beats fishing off Neah Bay was
expected to increase to over 200
boats.
The threatened tie-up of the
fleet has been averted accoi J
ing to leaders of the Fisherme i s
Cooperative Association. The
disagreement was over prices to
be paid for salmon by the can
nciies, which threatened to tie
up *he entire fleet.
“All is peace in the industry,”
said Capt. Berry, fisherman lead
er. ‘T‘he difficulties have been
adjusted and the fleet has bee a
operating at full blast out of
Neah Bay for a week. The 150
boats soon will be increased to
200. The fishermen wanted 10
cents a pound for humpbacks,
but when the canneries showed
they were unable to pay that
price, they accepted the old
price of 7 cents a pound. The
canneries are paying 25 cents for
silvers and 60 cents each for
sockeyes.” These prices are
f.o.b. Neah Bay.
\
Alaska Salmon Prices
Alaska prices for pink salmon
vary in each locality. Some o'
the canners offer 3 cents per
fish, gear furnished, including
oil; others offer 5 cents, fisher
men to pay oil and boat an 1
gear taking three shares; stiil
others offer 3V2 and 4 cents per
salmon. Reds scale from 25
cents to 50 cents per fish.
The humpback salmon are ex
tra large this year.
A humpback salmon on Puget
Sound running four pounds will
bring 28 cents while the same
sized fish in Southeast Alaska
brings only from 3 to 5 cents.
Run Poor Yet
The fishermen in the Point Ward
district, caught, up .to .25,000
fish that do not. seem. to. be
as plentiful as was hoped, for.
Reports from Icy. Straits, and
Port Althrop districts, indicate
that the canners have plenty of
worries ahead, of. them other
than selling their products, , .
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