ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1922. 17 



Work in the central district consisted principally in the replace- 

 ment, at the mouths of the sloughs of the Copper Eiver, of markers 

 that had been defaced by weather or carried away by winter storms. 

 ISIarkers were also erected by stream guards at Kachemak Bay, 

 Kamishak Bay, Chinik Inlet, and other localities on Cook Inlet, and 

 at Coghill River, Miners River, Cowpen River, and other places on 

 Prince William Sound. Markers were also posted at the various 

 streams in Olga Bay on Kodiak Island. 



In western Alaska attention was given to the replacing of mark- 

 ers at the salmon streams in Bristol Bay, and for the first time 

 markers were established at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River on a 

 line extending from Point Popokamute to Beacon Point. Fisher- 

 men have urged that fishing should be permitted up that river as far 

 as Helmick Point, which is 8 miles above the upper end of Eek 

 Island, or at least up to the upper end of Eek Island. The bureau 

 has held, however, that it can not change the markers as placed, as a 

 number of years ago the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 designated these points as the mouth of the Kuskokwim. 



STREAM GUARDS. 



The plan of augmenting the bureau's patrol force by the employ- 

 ment of stream guards for duty during the active fishing season was 

 carried out on a still larger scale in 1922 than ever before. In all 

 69 persons were thus employed for varying periods in this service, 

 of which 30 were stationed in the southeast district, 16 in central 

 Alaska, and lo in Bristol Bay. 



In southeast Alaska guards were stationed in the following locali- 

 ties: Chilkoot River, Chilkat River, Excursion Inlet and north shore 

 of Icy Strait, Tenakee Inlet, Freshwater Bay and Redoubt Lake, 

 Glacier Bay and Cross Sound, Whitewater Bay to Killisnoo, south 

 shore of Icy Strait, Port Frederick to Point Adolphus, Redoubt Lake 

 and Basket Bay, Redfish and Whale Bays, Pybus Bay to Point Gar- 

 diner and Tebenkof Bay, Gut Bay to Cape Ommaney, Wrangell Nar- 

 rows, Cholmondeley Sound, Kasaan Bay, Karta Bay, Lake Bay, 

 Rockj'^ and Thorne Bays, Kali Sheets Bay and Carroll Inlet, Point 

 Barrie and Steamer Bay, Salmon Bay and McHenry Inlet, Red Bay, 

 Deweyville and Staney Creek, Hanus Bay, Howard Bay, Auke Cove 

 and Pavlof Harbor, Ratz Harbor, Eagle Creek, Mud Bay to Lisian- 

 ski Strait, and Anan Creek. The agent in charge of the district 

 reported that the presence of the guards was of unquestioned benefit 

 to the fisheries in preventing encroachments on the streams and 

 closed areas at their mouths, thus permitting a larger escapement 

 of salmon than otherwise would have been the case. The n^n were 

 chosen chiefly for their knowledge of the country and general inter- 

 est in the fisheries of Alaska. 



In the central district two of the guards were detailed to duty in 

 Cook Inlet, five at various points in Prince William Sound, six on 

 the Copper River Delta, and one each at Bering River, Karluk, and 

 Alitak. Some transfers were made to other localities as the centers 

 of activity changed and operations progressed. 



In the Bristol Bay districts the 13 temporary employees were 

 engaged in the destruction of predatory trout in the Naknek, Egegik, 



