ME CRAB INDUSTRY HELPS THE ECONOMY
Ktaj! Cr*b, Inc. processed 17,000 cases for the seasin just closed.
This is below last year's 'total.
Mor»e than 110 caonery workers processed crabs this year between
here and Ouzinkie. About 90 of these worked in Kodiak alone.
•Crab fishermen working in the Kodiak region during 1957 earned
more than $200,000 for the season.
PICTURE 1 —
A sea of crabs out of the sea might be the caption for this picture,
which was taken at the Island Sea Foods cannery, prior to its trans
fer of ownership to the King Crab, Inc. last year. Crabs are un
loaded and are now on the first leg of the canning process, as they
are being lifted into the conveyor. Photo by Monroe
PICTURE 2 —
Crabs go up the ramp, are butchered, cooked and gilled, then onto
the shaking table. Knuckles are cut out and the meat is shaken into
a warm flume washer, thence into the acid dip, before going to the
packero. A new process is now being used to prevent discoloration
for a longer period after canning. Cannery is the Island Sea Foods.
Photo by Monroe
PICTURE 3 —
The final step is shown. Crabs are being weighed and placed in cans
for cooking. Other methods, such as freezing operations are not
shown, but are an important phase of the whole operation, employ
ing fewer people. Photo by Monroe
CRAB INDUSTRY FACTS
The average weight of crabs
caught in the various areas in 195G
was 9.57. In 1957-58 the average
was a little lower.
Most of the crab fishermen in
and around Kodiak Island use
Where Crabs Are Caught
Alitak is the high producer
of crab caught in the Kodiak
Island area. In the figures for
1956, as furnished by the Alas
ka Department of Fisheries,
this area was way and above
others. This situation continues
today also, although no figures
are available. Below is a list
of the high producing fishing
areas and the number of crab
taken from ech. There are oth
ers not listed.
Alitak 297,000; Chiniak, 54,
195; Marmot, 34,214; Tonki
Bay, 28,431; Peronosa, 24,250;
Kupreanof, 13,395; Red Fox,
12,524. Others areas are Afog
nak, Kalsin, Kishuyak, Middle,
Uganik and many other lesser
producing areas.
crab pots, rather than the trawl.
Trawls injure crabs during molt
ing.
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