 1908. 
There were 45 canneries in operation (19 in southeast Alaska, 
8 in central Alaska, and 18 in western Alaska) as compared with 
50 (23 in southeast Alaska, 8 in central Alaska, and 19 in western 
Alaska) in 1908. 
Investment in the Salmon-canning Industry in 1909. 
Southeast Alaska. 
I Central Alaska. 
Western Alaska. 
Total. 
Items. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Num- 
ber. 
Value. 
Ca.nnerips 
19 
8 
18 
45 
Transporting vessels: 
Steamers and 
launches 
50 
$277, 110 
26 
$257,340 
38 
$732, 600 
114 
$1,267,050 
Tonnage 
937 
1,451 
3,226 
26 
5, 614 
39 
Sailing 
5 
173,800 
8 
311,300 
672,540 
1, 157, 640 
Tonnage 
7,434 
483 
13,955 
336 
36, 666 
871 
58.055 
Boats 
82, 186 
11, 191 
69,850 
290, 460 
1,690 
442, 496 
Apparatus: 
Ha, nl spines 
36 
21 
12,300 
57 
23, 491 
Purse spines 
93 
97 
25,588 
13,080 
74, 200 
19,050 
30 
93 
25,588 
90, 186 
Gill nets 
57 
11,020 
29, 100 
1,500 
883 
66,086 
1,037 
Traps, stake 
33 
19 
14 
20,500 
66 
123, 800 
Traps floating 
13 
20 
1 
14 
20,550 
30 
Spears 
20 
Shore and accessory prop- 
erty 
1,722,657 
1,183,216 
2,574,641 
5, 480, 514 

Total 
2,398,892 
I 
1,875,626 
4,356,827 
8, 631,345 
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Output . — The table of products shows the quantity and value of 
each species packed, with size and style of can. As usual, western 
