QAS U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The total number of red salmon counted through the weir was 
22,250, with a small number still below the weir when counting 
was discontinued. 
ANNETTE ISLAND FISHERY RESERVE 
The Annette Island Packing Co. again operated in the Annette 
Island Fishery Reserve in 1926 under its lease from the Department 
of the Interior. Data regarding fishery operations have been 
furnished by the Bureau of Education of that department, which 
administers the affairs of the reserve for the benefit of the Metlakatla 
Indians residing there. 
In 1926 the total number of fish taken from traps within the 
reserve was 928,308 of all species, on which royalties amounting to 
$10,050.65 were paid. The case tax on canned salmon under the 
Territorial law, which is payable to the Metlakatla Indians, amounted 
to $2,852.51; trap fees on eight traps, at $200 each, amounted to 
$1,600; and rental of cannery buildings was $3,000. In addition, 
$40,055.51 was paid to 174 natives for labor, $3,850.90 for lumber 
and piling, and $12,056.08 for fish taken by seines, making a grand 
total of $73,465.65 disbursed by the Annette Island Packing Co. 
to the natives for 1926 operations. The corresponding disburse- 
ments during the preceding year were $61,548.22. 
ALASKA FISHERY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 
As has been the practice for several years, the bureau continued 
to report by telegraph to the important points in southeastern and 
central Alaska the prices of fresh fish (chiefly halibut) at Ketchikan. 
During the closed season on halibut the service was discontinued, as 
the quantities of other fresh fish sold are negligible during that 
period. 
STREAM MARKING 
The chief feature of the marking of streams each season to show 
waters not open to fishing consists of the replacement of markers that 
have disappeared or become defaced. In the course of this work addi- 
tional streams also are measured and marked, and in the near future 
all of the districts will have been covered. As changes are made ina 
few instances in the limits of areas closed by regulations, the markers 
are changed accordingly. It is a large undertaking to mark more 
than a thousand streams and thereafter to renew and. maintain the 
markers each season. 
STREAM GUARDS 
The bureau employed 141 men as stream guards in 1926. Of these, 
84 were stationed in southeastern Alaska, 36 in central, and 21 in 
western Alaska. The period of employment ranged from two to five 
months. 
In southeastern Alaska 31 furnished their own launches and were 
assigned to patrol larger bodies of water or in the vicinity of several 
streams. Some of the other guards who were stationed at camps on 
shore provided themselves with rowboats, in some cases having out- 
board motors. Four guards were placed on chartered patrol boats 
and two were detailed to assist in tagging salmon released from traps. 
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