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OFFICIAL DISCUSSES YIELDS
OF LESSER VALUES TAKEN
FROM ALASKA WATERS
Herring, halibut, cod, whales,!
clams, shrimps, crabs, trout and
several other products of Alaska I
waters are discussed by Gov. G. A. j
Parks in his annual report to the
Secretary of Interior. The Juneau
Empire account follows:
An outstanding feature of the j
herring industry in 1929 was the |
unusual scarcity of fish large en-;
ough for curing, altho abun
dant runs of small herring occur
red in majpy districts.” declared
the Governor “As a result of this
situation, the output of pickled
herring was smallest since 1917,
when the Scotch-curing method
was first introduced in Alaska,
while the production of meal and
oil reached the highest level in
the history of the industry in Al
eutian Islands region, which first
became prominent in the herring
industry in 1928. was again an im
portant producing center. While
the output of Scotch-cured her
ring from that locality, 1919, was
somewhat less than in the pieced
ing season, it represented nearly
77 per cent of the total pack for
the Territory' as compared with 41
per cent in 1928.
Fraternal Orders
THE AMERICAN LEGION
SEWARD POST No. 5.
Meeting on the first and
third Wednesdays of each
month. Leonard Hopkins,
Post Commander.
L. J. Chilberg, Adjutant.
Seward Chapter No. 10. Order c/
Eastern Star
Meets the second
and fourth Monday’s j
of each month in;
McMullen’s Bldg., at j
8 p. m. Visiting mem
bers always welcome.!
Mrs. ’Emma Banbury, W. M., Mrs- j
Marttne Johansen, Secretary. ,
PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO
NO. 9.
Cal M. Brosius, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Seward Lodge No. 1425. L. O. O
M. Meets every,
first and third'
Fridays of eachl
month at 8 p.
m. at L O. O.
F. Hall. All wel
come. Peter N.
Anderson, Di
rector. M. A. Horner, Secretary.
REWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO.
6-A L O. O. F.
Meets the first
and third Mon
days of each
month in I. O. O.
F. Hall at 8 p. m.
Visiting members
are always welcome. Margarete
Lechner, N. G., Ludvig Larsson,
Secretary. __
Ressurection Lodge No. A-7, L O.
O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8 p. m. in Odd Fellows’1
Hall. Visiting brothers welcome.
Gerhard Johnsen, N. G., Ludvig
Larsson, Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 219, F. and ^
A. M. i<
A Stated communications i,
first and third Tuesdays j J
- each month. V is i t i n g j ^
bretnern welcome. Elwyn Swet- 11
manu, W. M., Harold Painter, Sec. 1
Thirty plants were operated in
1929, as against 65 in previous
year, and the number of persons
employed decreased from 1,992 to
1,175. The total value of herring
products in 1929 was $2,794,084 as
compared with $3,098,457 in 1928
Scotch cured herring declined from
10.056,595 pounds in 1928 to 6.545,
195 pounds in 1929. while the meal
increased from 20,004,164 pounds
to 25 499,254 pounds, oil from 2 -
543.600 colons to 3 341,179 gallons,
and herring for bait from 6.553.
226 pounds to 8.920.885 pounds.
Favorable market conditions led
to increased effort in the halibut,
fishery in 1999 and the out nut
sheafed; a considerable gain over
that of the preceding year The
number of persons engaged em
nleved was 1.253. and the landings
of the Alaska fleet (American ves
sels landing more than one-half of
their catch in Alaska or British
Columbia ports) amounted to 37.
456 998 pounds, valued at $4,422,-1
605. Landings of halibut in Alaska
totaled 13 841 874 pounds, valued
at $1,424,623 which included 8,000
pounds valued at $1,000, landed bv
’anadian vessels. In 1923 the land
ings of the Alaska fleet totaled
31,567.000 pounds, valued at $3.
094,00(1. while landing in Alaska
amounted to 9,805,000 pounds, val
ued at $757,000.
The cod industry carried on from
shore stations in Alaska by in
dependent fishermen continued on
about the same scale ao in 1' .’8
Sixty-seven persons were engaged
in the industry in 1929. It pr
than in the preceding year, and!
the products increased from 578,
173 pounds valued at $28,979 in j
1928 to 713,838 pounds valued at
$39,756.
Two hundred and thirty-three
persons were employed in the whal
ing industry in 1929 and enum
ber of whales taken was 385. Pro
ducts consisted of 785.700 gallons
of whale'oil, valued at $413,391: j
47,750 gallons of sperm oil. valued •'
at $17,800: 1.311 tons of fertilizer,
•valued at $68,590; 36.314 pounds of
pickled meat, valued at $1,500: and j
16,000 pounds of whalebone, val-j
I ued at $800 The total value of the
! whale products was $502,031, as
against $445,274 in the previous
; year.
Operations in the clam industry j
in 1929 showed a marked improve- :
ment over the preceding year. Two
firms that were engaged also in j
salmon canning prepared the bulk i
of the clam pack, while six other
companies packed a small quan- !
tity. There were 180 persons en-1
gaged in the industry, as com !
par^d with 132 in 1928. and the j
pock of clams was 28 001 cases,:
valued at $203,655. an increase of |
about 90 per cent over the pre-i
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