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STREAM GUARDS 



The Bureau employed 164 men in 1934 as stream guards, weir 

 operators, and special workmen in connection with law-enforcement 

 duties. Of these, 81 were stationed in southeastern Alaska, 56 in 

 central, and 27 in western Alaska. Some of the workers were engaged 

 for only a few days, but the average period of employment ranged 

 from 2 to 5 months. 



In southeastern Alaska 48 stream watchmen furnished their own 

 launches and were assigned to patrol larger bodies of water or in the 

 vicinity of several streams. 



In central Alaska 14 guards were stationed in the Seward-Katalla 

 district, 10 on Cook Inlet, 21 in the Kodiak-Afognak district, 4 at 

 Chignik, and 7 in the Ikatan-Shumagin district. Eight stream guards, 

 most of whom were in the Seward-Katalla district, provided their 

 own launches. 



In western Alaska 24 were on Bristol Bay and 3 in the Yukon- 

 Kuskokwim district. 



There were also 7 special employees engaged in scientific work — 2 

 on herring and 5 on salmon investigations, this work being carried on 

 in southeastern and central Alaska. 



In addition, there were 12 statutory employees, 51 men on the 

 Bureau's vessels, and 3 on the 3 chartered boats. 



The foregoing makes a grand total of 237 persons identified with 



fishery-protective work in Alaska in 1934, as compared with 203 in 



1933. 



VESSEL PATROL 



Twelve vessels of the Bureau were operated in the Alaska fisheries 

 patrol in 1934, and two, the Widgeon and Petrel, were out of com- 

 mission at Seattle. The vessels on duty were assigned as follows: 

 the Auklet, Kittkoake, and Teal in southeast Alaska throughout the 

 season; the Eider in the Kodiak area; the Ibis at Chignik; the Murre 

 in the Seward-Katalla district; the Bed ^ying in the Alaska Peninsula 

 area; and the Coot on the Yukon River. T\iQ Scoter was on Cook 

 Inlet until August 25 and afterwards in the Kodiak area. The Crane 

 was engaged in the patrol of the Alaska Peninsula area and carried 

 employees to and from Bristol Bay at the beginning and end of the 

 season. The Blue Wing operated in Bristol Bay waters during the 

 fishing season there and later in the Alaska Peninsula area; in the fall 

 it was used in the vicinity of Wrangell. The Brant nuide a cruise as 

 far west as Unalaska in connection with general supervisory work, 

 and from August to October it was engaged in the patrol of southeast 

 Alaska. 



The Eider and Brard also participated successively in the seal patrol 

 in the vicinity of Neah Bay during the spring migration of the fur-seal 

 herd. The Auklet, Crane, and Scoter were used in the C. W. A. 

 project of clearing salmon spawning streams in southeast Alaska in 

 the winter of 1933-34. 



Seven small boats, including a speed boat, were operated by the 

 Bureau in the patrol of the Bristol Bay area, and 3 other sjieed boats 

 were used elsewhere — 1 on Copper Kiver and Prince William Sound, 

 1 in the vicinity of Wrangell, and 1 in the general patrol of southeast 

 Alaska. 



