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FISHERY AND FUR INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



shipping points are St. Michael, Nome, Fairbanks, Wrangell, Juneau, 

 Seward, Nushagak, and Ketchikan. 



The following statement in tabular form shows by species the 

 amount and value of furs shipped from Alaska in the year ending 

 November 15, 1912: 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Among the recommendations and suggestions which have been 

 submitted by the warden and deputy wardens are the following: 



1 . Extend the open season for muskrat to June 1 . 



2. Shorten the open season for marten two weeks by making it 

 end March 1 5 instead of March 3 1 . 



3. Extend the open season for the white fox to April 1. 



4. Make it unlawful fb purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, 

 export, or have in possession any unprime sldn. 



5. Extend the close period for beaver five years, thus making it 

 unlawful to take any beaver before November 1, 1920. 



6. Encourage the establishment of fur farms, especially on the 

 coast, where fish for food are abundant. 



7. Establish an experimental station at some suitable point in 

 Alaska where investigations and experiments in the domestication 

 and propagation of fur-bearing animals may be carried on. 



8. Make stricter regulations regarding the sale of poisons. 



9. Make a special study of the distribution, abundance, and habits 

 of the beaver. 



10. Offer a bounty for the destruction of wolves. 



