982 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Among the accomplishments with these funds may be listed the 
destruction of 773,747 Dolly Varden trout in the Bristol Bay region, 
for which 213 persons on relief rolls there received $19,343.67 in 
bounties; the construction of a 70-foot concrete fishway, consisting 
of 14 steps, over the falls in the stream at the head of Pavlof Harbor 
in southeastern Alaska; and extensive repairs to the Bureau’s marine 
railway in Bristol Bay. In addition, improvements involving the 
blasting of impassable falls and the removal of debris were made in 
important salmon spawning streams throughout the Territory. 
FISHERY INDUSTRIES 
As in corresponding reports for previous years, the Territory of 
Alaska is here considered in the three coastal geographic sections 
generally recognized, as follows: (1) Southeast Alaska—embracing all 
that narrow strip of mainland and the numerous adjacent islands from 
Portland Canal northwestward to and including Yakutat Bay; (2) 
central Alaska—the region on the Pacific from Yakutat Bay west- 
ward, including Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the southern 
coast of Alaska Peninsula, to Unimak Pass; and (3) western Alaska— 
the north shore of the Alaska Peninsula, including the Aleutian 
Islands westward from Unimak Pass, Bristol Bay, and the Kuskokwim 
and Yukon Rivers. These divisions are solely for statistical purposes 
and do not coincide with areas established in departmental regulations. 
Detailed reports and statistical tables dealing with the various 
fishery industries are presented herewith, and there are also given the 
important features of certéin subjects of special investigation or 
inquiry. 
NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 
The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 
February 8, 1936, were amended by the following regulations issued 
by the Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 
[March 26, 1936] 
AutL AREAS 
Trout fishing—1. Commercial fishing for trout of any species is prohibited in 
all streams and lakes: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to Dolly 
Varden trout. 
2. No person shall take during any one day more than a combined total of 
40 trout of all species, except Dolly Varden trout, and no person shall have in his 
possession at any time more than 80 trout of all species, except Dolly Varden trout. 
GENERAL REGULATION 
The use of dynamite or any other explosive in the taking or killing of any fish is 
prohibited. 
[May 14, 1936] 
Bristot Bay AREA 
Salmon fishery.—Regulation No. 5 (ce) is amended so as to permit the use of 
stake nets or set or anchored gill nets on the south side of Naknek Bay for a 
distance of 3,000 yards outside the drift gill net prohibitive markers. 
Cook INLET AREA 
Salmon fishery—1. Regulation No. 6 is amended to read as follows: The total 
aggregate length of gill nets on any salmon fishing boat, or in usé by such boat, 
shal] not exceed 100 fathoms hung measure. 
