38 EEPOBT or THE COiDJlSSIOXEB OF FISHERIES. 



SS6.641.S36 as the total value of the products of the Alaska salmon 

 mdustry in 1920. 



The halibut fishery ranks next to the salmon fishery, and in 1920 

 ^v-ieid'^i " " pounds of fresh fish, valued at S1.0:>i.3S0: 7.7SS.017 

 ^ojnds : . _ . fish, valued at 8692^3: and 720 pounds of canned 

 -~h. valued at >"75. 



Products of the herring fishery consisted of 3^223.490 poimds of 

 Scotch-cure fish, valued at S49<J.4So: 314.619 f)Ounds of Xorwegian- 



-^ -^ /.. valued at >"22.199: o.&J'2 cases of l-pK)und cans, valued at 

 "- - '>S1.067 gallons of oil. valued at 54<>4,090: and miscellaneous 

 commcaities. valued at S3.5 7.860. 



The cod fishery yielded a catch valued at §1.117.164. The products 

 of the shore whale fishery had a value of S562.3C>2. Minor items were : 

 Ciams, S46.S12 : crabs. 81.740; shrimps- 849.123; trout. 813.662 ; sable- 

 fish. 82>..>44 : and misc-ellaneous fresh fish. 8229. 



The entire Alaska fishing industry, exclusive of fur sealing, gave 

 employment to 27.4S2 persons, represented an investment of 870,- 

 9S6.22L and yielded products valued at 841.492.124. 



A detailed account of the extent and condition of the Alaska fish- 

 eries in 1920 and of the activities of the Bureau under the laws and 

 regulations for the protection of the fisheries is emVx>died in the 

 annual report of the Alaska service for that year.^ 



EVFOBCZZMIiyr or nSHZRT I^TTS AXD KECmATIOXS. 



During the fishing season of 1920 the Bureau had in service fo» 

 patrol purposes 13 vessels, and the same number was available in 

 1921. For the 1921 season the persons engaged in connection with 

 the enforcement of laws and regulations numbered 63, of whom 23 

 were regular and 4) were temporary employees. 



A number of violations of the fishery laws were detected and suc- 

 cessful prosecutions were made in the local courts. The Bureau is 

 doinir its utmost, however, to prevent violations by maintaining 

 watchmen or guards at the mouths of salmon streams throughout 

 the fishing season. In some instances the stream guards, being 

 equipped with small power boats, are able to look after two or three 

 streams so close together that their absence from any one stream 

 will not be so protracted as to permit illegal fishing within the 

 stream or inside the protected area at its mouth. It is the p>o]icy 

 to discourage and prevent violations, for thereby not only are 

 the exp*^n=e and annoyance of prosecution avoided but. what is of 

 greater importance, the salmon which would have been killed through 

 s!jch illegal fishing are permitted to proceed to the spawning grounds. 

 The extension of the stream-watchmen system will be made as fast 

 as funds are available and should soon embrace ever}' important 

 salmon stream. 



Attention has been devoted durin<r the year to the erection of addi- 

 tional markers near the mouths of salmon streams to give fishermen 

 notice as to the limits of the areas in which salmon fishing is pro- 

 hibited. ."^uitaVjIy inscril>Kl cloth notices have been posted con- 

 spicuously, and thus far upwards of 200 of the more impjortant 

 salmon streams have been marked. 



I Alaska FUberies aad For-S?«al Indnstrics in 1020. 'r.j Ward T. Bo^-fer. agr-r.r. Alaska 

 serrfce (Bozeaa at Fisheries Doc No. 909^ 



