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Kodiak City&Chamber of Commerce Issue Statement
Robert E. Sharp, City Man
ager of the City of Kodiak, A
'aska, William L. Smith, Presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce, Kodiak, Alaska, made
,his joint statement, for sub
mission to the United States
Tariff Commission, Washing
ton, D. C., on behalf of the
City of Kodiak, Alaska and
Chamber of Commerce. Ko
dian, Alaska, respectively, on
December 4th.
It is the understanding of
both deponents that the State
Department of the United
States of America has stated
its intention of negotiating
the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade which af
fects the tariff agreement
with Sapan and other member
countries; and that, among
other products, a possible re
duction in the tariff on Crab
meat will be considered. It is
our further understanding
that the United States Tariff
Commission, Washington,
D. C. will hold hearings dur
ing December, 1954 to make
“peril point” findings relating
to tariff levels on the various
products involved; that the
findings of the United States
Tariff Commission will be
furnished the State Depart
ment for its use in such ne
gotiations; and that written
statements from interested
partils will be received by the
United States Tariff Commis
sion until December 27, 1954.
The City of Kodiak and ad
jacent areas’ basic economy is
it’s fisheries. With the decline
of salmon runs in recent
years, the KmgCrab industry
is in it’s infancy.
The direct economic value of
tlu King Crao Industry to the
Kodiak District, wiih an es
timated population of 10,000,
has become a major factor in
our basic economy. The foil >w
ing summary of this industry
substantiates this statement:
(a) Kodiak District King
Crab Industry 1954
Number of Cannery Workers
89; 1954 Cannery Payroll
$181,586; Captial Investment
(Canneries) $350,000 Num
ber of Boats 60, Capital Value
of Boats $840.0U0; Number of
Fishermen 170; Value of 1954
King Crab Pack $y75.795
(a) Wakefield cannery and
off-shore floating freezer-Ehips
excluded. Figures not avail
able.
The King Crab Industry in
the Kodiak District is capable
of expansion to annual pro
i duction of 20 milliun pounds
round weight, a point equal or
| in excess of the Salmon runs,
providing a stable market
! exists for this product. The
(cost of production when this
j industry is in it’s infancy is
necessarily high. The industry
is still burdened with high
capital outlays for both can
neries and fishing boats and
equipment. A highly skilled
labor force of fishermen and
(cannery workers is yet to be
developed. Experience and de
, velopment of better methods
j in both thefishing and process
' ing of King Crabs are needed
to bring this industry up vj
maximum efficiency and low
est cost of production. Until
this stage of development is
reached the competitive posi
tion of the King Crab Industry
in the Kodiak District is vuln
nerable to imported products
from areas of low labor an?!
other production costs.
The present profit margin of
$2.50 to $4.00 per case has al
lowed Kodiak King Crab pack
ers to become established and
commerce an expansion . of
this industry. A reduction in
the present import tariff on
Crabmeat will destroy this
profit margin and the King
Crab Industry in the Kodiak
District. The economic effect
on the Kodiak District from
the loss of the King Crak Io
dustry is apparent. What
not appanent is the fact that
the King Crab Industry is fill
ing the “economic gap'5
caused by declining Salmon
runs and curtailed expendi
tures for military installations
in this District. Several other
areas of Alaska without; this
supplemental industry and in
come are now classified as
| “disaster areas” and receiv
ing Government relief in order
that the people may subsist.
The King Crab industry has
the advantage of priding
year around employment, the
lack of which has been a re
jtarding factor in developing
j Alaskan fisheries. The King
i Crab industry will serve tie
(diversify the Alaska fishery
Continued on page 14
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