FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1909. 
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Persons Engaged in the Salmon Mild-curing Industry in 1909. 
Occupation and race. 
Number. 
Fishermen: 
Whites . . 
236 
200 
4 
Indians 
Japanese 
Total 
446 
Shoresmen: 
Whites 
47 
8 
Indians 
Total 
55 
Transporters: 
Whites 
20 
Grand total 
521 
Investment and products . — There were 11 fixed plants, i. e., plants 
with permanent buildings and a chief business of mild-curing sal- 
mon, operated in southeast Alaska this year. A considerable part of 
this industry is done by schooners and launches, which catch the fish 
in small boats and pack them aboard the vessels, and move from 
place to place with the schools of salmon. Some of these vessels also 
engage in the catching of halibut, or of salmon for the canneries. In 
the following tables, whenever these branches exceed in importance 
the mild-curing work of the vessels, the latter have been shown in the 
more important fishery, only the catch appearing in the table. The 
pack amounted to 2,292 tierces, valued at $149,300, an increase of 914 
tierces and $71,489 over 1908. 
Investment in and Products of the Salmon Mild-curing Industry in 1909. 
Items. 
Number. 
Value. 
Fixed plants 
11 
Transporting vessels: 
Steamers and launches 
21 
$47,880 
Tonnage 
190 
Boats 
401 
43,220 
20,450 
523 
Apparatus, shore fisheries: 
Gill nets 
154 
Lines, trolling 
Shore and accessory property 
22,245 
Total 
134,318 
Apparatus and species. 
Number. 
Value. 
Catch by apparatus: 
Gill nets — King salmon 
47,136 
83,777 
Lines — King salmon 
Total 
130,913 
Products. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Tierces (2,292): 
Round weight of fish used.. 
2,880,086 
1,833,600 
Cured weight of fish used 
$149,300 
