XL llEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



The 11 vessels together cruised approximately 68,000 miles during 

 the fiscal year 1925. 



RECLASSIFICATION 



The reclassification of employees in the District of Columbia, with 

 consequent readjustment of salaries, has now been in operation for a 

 year with results which on the whole are satisfactory. The effects 

 on the scientific personnel have been especially beneficial, reducing 

 the turnover and enabling the bureau to fill vacancies with properly 

 qualified persons and to build up a more efficient and contented 

 organization. The clerical force has benefited less. While inequali- 

 ties still exist and some allocations of positions need revision, in 

 most cases employees receive salaries more nearly commensurate 

 with the duties and responsibilities of their positions and the morale 

 of the service in general is improved. However, the present force 

 is wholly inadequate to carry on the work, and a larger appropria- 

 tion for salaries with which to provide for promotions and for the 

 employment of additional clerks is urgently needed. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



The regular appropriations for the support of the bureau for the 

 fiscal year 1925 aggregated $1,508,645, as follows: 



Salaries, office of the commissioner and field $498, 640 



Pay, officers and crews of vessels, Alaska fisheries service 31, 630 



Adjustment of salaries in the field 142, 680 



Miscellaneous expenses : 



Administration 3, 900 



Propagation of food fishes 386, 250 



Maintenance of vessels 107, 175 



Inquiry respecting food fishes 38, 170 



Fishery industries 20, 200 



Protecting sponge fisheries 2,000 



Protecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska 217, 000 



Fisheries of Alaska, 1924 and 1925 55, 000 



Total 1. 50S' 645' 



Respectfully submitted. 



Henry O'Malley, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries. 

 To Hon. Herbert Hoover, 



Secretary of Corrvmerce, 



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