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 Kusko- 

 kwim 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 certain subjects that were the objects of special 

 investigation or inquiry. 



WATERS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL FISHING 



Under the act of June 6, 1924, previously issued Executive orders 

 remained in effect in regard to the following waters: Afognak Re- 

 serve, Yes Bay and stream, Annette Island fishery reserve, and 

 Aleutian Islands reservation. Under the regulations issued Decem- 

 ber 2, 1924, effective throughout the fishing season of 1925, com- 

 mercial fishing was prohibited in 76 restricted areas in various parts 

 of Alaska. Additional closures were imposed in regulations issued 

 during the calendar year 1925. 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska issued 

 under date of December 2, 1924, were amended by the following 

 regulations, issued under the dates indicated, by the Acting Secretary 

 of Commerce: 



[January 28, 1925] 



KODIAK AREA 



Herring fishery. — Regulation No. 1 is amended to read as follows: 



"In the period from June 1 to October 1, both dates inclusive, commercial 



fishing for herring is prohibited in all waters closed throughout the year to 



salmon fishing." 



COOK INLET AREA 



Herring fishery. — Regulation No. 4 is amended to read as follows: 

 "In the period from June 1 to October 1, both dates inclusive, commercial 

 fishing for herring is prohibited in all waters closed throughout the year to sal- 

 mon fishing." 



