ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1924 91 



ANNETTE ISLAND FISHERY RESERVE 



Fishing operations within the Annette Island Fishery Reserve 

 were again conducted by the Annette Ishind Packing Co. under its 

 lease from the Department of the Interior. Data regarding opera- 

 tions have been furnislied by the Bureau of Education of that depart- 

 ment, which administers the affairs of the reserve for the benefit of 

 the Metlakatla Indians residing there. 



In 1924 the total number of fish taken by traps within the reserve 

 was 827,949 of all species, on which royalties amounting to $9,086.12 

 were paid. The per case tax on canned salmon under the Territorial 

 law, which has been held payable to the Metlakatla Indians, amounted 

 to S2,415.49; trap fees on six traps, at $200 each, amounted to $1,200; 

 and rental of cannery building was $3,000. In addition, $36,910.09 

 was paid to 169 natives for labor, $4,124.95 for piling, $14,305.27 

 for fish, and $719.65 for merchandise and lumber, making a grand 

 total amount disbursed by the Annette Island Packing Co. to the 

 natives of $71,761.57. 



FISHERY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 



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As has been the practice for several years, the bureau continued 

 to report by telegraph to the important points in southeastern and 

 central Alaska the prices of fresh fish (chiefly halibut) at Juneau, 

 Ketchikan, and Seattle. After the halibut close season began this 

 service was discontinued. 



STREAM MARKING 



In general, stream marking consisted in replacing missing m.arkers 

 indicating the protected zone off the mouths of salmon streams. In 

 southeastern Alaska several additional streams were marked and 

 special notices were posted at the entrances of Freshwater Bay, 

 Tenakee Inlet, Whitewater Ba}^ Wilson Cove, vSaginaw Bay, Thorns 

 Place, Anita Bay, and Ohve Cove, all of which were closed under 

 order of June 21, 1924. 



STREAM GUARDS 



The bureau employed 103 men as stream guards in 1924. Of these 

 79 were stationed in southeast Alaska, 13 in central, and 11 in western 

 Alaska. 



In southeast Alaska 75 localities were protected by 73 guards. 

 Some of the men employed furnished their own power boats and were 

 thus able to cover a district in which there were several streams. 

 The period of employment averaged about 2}/^ months. In addition 

 to these guards 1 special warden and 5 operators of chartered boats 

 were employed. 



In central Alaska 8 guards were located in the Copper River and 

 Prince William Sound districts, 3 in Cook Inlet, and 2 in the Kodiak- 

 Afognak district. 



In western Alaska 1 guard was stationed at Port Moller, 9 in Bristol 

 Bay, and 1 on the Yukon River Delta. 



In addition there were 5 statutory employees of the bureau in 

 southeast Alaska, 7 in central and 4 in western. There were also 27 

 persons on the bureau's vessels. 



