990 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Fishery license taxes collected by Territory for fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1936 









Division Division Division 
Schedule Nou No. 2 No. 3 Total 
Salmion "canneries (pack) bss = = ee ee ETLC/Chy SB CAS |e $165, 523. 71 $343, 355. 49 
@lamiicanneries S52 Ore. Says Ey ah ad See hy tp. GA LL ee cer eeees 215. 49 219. 93 
Salteries: 20 ip Ske ee en 2, 022. 79 $31. 54 4, 063. 67 6, 118. 00 
Cold-storaze.plants:: 2) 2-4 ee er aS 1 }O25400 pit LU oe ee ee 1, 025. 00 
Fish-oil works and fertilizer and fish-meal plants __ D7 IAS 499) 4c poet. ee 14, 139. 74 31, 253. 73 
Wehalevoiltant Perpiliz Ors tea ul O Tse ee ie el | ee nape | Ue eM ae 10, 412. 00 10, 412. 00 
(Mishitraps’s 432522 EPR Eee ee ys Oe Pe oA SayZOOsOO} it Sa SEke 31, 050. 00 86, 250. 00 
Trap catches in excess of 100,000 fish___-__________ (AL EEAGY S| eee ee eee 11, 272. 24 19, 204. 86 
Gill nets 464. 30 10. 00 1, 382. 76 1, 857. 06 
Seinesee: 23 abet fae sk a See Bd ee BS 645x00\ toasts f 2, 625. 00 8, 270: 00 
Total t5o 2. SiN PEE is Be POSES 267, 239. 92 41. 54 240, 684. 61 507, 966. 07 
Salmon canneries (net income), not possible of 
Sezregation/asitojudicial/divisionee les 2: ee Ta) eee ee |e oe | eee 33, 961. 25 
Totalicouections. owe soe ee oe ee |e ee | || 541, 927. 32 


KUSKOEKWIM RIVER 
A patrol of the Kuskokwim River district was maintained by stream 
guard Charles McGonagall from the first of June until the end of July, 
when it was terminated because the chartered launch Marie S broke 
down beyond repair for the rest of the season. The king salmon run 
started on June 2 and held up well until July 10, after which it slacked 
off, although a few of this species were still being caught in the river 
at the time the patrol was discontinued. Good runs of reds and 
chums started on June 18, and cohos on July 20. As the catches of the 
earlier runs provided amply for local needs, there was little fishing for 
cohos. On an inspection trip from Bethel to Crooked Creek in the 
latter half of July the stream guard observed that all the smoke houses 
were full of smoked fish and most of the wheels were idle, the only 
fishing being for daily use. 
Robert Gherkie, whose camp was about 1 mile below Bethel, was 
the only operator engaged in commercial fishing operations in the 
district. He prepared 12 tierces of pickled king salmon, which were 
shipped to Seattle. Three hundred and seventy-one natives fished in 
the river for local food requirements, using 295 gill nets of 4,955 
fathoms, 46 wheels, and a number of small boats. They prepared 357 
tons of dried chums. 
YUKON RIVER 
Four plants on the Yukon River engaged in salting salmon for the 
outside market—those of Frank Kern and the Northern Commercial 
Co. in Acharon Channel, Chris Lauredson at Ageklarok Point (locally 
known as Tin-can Point), and St. Mary’s Mission at the head of 
Sunshine Bay. The two last-named operators put up very limited 
amounts, as the run did not appear at Ageklarok Point, as it had in 
previous years, and driftwood interfered with the operation of fish 
wheels at Sunshine Bay while the best runs were on. Frank Kern 
withdrew from the industry at the close of the season, after selling his 
saltery and equipment to the Northern Commercial Co. 
Inspector Calvin F. Townsend and a stream guard patrolled the 
Yukon River aboard the Coot, which left Nenana on May 20 and re- 
turned on September 17. During the trip down the river in May there 
were no signs of activity on shore, as the residents were out hunting 
muskrats. On May 31, the Coot reached Kwiguk, where several fish 
