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Markers that had been defaced or removed were replaced, and new 

 ones were erected and the locations of others moved in accordance 

 with changes made in the regulations respecting closed areas. 



STREAM GUARDS 



The bureau employed 232 men as stream guards and special work- 

 men in connection with law-enforcement duties in 1930. Of these, 

 lOS were stationed in southeastern Alaska, 82 in central and 42 in 

 western Alaska. Some of the temporary workers were engaged for 

 only a few days, but the period of employment of the stream guards 

 generally ranged from two to five months. 



In southeastern Alaska 51 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 18 guards were stationed in the Seward-Katalla 

 district, 10 on Cook Inlet, 36 in the Kodiak-Afognak district, 4 at 

 Chignik, and 14 in the Alaska Peninsula district. Twelve of these 

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

 their own launches. 



In western Alaska 38 were on Bristol Bay and 4, of whom 1 furnished 

 his own launch, were in the Yukon-Kuskokwim district. 



There were also 8 special employees engaged in scientific work— 2 on 

 herring and 6 on salmon investigations, this work being carried on 

 mainly in southeastern and central Alaska. 



In addition, there were 12 statutory employees, 50 men on bureau 

 vessels, and 15 on chartered boats. 



The foregoing makes a grand total of 317 persons identified with 



fishery-protective work in Alaska in 1930, as compared with 298 in 



1929. 



VESSEL PATROL 



Fifteen vessels owned by the bureau were operated in fishery-patrol 

 work in Alaska in 1930. Of these, the Widgeon, Murre, Anklet, 

 and Petrel were in southeastern Alaska throughout the season; the 

 Eider and Red Wing at Kodiak and Afognak Islands; the Ihis at 

 Chignik; the Merganser in the Ikatan-Shumagin region; and the (7c of 

 on the Yukon Kiver. The Brant was used in general supervisory 

 work, principally in southeastern Alaska, whence one trip was made 

 to Ikatan and intermediate points in July. Vessels used in southeast- 

 ern Alaska for a number of weeks in the fall after their return from 

 duty to the westward were the Scoter, which had been in the Bristol 

 Bay district until the latter part of August; the Crane, which trans- 

 ported employees and supplies from Seattle to Naknek in the spiing 

 and then patrolled the Alaska Peninsula region, making one cruise 

 also to the Chignik area; the Teal, which was on Cook Inlet during 

 the salmon-fishing season there; the Kittiwake, which patrolled the 

 Seward-Katalla district until September 10; and the Blue Wing, 

 which was engaged in fisheries patrol duty in the Kodiak-Afognak 

 district and as tender for the Afognak hatchery until after the middle 

 of August. 



In addition to the above, the Pribilof Islands tender Penguin 

 participated in the fisheries conservation work in southeastern Alaska 

 during part of September, when it was used in the gathering of data 

 on the salmon escapement in the Ketchikan region. 



