ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IN 1930 



By Ward T. Bqwer, Chief, Division of Alaska fisheries. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 2 



Visit of the Gomuiissioner of Fisheries to 



Alaska.. 3 



Executive order establishing an Alaska 



commission 3 



The Mcx^fary-Mapes substandard food 



amendment 4 



Regulation for protection of walruses and 



sea lions 4 



Fishery Industries 4 



New fishery regulations 5 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 9 



Alaska fishery intelligence service... -. 10 



Stream improvement 10 



Stream marking 10 



Stream guards ..- 11 



Vessel patrol 11 



Aerial patrol 12 



Complaints and prosecutions 12 



Cooperation in taking decennial census 16 



Territorial license tax 16 



Water-power projects in .\laska 17 



Bristol Bay district 17 



General report of season's operations 18 



Patrol 18 



Runs and escapement of salmon 19 



Destruction of predatory fishes 19 



Inspection of Iliamna and Lake Clark 



spawning areas 19 



Becharof Lake district 21 



Kuskokwim River... 21 



Yukon River 22 



Weirs for counting salmon escapement 23 



.\nan Creek.. _ 23 



Calder Creek 24 



Eagle Creek 24 



Keete Creek 24 



Klawak Creek 24 



Olive Cove 25 



Staney Creek 25 



Whale Passage 25 



Situk River 26 



Karluk River 26 



Alitak Bay... 27 



Chignik River 28 



.A.yakulik or Red River 28 



Uganik River 29 



KafliaBay 29 



English Bay 29 



Chinik Creek 30 



Kalgin Island Stream 30 



Orzenoi River 30 



Morzhovoi Bay 30 



Bear River 30 



Naknek River 31 



Ugashik River 31 



Kvichak River 32 



Salmon tagging 33 



Salmon life-history studies 33 



Observations on the escapement of salmon. 33 



Uatcheries 37 



Extent of operations 37 



Afognak 37 



McDonald Lake... 37 



Hugh Smith Lake (Quadra) 37 



Hatchery rebates 37 



General statistics of the fisheries 37 



Salmon 40 



Catch and apparatus 40 



Canning 42 



Changes in canneries 42 



New canneries 42 



Canneries not operated 43 



Total canneries operated 44 



Losses and disasters 46 



Page 

 Fishery Industries— Continued. 

 Salmon — Continued. 

 Canning— Continued. 



Statistics 46 



Pack in certain districts 51 



Mild curing 52 



Pickling 54 



Fresh salmon 55 



Freezing 55 



Dry-salted, dried, smoked, and othei 



miscellaneous salmon products. 56 



By-products 57 



Herring 58 



Statistical summary 60 



Halibut 62 



Statistical summary 63 



Cod 64 



Statistical summary 64 



Whales 65 



Clams 65 



Shrimp 66 



Crabs 67 



Japanese vessels in Bering sea 67 



Japanese method of canning spider crabs. 68 



Trout 69 



Miscellaneous fishery products 70 



Fur-Seal Industry 70 



Pribilof Islands 70 



General administrative work.. 70 



Transportation of supplies 70 



Power vessel Penguin 71 



Roads 71 



Buildings 71 



By-products plant 74 



Natives 75 



Census 75 



Medical services 76 



Schools 76 



Attendance at Salem Indian School, 



Chemawa, Greg 76 



Savings accounts 76 



Payments for taking fur-seal skins 77 



Payments for taking fox skins 78 



Fur seals of Pribilof Islands 78 



Natural history... 78 



Quotas for killing and reserving 78 



Killings 78 



Age classes 82 



Reserving operations 82 



Computation of fur-seal herd 83 



Foxes 84 



Trapping season of 1930-31 84 



Reindeer 84 



Fur-seal skins 84 



Shipments 84 



Sales 85 



Disposition of fur-seal skins taken at 



Pribilof Islands 96 



Shipment and sale of fox skins 97 



Fur-seal patrol 99 



United States Coast Guard 99 



Bureau of Fisheries 99 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 99 



Japanese sealskins delivered to the United 



States --- 100 



International fur-trade exhibition at Leip- 

 zig 100 



Computation of Fur Seals, Pribilof 



ISL.\.NDS, 1930 100 



Bulls 101 



Average harem 103 



Pups and cows 104 



Mortality of seals at sea. ... 105 



Complete computation . 106 



' Appendix I to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1931. Approved for publication 

 May 22, 1931. 



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