ALASKA FISHERY AND FUIt-SKAL INDUSTRIES, 1934 



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that cliito for tlie year 1084. It was stated that coUoctions under the 

 several schedules were fairly e()inj)lete, althoii<2;h a number of the 

 fisheries companies had not yet made full settlement. The outstand- 

 in<i: salmon pack taxes amounted to approximately $75,000 and about 

 $10,000 was still due on fish traps, while $(;,0()0 was still to be collected 

 on fish oil and fertilizer. 



Fishery license /otcs collected by Territory for fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1934 



WATER-POWER PROJECTS IN ALASKA 



An application for a permit to utilize the waters of Tunnel Creek 

 tributary to Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, was referred to the 

 Bureau by the Federal Power Commission for report as to the require- 

 ments which should bo stipulated in the permit to protect migratory 

 fish. It was found upon investigation that Tunnel Creek is not a 

 salmon spawning stream, and the Commission was informed that no 

 special conditions need be required of the licensee. 



KUSKOKWIM RIVER 



As in previous years, Stream Guard Charles McGonagall patrolled 

 the Kuskokwdm River district for about 3 months, using a chartered 

 launch. Several of the local inhabitants had planned to mild-cure 

 and hard-salt limited amounts of salmon for export, but the shipment 

 of barrels and salt from Seattle was delayed several weeks by the 

 longshoremen's strike, and by the time these supplies reached the 

 Kuskokwim area the run of king salmon was over. There was no 

 commercial fishing for export from Alaska at the mouth of the 

 Kuskokwim in the 1934 season. 



Fishing conditions at the mouth of the river w^ere ideal, as few 

 storms occurred during the runs, especially during the king-salmon 

 run, which reached its peak from June 15 to 20. The peak of the 

 runs of chum and red salmon was from June 20 to July 1. Both 

 natives and whites had their catches in the fish houses by the middle 

 of July. Little fishing was done after that date, as there was prac- 

 tically no market for dried fish, the use of airplanes instead of dog 

 teams having been extended to additional routes. Three hundred 

 and eighteen natives fished in the river for local requirements, using 

 705 gill nets of 10,580 fathoms, 47 wheels, and a number of small 

 boats. They prepared 388 tons of dried chums. 



