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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



total collected for the calendar year was about $37,000 less than in 

 the preceding year. Many companies have withhold payment of 

 the graduated pack tax pending the outcome of the test cases now 

 in court, as referred to elsewhere in this document. The amounts 

 withheld are approximately S140,000 for 1923 and $75,000 for 1924. 



Fishery license taxes collected by Territory for fiscal year ended December 31, 192 ^ 



Schedule 



Salmon canneries (pack) _- 



Salmon canneries (net income) 



Clam canneries 



Salteries 



Cold-storage plants 



Fresh-fish dealers 



Fish-oil works and fertilizer and fish-meal plants. 



Fish traps 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Total. 



Division 

 No. 1 



$113, 109. 48 

 4, 900. 55 



4, 452. 88 



1, 525. 00 



2, 800. 59 

 6, 082. 40 



80, 873. 78 



770. 20 



5, 445. 00 



219, 959. 88 



Division 

 No. 2 



$568. 40 



41.00 



609. 40 



Division 

 No. 3 



$173, 944. 98 



13, 172. .39 



289. 58 



3, 688. 02 



500.00 



1, 564. 77 



964.00 



40, 712. 50 



4, 874. 40 



1, 785. 00 



241, 495. 64 



Total 



$287, 054. 40 



18, 072. 94 



289.58 



8, 709. 30 



2, 025. 00 



4, 365. 36 

 7, 046. 40 



121, 586. 28 



5, 685. 60 

 7, 230. 00 



462, 064. 92 



BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT 



In 1924 a special force, consisting of two regular wardens and a 

 number of other employees under the direction of Agent Dennis Winn, 

 again operated in the Bristol Bay district. As in preceding seasons, 

 attention was devoted during the spring to the destruction of i:)reda- 

 tory fishes, and after the beginning of active salmon-fishing operations 

 a patrol was maintained on Bristol Bay and in tributary waters. 

 Warden F. G. Morton was detailed to remain in the district over the 

 winter for the purpose of making observations on the spawning 

 grounds at the head of Iliamna Lake. Mr. Winn's report is as fol- 

 lows : 



GENERAL REPORT OF SEASON'S OPERATIONS 



Operations in 1924 were conducted and transportation for men and supplies 

 was secured along the lines of former years. The ships for Bristol Bay were 

 again delayed, owing to trouble with the fishermen, which shortened the season 

 very materially at LIgashik, and the late seasonal break-up at Nushagak also de- 

 layed operations there. The crew for Wood River was in the bay before the ice 

 broke in the river. At Ugashik the men arrived so late and were as a result so 

 severely handicapped as to impair seriously their operations. 



At Iliamna and Becharof Lakes operations were far in advance of previous 

 years, due to having the men proceed by the regular transportation routes, thus 

 arriving at the headwaters of the respective lakes early in the spring and being 

 prepared for operations as soon as the ice broke sufficiently to permit fishing. 

 The low water at that time also afforded better opportunity for the work. 



In reviewing work covering the different districts in this field it is felt that 

 operations are producing most encouraging results. The scarcity of trout in the 

 different localities is becoming more noticeable each year. The large catches 

 made at Iliamna and Becharof Lakes were due to the longer and more favorable 

 periods of fishing and greater familiarity of the operators with the habits of the 

 trout. The men in charge of the various Bristol Bay districts have been in the 

 same locality through several seasons. 



After the departure of the cannery ships from Bristol Bay in the fall of 1923, 

 operations on predatory fish were continued as late as possible at Aleknagik Lake 

 and tributaries, and a survey of the spawning grounds in the same district was 

 made under the direction of Warden A. T. Looflf . In connection with this work 

 Mr. Looff also made a survey of the Nushagak River watershed, embracing the 

 Tikchik Lake system. 



