ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IN 1932 ' 



By Ward T. Boweuj, Chief, Division of Alaska Fisheries 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 2 



Visit of the Commissioner of Fisheries to 



Alaska - --- 2 



Regulations for protection of walruses and 



sea hons 3 



Fishery Industries... 3 



Legislation and Executive order regarding 



new halibut treaty 3 



New fishery regulations _ 4 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 17 



Experimental planting of oysters 17 



Stream improvement 17 



Stream marking 18 



Stream guards 18 



Vessel patrol - 18 



Complaints and prosecutions 19 



Decision regarding license fee for nonresi- 

 dent trullers 20 



Territorial license tax 20 



Water-power projects in Alaska 21 



Kuskokwim River 21 



Yukon River 21 



Weirs for counting salmon escapement 22 



Anan Creek.. 22 



Klawak Creek 22 



Staney Creek 22 



Olive Cove.. 23 



Situk River 23 



Olsen Bay 23 



Eshamy River 23 



Jackpot River 23 



Bear Creek.. 23 



Ahtak Bay 24 



Ayakulik or Red River 24 



Uganik River 24 



Karluk River 25 



Kaflia Bay 25 



English Bay...- 25 



Kalgin Island Creek 25 



Chinik Creek 26 



Chignik River 26 



Orzenoi River... 26 



Morzhovoi Bay. 26 



Bear River 26 



Ugashik River 27 



Egegik River.. 27 



Naknek River 27 



Kvichak River 27 



Salmon life-history studies 28 



Observations on the escapement of salmon. 28 



Hatcheries 30 



Extent of operations 30 



Hatchery rebates 31 



General statistics of the fisheries 31 



Salmon 34 



Catch and apparatus.. 34 



Canning 36 



Changes in canneries 36 



New canneries 36 



Canneries not operated 36 



Total canneries operated 38 



Losses and disasters 39 



Statistics 40 



Pack in certain districts 44 



Page 

 Fishery Industries— Continued 

 Salmon— Continued 



Mild curing 45 



Pickling 4(5 



Fresh salmon 43 



Freezing 43 



Dried, smoked, and other miscellaneous 



salmon products 4g 



By-products 49 



Herring 49 



Statistical summary '_ 59 



Halibut 52 



Cod 53 



Whales ^ 54 



Clams " 54 



Shrimp.... 55 



Crabs 55 



Japanese vessels in Bering Sea 55 



Trout 55 



M iscellaneous fishery products gg 



Fur-Seal Industry gg 



Pribilof Islands 55 



General administrative work sg 



Transportation of supplies 57 



Power vessel Penguin 57 



Roads 5g 



Buildings gg 



Natives.. 59 



Census 59 



Medical services... 59 



Schools 59 



Savings accounts gg 



Payments for taking fur-seal skins 60 



Payments for taking fox skins 61 



Fur seals gj 



Quotas for killing and reserving 61 



Killings g2 



Age classes _ 63 



Reserving operations 64 



Computation of fur-seal herd. 64 



Foxes 65 



Trapping season of 1932-33 65 



Reindeer 65 



Fur-seal skins 66 



Shipments ge 



Sales 66 



Disposition of fur-seal skins taken at 



Pribilof Islands 69 



Shipment and sale of fox skins 70 



Fur-seal patrol 70 



United States Coast Guard... 70 



Bureau of Fisheries 71 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 7i 



Japanese sealskins delivered to the United 



States 71 



Fur seals and birds for exhibition 72 



Computation of Fur Seals, Pribilof 



Islands, 1932 72 



Bulls 73 



Average harem 74 



Pups and cows 75 



Mortality of seals at sea 76 



Complete computation 76 



' Appendix I to the Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1933. 

 May 27, 1933. 



Approved for publication 



