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clearing jams from Quartz Creek, Lost Creek, and Chinik Creek in 

 the Cook Inlet region. 



STREAM MARKING 



New markers defining areas closed to commercial fishing were 

 erected to replace those which had become illegible or damaged, and 

 changes were made in the positions of others to conform with changes 

 made in the regulations mth respect to closed areas. 



STREAM GUARDS 



The bureau employed 220 men in 1931 as stream guards and special 

 w^orkmen in connection with law-enforcement duties. Of these, 110 

 were stationed in southeastern Alaska, 71 in central, and 39 in western 

 Alaska. Some of the temporary workers were engaged for only a few 

 days, but the period of employment generally ranged from two to 

 five months. 



In southeastern Alaska 54 stream watchmen furnished their own 

 launches and were assigned to patrol larger bodies of water or in the 

 vicinity of several streams. 



In central Alaska 19 guards were stationed in the Seward-Katalla 

 district, 10 on Cook Inlet, 30 in the Kodiak-Afognak district, 4 at 

 Chignik, and 8 in the Ikatan-Shumagin district. Twelve of these 

 guards, most of whom were in the Seward-Katalla district, provided 

 their own launches. 



In western Alaska 36 were on Bristol Bay; and 3, of whom 1 fur- 

 nished his own boat, were in the Yukon-Kuskokwim district. 



There were also 15 special employees engaged in scientific work — 

 3 on herring and 12 on salmon investigations, this work being carried 

 on chiefly in southeastern and central Alaska. 



In addition, there were 12 statutory employees, 53 men on the 

 bureau's vessels, and 12 on the 9 chartered boats. 



The foregoing makes a grand total of 312 persons identified with 

 fishery-protective work in Alaska in 1931, as compared mth 317 

 in 1930. 



VESSEL PATROL 



The bureau maintained a fleet of 15 vessels in Alaska for fishery 

 patrol work in 1931. These vessels were assigned to duty as follows: 

 The Widgeon, Murre, Auklet, and Petrel in southeastern Alaska 

 throughout the season; the Bine Wing and Red Wing in the Kodiak 

 area, where the latter also served as tender for the Afognak hatchery; 

 the Ibis in the Chignik area; the Merganser in the Ikatan-Shumagin 

 region; and the Coot on the Yukon River. The Scoter, Teal, and 

 Kittiwake, which were on patrol duty in Bristol Bay, Cook Inlet, and 

 Prince William Sound, respectively, during the fishing seasons in 

 those localities, augmented the patrol in southeastern Alaska in the 

 fall. The Crane and the Eider also operated in southeastern Alaska 

 during the fall after their return from duty to the westward, where 

 the former had patrolled in the Alaska Peninsula area for part of the 

 season, while the latter had served both in that region and in the 

 Kodiak area. The Brant was used in general supervisory work in 

 southeastern Alaska. The Pribilof Islands tender Penguin was used 

 by the commissioner in the inspection of fishery operations in south- 

 eastern, central, and western Alaska for a number of weeks, during 

 which period the Crane was detailed to the Pribilofs. 



