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WATER-POWER PROJECTS IN ALASKA 



Ei<2;lit applications for licenses for minor power projects in Alaska 

 were referred to the Bureau by the Fetleral Power Commission for 

 report as to whether their operation would be detrimental to the fish- 

 in*;: interests and whether anj'^ special conditions for the protection 

 of migratory fish should be included in the licenses, if issued. These 

 applications were for projects located at the following places: (1) 

 and (2) Baranof River, within Tongass National Forest; (3) an 

 unnamed stream at Ward Cove, Revillagigedo Island; (4) Hanley 

 Creek, I^IcClure Bay; (5) Sahlin Creek, Sheep Bay; (6) San Juan 

 Lake and Creek. Evans Bay, Evans Island; (7) Stevens Creek, Orca 

 Inlet; and (8) an unnamed stream on the west shore of Upper Trail 

 Lake, within Chugach National Forest. 



Upon the basis of information from field agents of the Bureau the 

 Commission was notified with respect to each case that the stream in 

 question was not a spawning ground for salmon, and that therefore 

 the Bureau had no objection to the utilization of the waters for power 

 develoj)ment. 



KUSKOKWIM RIVER 



A limited amount of fishing for export was again carried on off 

 the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, where three companies were 

 engaged in the industry during part of the season. Their total out- 

 put was 175 barrels of pickled salmon, chiefly chums, kings, and reds, 

 and 137 tierces of mild-cured kings. Stream Guard Charles McGona- 

 gall patrolled the fishing grounds from Ma}'' 29 to August 22. Three 

 hundred and seventy -two natives fished in the river for local require- 

 ments, using 498 gill nets of 7.470 fathoms, 51 wheels, and a number 

 of small boats. They prepared 485 tons of dried chums. 



YUKON RIVER 



Commercial fishing off the mouth of the Yukon River was per- 

 mitted in 1932 for the first time in 8 years. During the 15-day open 

 season employment Avas given to a number of natives by two opera- 

 tors who prepared mild-cured salmon for the outside market. 

 Approximately 80 tierces of this product were shipped to Seattle. 



As in previous years, a patrol of the river was maintained by 

 Inspector C. F. Townsend and a stream guard throughout the season. 

 Reports indicate that the run of chums was the best ever known on 

 the Yukon, and the catch was about double that of 1931. The natives 

 of the lower Yukon had suffered great hardship in the winter of 

 1931-32. as they lost much of tlieir supply of fish, as well as a number 

 of small boats and other equipment, when the tundra from Point 

 Romanoff to Cape Newenham was flooded by two high tides in 

 December. 



Products of the Yukon and Tanana fisheries, including the com- 

 mercial output, were as follows: 130 cases of kings canned and 2,064 

 pounds of canned smoked kings, 82 tierces of mild-cured kings, 8,150 

 pounds of kings and 3,185 pounds of chums pickled, and 710 tons of 

 dried chums. Apparatus consisted of 232 wheels, 94 gill nets of 1.296 

 fathoms, 1 motor vessel of 40 tons, 2 launches, 1 power dory, 1 scow, 

 4 gill-net boats, and miscellaneous small boats. There were 13 whites 

 and 323 natives engaged in the fishery. 



