The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

duct Is 194.719.444 pounds. or over 20 pounds of fish to every man. wo- man and child in the United States, according to the census of 1910. It would load 1.S47 railway cars of 100000 pounds capacity each.
 Nearly one third of the gross weight is lost in preparing the sal mon for canning. but recently there have been measures taken to use this waste in the manufacture of by-products such as chicken feed and fertilizer. which is q forward move ment in the business.
 Long ago. both the fishermen and the Bureau of Fisheries recognized the fact that the natural supply of fish was not sufficient to furnish the millions that were taken with traps. nets, and seines from the water. and a system of hatcheries was instituted. There are now hatcheries at the following places: Yes Bay, Afognak. Uganik, Eagle Lake. Fortmann, Karluk, Ouadra, Hetta Inlet, and Klawack. From these stations there were liberated, during the season of 1914, fry to the number of 121,366,6SO, and. in addi- tion. there were shipped to other points more than 20 million eggs, of which over Is million went to Ore gon to replenish the waters of that state, while million were sent to Maine to try to establish the hump pack salmon in those waters. The largest salmon hatchery in the world is located at Fortmann. It has a capacity of 110,000,O0O eggs per year, and Is owned by the Alas ka Packers Association. Part of the hatcheries are owned by the govern ment and part by private parties, their capacity being much greater than the release of fry, for during the year but one hatchery obtained it's full quota of eggs. On fry re. leased by private establishments they receive a rebate on their taxes to the Federal Government of 4Oc per thousand.
 The next largest branch of the Alaskan fisheries is that of the hali- but, with a catch of 14,SO7,797 pounds, valued at $762,757. which are largely taken from the banks at sea. Engaged in this branch there are 146 vessels with over 1,400 men employed. This fishery centers in southeastern Alaska, and, in or der to handle the product, capacious cold storage plants have been estab- lished at Ketchikan. Juneau, Sitka and other places. The catch is large y made in winter, and 1t is a hardy set of men who set their lines, on the banks off shoIe. in the gales of the northern winter.
 The herring, the greatest of the food fishes of the world, and of which there are many kinds in the family, runs in vast numbers in the iniets. and, while it has not thus far been utilized in large quantities for food. every year sees an in- creasing quantity prepared by the usual methods. Captain Thomas, placing an establishment at Port Walter. on Baranoff Island, has brought buxom Scotch women to that place. who thoroughly under stand the trade. and they are pre- pairing a food that will rival the product of the Old World and free us from having to import from Nor. way in order to have our kippered herring for breakfast.
 l Heretofore the herring have been chiefly utilized for fish bait, over I5 million pounds per year being frozen for halibut catching, for mak- ing fertilizer and chicken feed for the egg farms of California. During 1915 there were over $500 barrels prepared for food, and, in 1915, the whole output of the district was val. ued at $123,217. Instead of import. ing over a million dollars a year of herring products not only the home demand but also for export.
 For moro than fifty years the cod.
 fishing vessels have been taking their fares from the waters of Alas. ka, and carrying them, first, to the