90 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



5. Paul Buckley, of Unalaska, authorizing him to engage in cod 

 fishing operations on Akutan Island. 



6. PauJ Buckley, authorizing him to engage in cod fishing opera- 

 tions on Unalaska Island. 



7. Alaska Pishing Co., authorizing the taking of not to exceed 1,000 

 barrels of salmon in the vicinity of Unalaska Island in 1917. 



8. Paul Buckley, authorizing him to construct and operate on Una- 

 laska Island a plant for the canning or salting of salmon and other 

 food fishes taken in the vicinity of Unalaska Island. 



9. O. K. Quean, of Unalaska, authorizing him to take not to exceed 

 200 barrels of salmon in the vicinity of Unalaska Island in 1917. 



10. Alaska Commercial Co., authorizing the packing at Unalaska 

 of not to exceed 50 barrels of salmon in 1917. 



11. Andrew C. Smith, of Portland, Oreg., authorizing him to engage 

 in the business of salting cod and salmon for commercial purposes at 

 Chernofski Harbor and Kuliliak Bay. 



All of these permits stipulate that employment shall be given as 

 far as practicable to natives of the reservation in the matter of carry- 

 ing on the operations authorized. All permits are revocable at the 

 pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. 



Two permits authorizing operations within the Aleutian Islands 

 Reservation have been issued jointly by the Departments of Com- 

 merce and of Agriculture. One involves the pasturing of cattle, 

 sheep, and other domestic animals by Paul Buckley upon that part 

 of Unalaska Island which is south and west of Kashega and Kumiak 

 Bays; the other somewhat similar operations on Unimak Island by 

 Andrew C. Smith. 



INSPECTION OF PRIVATE HATCHERIES. 



In the year 1916-17 there were operated in Alaska four salmon 

 hatcheries belonging to companies engaged in the catching and 

 canning of salmon. These obtained 90,136,000 eggs of the red sal- 

 mon, and hatched therefrom 83,353,000 fry which were planted 

 in local waters. Under the law the rebates of taxes allowed these 

 companies, amounting to 40 cents for each 1,000 red or king salmon 

 fry released, aggregated $33,341. 



STREAM IMPROVEMENT. 



An important matter in the conservation and increase of the 

 salmon supply in Alaska is the improvement and development of 

 additional natural spawning beds. There are numbers of streams 

 in Alaska, particularly in the southeastern section, which are im- 

 passable to salmon because of natural barriers, chiefly waterfalls. 

 In some cases, also, streams have become choked through the accu- 

 mulation of timber and other debris. It is felt that much good may 

 be accomplished by giving the salmon every possible opportunity 

 to spawn naturally. There are various places whore falls can be 

 blasted out or where fishways can be established, thus opening up 

 a considerable extent of spawning area wliich heretofore has been 

 whoUy inaccessible to salmon or which in some instances has been 

 accessible only at periods of high water. The Bureau ''eels that at 

 comparatively small expense excellent work can be done in bettering 



