CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 7 



Employees, Alaska service 8 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



Waters closed to commercial fishing 10 



Stream improvement 13 



Alaska fishery intelligence service 13 



Patrol boats 14 



Violations of laws and regulations 14 



Territorial legislative notes 16 



Territorial license tax 17 



Wood River census 18 



Aleutian Islands Reservation 19 



Af ognak Reservation 19 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 21 



Injury to fisheries by birds 22 



The Copper River fishery 22 



Salmon hatcheries 23 



Extent of operations 23 



Hatchery rebates 24 



Hatchery inspection 25 



Hatchery operations 25 



Yes Bay 25 



Afognak 25 



Uganik 26 



Seal Bay 26 



Fortmann 26 



Quadra 26 



Hetta 27 



Klawak 27 



General statistics of the fisheries in 1917 27 



Salmon industry 28 



Salmon catch and forms of gear 29 



Catch of salmon in Bristol Bay waters 31 



Salmon canning 32 



New canneries 32 



Changes in canneries 33 



Canneries operated in 1917 33 



Statistics 35 



Losses and disasters in the salmon-canning industry 37 



Mild curing of salmon 38 



Salmon pickling 39 



Salmon freezing 41 



Fresh-salmon trade 41 



Dry salting, drying, and smoking of salmon 42 



Salmon by-products 43 



Halibut fishery 43 



Statistical summary 44 



Cod fishery 47 



Vessel fishery 47 



Shore stations 48 



Statistical summary 48 



Herring fishery 49 



Statistical summary. ..,.,,, ,,,..,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,.,,,,, 50 



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