AUSKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IN 1934 



By Wahd T. Bower, Chief, Division of Alaska Fisheries 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Visit of the Secretary of Commerce and 



other ofTicials to Alaska.. 



Protection of wiilnises and sea lions 



Public Works projects 



Civil Works project 



FisHEKV Industries 



.\laska fisheries legislation 



New fishery regulations 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve... 



Stream improvement.. 



Stream marking. 



Stream guards 



Vessel patrol 



Aerial patrol 



Complaint? and prosecutions 



Decision regarding license fee for nonresi- 

 dent fishermen 



Territorial license tax 



Water-power projects in Alaska 



Kuskokwim River.. 



Yukon River 



Weirs for counting salmon escapement 



Klawak Creek 



Little Port Walter 



Situk River 



Alitak Bay... 



Chignik River 



Chinik Creek.. 



English Bav 



Kaflia Bay _ 



Karluk River.. 



Morzhovoi Bay 



Orzenoi River 



Red River 



Salmon life-history studies 



Observations on the escapement of salmon. 



Hatcheries -. 



General statistics of the fisheries.. 



Salmon..- 



Catch and apparatus 



Canning 



Changes in canneries.. 



New canneries 



Canneries not operated 



Total canneries operated 



Losses and disasters 



Statistics..- 



Pack in certain districts 



Mild curing 



Pickling .- 



Fresh salmon 



Freezing 



Dry-salted, dried, and other miscella- 

 neous salmon products 



Byproducts 



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 Fishery Industries— Continued. 



Herring 44 



Statistical summary 46 



Halibut 47 



Statistical summary 47 



Cod ..-- 48 



Whales 49 



Clams 49 



Shrimp... 50 



Crabs 50 



Japanese vessels in Bering Sea 51 



Trout 51 



Miscellaneous fishery products 52 



Fur-Seal Industry.. 52 



Pribilof Islands..- --- 52 



General administrative work 52 



Transportation of supplies 52 



Power vessel Penguin 53 



Roads 53 



Buildings 54 



Natives 54 



Census .- 54 



Medical service 54 



Schools 54 



Savings accounts 55 



Payments for taking fur-seal skins 55 



Payments for taking fox skins 56 



Fur seals 56 



Killings 56 



Age classes 67 



Reserving operations 58 



Computation of fur-seal herd 58 



Foxes 59 



Trapping season of 1934-35 59 



Reindeer 59 



Fur-seal skins 59 



Shipments 59 



Sales--- - 60 



Disposition of fur-seal skins taken at 



Pribilof Islands 64 



Shipment and sale of fox skins... 65 



Sea-otter skin - 66 



Fur-seal patrol. .- 66 



United States Coast Guajrd 66 



Bureau of Fisheries _ 66 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 67 



Japanese sealskins delivered to the United 



States - 67 



Computation of Fur Seals, Pribilof 



Islands, 1934 67 



Bulls-. 69 



Average harem 69 



Pups and cows 70 



Mortality of seals at sea — 71 



Complete computation 72 



1 Appendix I to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1935. Approved for publication 

 June 14, 1935. 



