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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IK 1909. 
Comparison of the Output of the Salmon Canneries in 1906, 1907, 1908, and 
1909. 
Products. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
Cases. 
Value. 
Cases. 
Value. 
Cases. 
Value. 
Cases. 
Value. 
Coho, or silver: 
^-pound flat 
3,217 
15,944 
91,582 
86, 588 
63, 487 
312,034 
969 
3,933 
80, 772 
84,273 
17,292 
315,819 
209 
2,414 
66,309 
8627 
9,903 
263,559 
1-pound flat 
1-pound tall 
Total 
1,206 
55,350 
85, 543 
225, 486 
110, 743 
382, 109 
85,674 
337,384 
68,932 
274,089 
56, 556 
231,029 
Dog, or chum: 
J-pound flat 
491 
664 
183,262 
1,228 
2,125 
544, 404 
1-pound flat 
107 
218, 406 
321 
553,876 
1-pound tall 
Total 
254,812 
730,235 
120, 712 
274,110 
254,812 
730, 235 
184, 417 
547, 757 
218, 513 
554, 197 
120, 712 
274, 110 
Humpback, or pink: 
^-pound flat 
2,940 
2,618 
344,209 
4,851 
8,378 
1,033,722 
17,589 
7,406 
545,772 
46,093 
26,662 
1, 726, 525 
1-pound flat 
569 
643,564 
1,590 
1,731,789 
1-pound tall 
Total 
464,873 
1,114,839 
349, 767 
1,046,951 
570,767 
1,799,280 
644,133 
1,733,379 
464,873 
1,114,839 
King, or spring: 
i-pound flat 
189 
30, 748 
397 
115,825 
28 
43, 410 
98 
181,620 
125 
23,667 
425 
99,442 
1-pound tall 
Total 
48, 034 
207,624 
30,937 
116,222 
43, 438 
181,718 
23,792 
99,867 
48, 034 
207.624 
Red, or sockeye: 
£-pound flat 
1-pound flat 
1-pound tall 
Total 
49, 541 
36, 763 
1,414, 426 
125, 395 
161,793 
5,333,687 
45, 383 
29,821 
1,242,600 
160, 731 
154,646 
5,599,850 
21,817 
26,950 
1,613,911 
68, 083 
138, 120 
7.318,048 
16,385 
85, 193 
1,611,916 
63,888 
236,609 
7,310,053 
1,500, 730 
5,620,875 
1,317,804 
5,915,227 
1,662,678 
7,524,251 
1,713,494 
7,610,550 
Grand total 
2,246,989 
7,896,392 
2,202, 100 
8,781,366 
2,618, 048 
10, 185, 783 
2, 403,669 
9, 438, 152 
PICKLING. 
The Department has construed the Alaska fisheries law to the effect 
that the packing of salmon bellies without making some economic 
use of the backs is contrary to the requirements of section 8 of that 
law. This decision went into effect on January 1, 1909, and con- 
siderable interest attached to the probable influence it would have on 
the packing of bellies, which had hitherto been a quite important part 
of the pickling business. A number of the salteries gave up the pack- 
ing of bellies altogether and devoted their attention to the whole 
fish or else closed up their plants. A few continued packing the 
bellies and made various use of the backs, such as pickling, drying, 
and smoking, while one salter extracted the oil from them. 
It is the aim of the Department to break up the old wasteful prac- 
tice by wdiich from one-half to two-thirds of the edible portion of the 
salmon was thrown away in order that the belly might be pickled, 
and all who continue packing bellies will be required to furnish 
satisfactory proof of the economic use of the backs. 
The salteries met with fair success this season. There was, however, 
a decrease in the pack, due largely to the fear of the packers that 
prices would not be as remunerative as in some earlier years, and 
later events justified these fears. There has been but little foreign 
