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2. Kri^nlnlioii no. S is iiiiu'iiiU'd lo nvul as follows: ( "oiunuTi-ial lisliiiiji for 

 sahnoii liy nu'iins of any trap Ls proliiliited cxri-pt in the lariod from o'chxk 

 autonicridian July 1") to 6 o'clock postiiuridian Auf,Mist 30 in each year. 



\ September 2, lUU] 



KoDlAK AkKA 



SdJinon fixhei!/. — All coinnicrcial lisldui; for salmon in tlie Kodiak area is 

 prohibited for the remainder of the calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian 

 September 2. 



Revised regulations coverin<»: the fisheries of Ahiska were issued b}' 

 the Acting Secretary' of Commerce under date of Deceinber 20, 1932, 

 copies of which may be secured, without cost, on appUcation to the 

 Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D.C. 



ANNETTE ISLAND FISHERY RESERVE 



The Annette Island Packing Co. again operated in the Annette 

 Island Fishery Reserve under its lease from the Department of the 

 Interior. 



In 19o2 the company operated four traps within the reservation, 

 the catch of which totaled 449,522 salmon; and 774 salmon taken in 

 seines and gill nets within the reserve were purchased from natives. 

 In addition, 97,248 salmon taken outside the reserve and purchased 

 from natives and other independent operators of seines, gill nets, 

 and traps Avere packed at the cannery. In the operation of the plant 

 and the fish traps employment was given to 19 whites and 168 

 natives. 



EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING OF OYSTERS 



In March 1932 the Murre and crew assisted B. E. Smith, of 

 Ketchikan, in transporting and planting approximately 300,000 seed 

 oysters of the Japanese variety in waters of the southern district of 

 southeast Alaska. The experiment of introducing the oyster into 

 this region will be watched with interest. It is felt that conditions 

 in parts of Alaska may be as favorable as in the bays of Washington 

 for the development of oysters, and if this proves to be the case, an 

 additional source of food may be established there. 



STREAM IMPROVEMENT 



In connection with their patrol duties, members of the Bureau's 

 field force gave the usual attention to the improvement and enlarge- 

 ment of salmon-spawning areas. Log jams and a number of aban- 

 doned beaver dams were removed in various districts, and passages 

 to permit the ascent of salmon were cut through the obstructions 

 made by active beaver colonies. 



The fish ladder in Ketchikan Creek, which had been damaged by 

 flood, was repaired, and the channel of the stream at the head of the 

 ladder was changed by blasting off protruding rocks so that an ex- 

 cellent flow of water was maintained in the structure without the 

 use of a wing dam such as had been installed in previous seasons. 

 Thereafter ap])roximately 900 fish per hour passed through the 

 ladder (hiring the ])eak of the run. 



At the upper falls in McNeil Creek, Kamishak Bay, a fishway was 

 blasted out of the solid rock, through which the fish can pass with- 



