ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1931 21 



[August 21, 1931] 



Southeastern Alaska Area 



south prince op wales island district 



Salmon fishery. — Regulation No. 6 is amended to read as follows: Com- 

 mercial fishing for salmon, other than trolling, is prohibited prior to 6 o'clock 

 antemeridian July 15 in each calendar year, from 6 o'clock postmeridian August 

 28 to 6 o'clock antemeridian October 1 in each year, and for the remainder of 

 each calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 15. 



[SeptemheT 4, 1931] 



Southeastern Alaska Area 



Herring fishery. — Fishing for herring for bait in the waters of Wrangell Nar- 

 rows and the placing of pounds for herring for bait in Scow Bay are permitted 

 for thirty days beginning September 4 and ending at the close of October 3, 1931. 



Revised regulations covering the fisheries of Alaska were issued by 

 the Secretary of Commerce under date of December 17, 1931, copies 

 of which may be secured, without cost, on application to the Bureau 

 of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. 



ANNETTE ISLAND FISHERY RESERVE 



The Annette Island Packing Co. again operated in the Annette 

 Island Fishery Reserve under its lease from the Department of the 

 Interior. 



In 1931 the company operated six traps within the reservation, 

 the catch of which totaled 261,993 salmon; and 2,043 salmon taken 

 in purse seines and gill nets within the reserve were purchased from 

 natives. In addition, 159,198 salmon taken outside the reserve and 

 purchased from natives and other independent operators of seines, 

 gill nets, and traps were packed at the cannery. In the operation of 

 the plant and the fish traps, employment was given to 15 whites and 

 186 natives. 



STREAM IMPROVEMENT 



In connection with the patrol of fishing areas the work of improving 

 and enlarging salmon spawning areas was continued in 1931. Log 

 jams and bowlders were removed from a number of streams, the most 

 noteworthy instance being the improvement of the falls in Karta 

 River, which in the past have hindered the ascent of salmon during 

 dry seasons. A number of large bowlders were removed with dyna- 

 mite, making a clear passage to the head of the falls through which 

 the salmon passed without effort. Repairs were made to the Ket- 

 chikan Creek fishway, which was damaged by debris carried down on 

 the flood waters in the fall of 1930. It was found necessary to build 

 a wing dam above the fishway to maintain a uniform flow of water. 

 Further permanent improvements in this structure are anticipated 

 prior to the spawning migration of 1932. 



An inspection of conditions on Anan Creek was made by U. B. 

 Gilroy in July, 1931, with a \'iew to facilitating the ascent of salmon 

 above the second falls. A detailed report with recommendations for 

 improving conditions was submitted, and it is anticipated that the 

 necessary improvements will be made during the low-water period 

 of 1932. 



Other improvements consisted in the removal of log jams and debris 

 from Eagle Creek and the stream entering Whale Passage and im- 

 provement of the falls in Olive Cove in southeastern Alaska, and in 



