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trict was prepared by companies engaged primarily in other lines, 

 while in central Alaska three operators handled fresh and frozen 

 trout, giving employment to six white fishermen. The products from 

 both districts were as follows : Dolly Vardens, 4,582 pounds fresh, 

 valued at $458, and 5,922 pounds frozen, valued at $360; steelheads, 

 594 pounds frozen, valued at $7, and 26 cases (1,248 pounds) canned, 

 valued at $117. The total production of both species was 12,346 

 pounds, valued at $942, as against 87,530 pounds valued at $7,202 in 

 1931. 



MISCELLANEOUS EISHEBY PRODUCTS 



Several species of fish of minor commercial importance are taken 

 in small quantities, chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, and 

 are landed at ports of Alaska and British Columbia and at Seattle. 

 Such products landed in Alaska in 1932 were as follows: Sablefish, 

 43,705 pounds fresh, valued at $1,281, 12,240 pounds frozen, valued 

 at $192, and 30,774 pounds pickled, valued at $905; rockfishes, 762 

 pounds, fresh, valued at $18, and 2,000 pounds frozen, valued at $30; 

 and smelt, 5,100 pounds fresh, valued at $357. The last-named prod- 

 uct was from central Alaska and the others were from the south- 

 eastern district. 



FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY 



PRIBILOF ISLANDS 

 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 



In the calendar year 1932, 49,336 fur-seal skins were taken on the 

 Pribilof Islands, of which 39,490 were from St. Paul Island and 

 9,846 from St. George Island. On St. Paul Island 32,029 sealskins 

 were blubbered in the course of curing operations. The killings 

 were confined as far as possible to 3-year-old male seals, and an ade- 

 quate number of these animals was reserved in order to provide for 

 the future breeding stock. Attention was given to the management 

 of a herd of blue foxes on both St. Paul and St. George Islands, and 

 in the 1932-33 season 1,143 pelts were obtained. 



Work was continued on the construction of a community house 

 and Government house on St. Paul Island and of additional build- 

 ings needed for the proper conduct of the sealing industry. Some 

 extension of improved roads vv'as made, which will expedite the 

 transportation of sealskins from the killing grounds to the villages 

 for curing and packing. 



The Navy Department detailed the U.S.S. Sirius to transport the 

 general supplies for the Pribilof Islands and to bring out the season's 

 take of sealskins on the return trip to Seattle. Smaller quantities 

 of freight were transported between Seattle and the islands by the 

 Bureau's power vessel Penguin. 



The U.S. Coast Guard maintained a patrol in Bering Sea and 

 other waters of the North Pacific for the protection of the Pribilof 

 Islands fur-seal herd. Two vessels of the Bureau particij)ated in 

 this work during the spring migration of the herd, and two others, 

 while policing the region, made investigations regarding the reestab- 

 lishment of the sea otter in Alaskan waters. 



