ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 19.'):$ 241 



Conuuissioiior Hell wsis jurompiinicd by A^ciit L. CJ. Wiiif:;:ird and 

 by Dr. Willis IT. Rich, of Stanford Univci-sity, who for many years 

 has been identilied with tiie seientilic studies of the Paeilic salmons. 



On July 6 Counnissionor Bell was at St. Paul Island to observe 

 the sealin<r activities. The Feticjuin was used for the voya<?e from 

 Xaknek to the Pribilofs and thence to Unalaska. At the latter \)innt 

 transfer was made to the Brant, which proceeded to Juneau, calling 

 en route at Scjuaw Harbor, Chi<;rnik, Karhik, and other ports. Air- 

 plane travel between a number of ])oints in southeast Alaska expe- 

 dited the Commissioner's work in that district. 



The pre.-;s of other important business shortened the Alaska trip 

 somewhat from the schedule orin:inally planned, and the Commis- 

 sioner returned to Seattle on ,July 22. After attending to various 

 fishery matters in the Northwest lie left for Washington, where he 

 arrived on August 7. 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



As in corresponding reports for previous years, the Territory of 

 Ahrska is luM-e considered in the three coastal geograj)liic sections, 

 generall}^ recognized, as follows: (1) Southeast Alaska — embracing 

 all that narrow strip of mainland and the numei-ous adjacent islands 

 from Portland Canal nortlnvestward to and including Yakutat Bay; 

 (2) central Alaska — the region on the Pacific from Yakutat Bay 

 westward, including Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the 

 southern coast of Alaska Peninsula, to Ilnimak Pass; and (3) west- 

 ei-n Alaska — the north shore of the Alaska Peninsula, including 

 the Aleutian Islands Avestward from Unimak Pass, Bristol Bay, and 

 the Kusl:okwim and Yukon Rivers. These divisions are solely for 

 statistical i)urpo.ses 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 20, 1982, were amended by the following regulations issued 

 by the Acting Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 



[Jaminry 6, J933] 

 Alaska Peninsula Area 



Salmon fisfwrij.—l. Regulation no. Zi (h) is amended to read as follows: 

 (1) Unimjik I.slaiid : Along tlie coast on the west and south .sides of Ikatan Bay 

 from a point on False Pass (Isanotski Strait) indicated hy a marker to a 

 I'oint at 54 degrees 4n minutes 44 seconds north latitude. 1G3 degrees 21 min- 

 utes ;i2 .seconds west longitude, aiid from a point at 54 degrees 45 minutes 10 

 seconds north latitude, 163 degrees 19 minutes 30 seconds west longitude to a 

 point (.u Lou'siana Cove at 54 degrees 45 minutes 58 seconds north latitude, 163 

 degrees 8 minutes 52 secrmds west longitude; and (2) maiidand along the north 

 side of Ikatan Bay within 2,5(X) foot of a point at 54 degrees 4H minutes .")2 

 seconds north latitude, 1G3 degrees 18 minutes 38 .seconds west longitude. 



2. Regulation no. 23 («,) is amended to road as follows: Unga Island: 

 East coast from a point at 55 degrees 12 minutes 10 seconds north latitude, 160 



