CONTENTS. 



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Summarized statistics 7 



The salmon industry 12 



Southeast Alaska 16 



Local conditions .' 16 



King salmon fishery 22 



Central Alaska 23 



Western Alaska 25 



Hatcheries 26 



Salmon-marking experiments 27 



Hatchery rebates 29 



Laws and violations 30 



Forty-eight-hour law 30 



Weekly close season 30 



Closing of Nushagak and Wood rivers 31 



Offenses 32 



Catch of salmon 33 



Canning 34 



Pickling 39 



Mild curing 41 



Dry salting, smoking, freezing, etc 43 



The cod fishery 44 



Shore stations 46 



Statistics 47 



Vessel fishing 48 



The halibut fishery 48 



Methods and conditions 49 



Statistics 52 



The Puget Sound fishing fleet 53 



The herring fishery 53 



Fertilizer and oil 55 



Aquatic furs 55 



Miscellaneous aquatic mammals 59 



Miscellaneous fishery resouri'es 61 



Recommendations 63 



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