HERRING PROSPECTS
IRE NOT FAVORABLE
FOR COMING SEASON
MUCH OF LAST YEAR’S PACK UN
SOLD AND PRICES ARE LOW,
SAYS WAKEFIELD
Present indications for the herring
packing industry are not, on the
■whole, particularly bright and the
coming season’s pack may not be as
large as that of last year, according
to Lee H. Wlakefield, one of the
largest operators in the Alaskan in
dustry, to the Juneau Empire last
week.
Last season’s pack was the larg
est in the history of the Territory
and there is still a large sized carr>
over on hand which will have to
move very rapidly if it is to be
cleaned up before the new pack
reaches the market, he said. Whole
sale prices are not entirely satisfact
ory, the top price for choice fish
being $1S per barrel. The same fish
brings retail around $70 a barrel.
Two Defects Cited
Two deifects in the 1925 pack had
an unfavorable effect on the market
Mr. Wakefield said. New interests
entering the field started curing be
fore the herring was in condition for
packing. This resulted in spent her
ring being cured. Shipments in sea
sticks, Which was undertaken for the
first time last year, also hurt the
market. Almost invariably in each
stick were found fish that were sour
ed and otherwise unfit for high class
trade. These lessened the attractive
ness of the entire Alaska pack.
Mr. Wakefield is not now prepar
ing for a capacity of herring. For
his Prince William Sound plant,
where last year were employed some
130 people, he is taking out between
60 and TO employees.
.Regulations issued by the Bureau
of Fisheries for Prince William
Sound and Kodiak areas are expect
ed to work for the improvement of !
the quality of fish packed this year. 1
The fishing season will not open un
til July 1, and the fish by that time
should be in prime condition for cur
ing.
By-Products Demand Good
The outlook for the herring by-pro
ducts industry, Mr, Wakefield said,
is much better than .for the curing
business. Prices for both oil and
meal are attractive and tihe demand j
for both is steady. The oil is high j
grade and edible and is being used '
extensively in the manufacture of'
cooking compounds.. Most of the J
meal from Alaska, is used for poul- !
try and stock food, •with the rest
being marketed as fertilizer.
Mr. Wakefield advocates a require
ment for all herring plants to put j
in reduction plants. This, he be- j
lieves, would solve the waste prob
lem and improve the quality of the
cured pack. Fish too small for cur
ing are absolutely wasted where |
there is no reduction works. In j
many instances packers will put up
undersized fish which can be market
ed only at a sacrifice and this upsets
the market to a certain extent.
There is no foundation for the j
claim that utilization of undersized
fish in reduction plants means the
destruction of a food resource. Most
of the by-products from this source
are used directly for food purposes
or to produce other food products,
he said. The byproducts industry
eliminates a waste that is harmful
both to tihe curing industry and the
Territory. The total quantity of her
ring used in both branches is not
excessive and if the present rate of
production threatens the herring
supply, wlfich Mr. Wakefield posi
tively denied, then the herring re
sources are not extensive enough to
found and maintain an industry of i
sufficient size to be a factor in the
Territory’s industrial life, he said.
Fish Are Plentiful
All the facts are against such an
assumption, he concluded. During
the last few months, more herring
have been present in Alaskan waters
than for many years, he said. He
cited an instance recently where my
riads of herring were stranded 1n a
tidewater lagoon at Klawock and
the beach there was covered with
fish to a depth of three feet in
places. All reports, he said, indicate
a great abundance otf herring in
nearly all sections.
Fresh Candles just in on Admiral
Evans.—Schallerers’ Alaska Shop. tf.
O-UoJJ
Buick value
is winning
a larger
share of
public favor
every day.
It took
eighteen
years to
build the j
first million
Buicks but
only thirty
three j
months
for the
next half
million.
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