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VISIT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES AND OTHER OFFICIALS 



TO ALASKA 



On June 27, 1927, Commissioner O'M alley, accompanied by Con- 

 p:ressman T. D. McKeown, of Oklahoma, a member of the House 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Congressman 

 F. G. Lanham, of Texas, proceeded to Alaska from Seattle on the 

 Brant. Among the places visited by the party were Ketchikan, 

 Juneau, Kodiak, Seward, and Cordova. An inland trip was made to 

 Fairbanks. 



For almost two months Commissioner O'Malley remained in 

 Alaska personall}^ investigating conditions regardmg the fisheries, 

 particularly in the southeastern district, where the failure in the run 

 of salmon in many localities necessitated decisive regulatory measures 

 to insure an adequate escapement to the spawning gromids. Fol- 

 lowing his departure from Alaska, the commissioner devoted some 

 time to an investigation of fishery matters in the Pacific Coast States, 

 and arrived in Washington on September 24. 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



As in corresponding reports for previous years, the Territory of 

 Alaska is here considered in the three coastal geographic sections 

 generally recognized, as follows: (1) Southeast Alaska, embracing all 

 that narrow strip of mainland and the numerous adjacent islands 

 from Portland Canal northwestward to and including Yakutat Bay; 

 (2) central Alaska, the region on the Pacific from Yakutat Bay west- 

 ward, mcluding Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the southern 

 coast of Alaska Penmsula, to Unimak Pass; and (3) western Alaska, 

 the north shore of the Alaska Peninsula, including the Aleutian 

 Islands westward from Unimak Pass, Bristol Bay, and the Kusko- 

 kwim and Yukon Rivers. These divisions are solely for statistical 

 purposes and do not coincide with areas established in departmental 

 regulations. 



Detailed reports and statistical tables dealing with the various 

 fishery industries are presented herewith, and there are also given the 

 important features of certain subjects that were the objects of special 

 investigation or inquiry. 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 

 December 22, 1926, were amended by the following regulations issued 

 by the Acting Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 



[February 17, 1927] 



KODIAK AREA 



Salmon fishery/. — The use of traps for the capture of salmon is prohibited (a) 

 in all waters of Kodiak Island between Cape Ugat and Broken Point; (b) in 

 waters of the Noisy Islands, and (c) in the waters along the northwest end of 

 Uganik Island between markers approximately 3 miles southwest and approxi- 

 mately 2 miles northeast of Cape Uganik. 



COOK INLET AREA 



Salmon fishery. — The use of traps for the capture of salmon is prohibited 

 within 2 statute miles of the mouth of the Chuit River. 



