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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



WATERS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL FISHING 



With the cancoUation, by Executive orders, of the Alaska Penin- 

 suhi Fisheries Reservation and the vSoiithwestern Alaska Fisheries 

 Reservation, the previous orders remained in effect in regard to 

 the following waters: Afognak Reserve, Yes Bay and stream, Annette 

 Island Fishery Reserve, and Aleutian Islands Reservation. The 

 Umitations on commercial fishing previously imposed under the 

 order regarding the Aleutian Islands Reservation were removed. 



In the regulations issued by the Secretary of Commerce during 

 the calendar year, commercial fishing was prohibited in 76 restricted 

 areas in various parts of Alaska. These localities are named in 

 the regulations printed in thjs document. 



AFOGNAK RESERVE 



Permission to fish within Afognak waters for varying periods 

 during the season of 1924 was granted to 86 natives living on Aiognak 

 and adjacent islands. Operations were carried on at eight different 

 localities, and beach seines only were used. The total catch was 

 181,429 salmon, a decrease of 86,749 from the catch of 1923. The 

 catch of cohos increased 12,380, chums 201, and kings 429, while 

 humpbacks decreased 55,054, and red salmon 44,705. The natives 

 sold the catch to the canneries of the Kadiak Fisheries Co. and 

 Katmai Packing Co. Some additional salmon were taken by natives 

 for food. 



Fishing operations in the reserve were under the supervision of 

 Fred R. Lucas, superintendent of the fisheries station at Afognak, 

 to whom authority was delegated to issue orders governing fishing 

 operations. No fishing for red salmon was permitted in Litnik 

 (Afognak) Bay, but fishing for silver salmon was open from August 

 20 to September 4. The waters of Duck Bay, from Kostromitinof 

 Cape to Izhut Cape, also were closed by an order issued July 3, and 

 reopened for silver-salmon fishing on August 20, all red salmon 

 having passed upstream by that time. 



A weir was maintained for fish-cultural purposes in Litnik River 

 below the Afognak hatchery. The total number of red salmon 

 counted through the rack in the period from May 30 to September 

 20, when that species ceased to run, was 10,317. 



Commercial catch of salmon, Afognak Island, season of 1924 



