FISHERIES OF ALASKA IK 1909. 
47 
Persons Engaged in the Southeast Alaska Halibut Fisheries in 1909. 
Occupation and race. 
Number. 
Occupation and race. 
Number. 
Fishermen: 
Shoresmen: 
Vessel fisheries — 
Whites 
28 
Whites . 
143 
Indians .... 
12 
Tndif' T1 s 
14 
Total 
40 
T0tr8)l 
157 
Transporters: 
Shore fisheries— 
Whites. 
10 
Whitp<3 
40 
Indians 
34 
Grand total 
281 
Total.. 
74 
Investment in the Southeast Alaska Halibut Fisheries in 1909. 
Items. 
Number. 
Value. 
Items. 
Number. 
Value. 
Fishing vessels: 
Steamers and launches.... 
Tonnage. 
28 
210 
13 
155 
2 
11 
$56,395 
Boats 
46 
$8, 770 
6,580 
2,275 
251, 850 
Apparatus: 
Vessel fisheries, trawl lines . 
Sailing 
11,762 
Shore fisheries, trawl lines. 
Shore and accessory property. 
Tonnage 
Transporting vessels: 
Steamers and launches. ... 
Tonnage 
2,400 
Total 
340,032 
Products of the Southeast Alaska Halibut Fisheries in 1909. 
Products. 
Round 
weight. 
Dressed 
weight. 
Value. 
Vessel catch: 
Halibut, fresh 
Pounds. 
4,425,223 
240,604 
113,997 
Pounds. 
3,540,659 
229,050 
85, 498 
$162,607 
14, 436 
4, 132 
Halibut, frozen 
Halibut, fletched. 
Total 
4,779,824 
3,855,207 
181, 175 
Shore catch: 
Halibut, fresh 
410, 100 
328,400 
14,354 
Grand total 
5,189,924 
4, 183,607 
195,529 
It is probable that the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross will 
this coming summer make an investigation in the open waters adja- 
cent to southeast and central Alaska, in order to determine whether 
there are any halibut banks of sufficient importance to justify fish- 
ing them. What little investigation has been made heretofore has 
shown that halibut occur in abundance in the ocean off Chichagof 
and Baranof islands and the mainland between Cape Spencer and 
Yakut at Bay, in southeast Alaska, and it is possible they are in 
greater abundance elsewhere in Alaska waters. 
