40 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



for such other Indians of ALaska as mi<^ht desire to establisli tlieir 

 homes in the reservation. The Bureau of Education, Department 

 of the Interior, administers the affairs of the reserve for the Indians 

 residin<j:; therein. 



In 1!)1S lishinf]^ privileges in the reserve were leased to the Annette 

 Island Packing Co. under a five-year contract, which provided that the 

 (•()mi);iny should pay totheMetlakatlans a royalty of 1 cent per fish for 

 all sahnon taken by traps in the coastal Avaters of Annette Island and 

 a fee of $100 for each trap operated, and that all labor in connection 

 witii tiie catching and canning of salmon, except that of a few skilletl 

 mechanics, should be performed by the Indians. The company was 

 also to employ the Indians at all common labor recpiired in the 

 maintenance and upkeep of the cannery. The season of 1020 was 

 the third year of operations by the company in accordance with the 

 terms of the contract. 



Seven traps were operated by the company, for which a fee of $700 

 was paid. The catch of salmon by traps Avas 967,600, for which the 

 Indians received $9,676; contract labor in the cannery brought them 

 a return of $36,298.88, while payments for 75,268 salmon taken by 

 purse seines and for labor on buildings and docks, including material, 

 such as lumber and piling, further increased the income of the Met- 

 lakathins by $24,391.86. The total disbursement of money to the 

 Indians by the Annette Island Packing Co. was $71,066.74, or 

 $18,966.14 "less than in 1919. 



COPPER RIVER FISHERY. 



The importance and peculiar geographical conditions of the Cop- 

 per Kiver fishery again warrant special mention. In 1920 this 

 fishery produced 946.4.'>2 salmon of all species as compared with a 

 catch" of 1,307,401 in 1919 and of 869,350 in 1916, the year in which 

 the progenitors of the 1920 run made their appearance. 



In all, nine packing companies took salmon from the (\)pper River 

 in 1920. eight of which carried on fishing in the delta district, while 

 one operated exclusively in the lake and canyon sections. Those 

 ojjerating on the delta "were the Canoe Pass Packing Co., Carlisle 

 Packing Co.. Eyak Kiver Packing Co., xVlaska Sea Food Co., Iloonah 

 Packing Co., l^ioneer Packing Co., Ilillery-Scott Co., and Ilayes- 

 (xraham Fish Co. The only operator in the up-river district was 

 F. II. Madden, who packed at the cannery formerly listed under the 

 name of the Abercroml)ie Packing Co. It" is of interest also to record 

 that tlie Hayes-Graham Fish Co. operated a fioating cannery on the 

 delta at the entrance to Pete Dahl Slough. 



'Jliere wei-e 46,000 fathoms of gill nets used in the delta fishery 

 jind 4,227 fathoms in Miles Lake, a total of 50,427 fatlioms for the 

 river as a whole. This is a decrease in nets at the delta of 18,800 

 fathoms, or approximately 28.8 per cent, and an increase at the lake 

 of 977 fathoms of nets, or approximately 30 per cent. Practically 

 no change in the number of dip nets was noted between 1919 and 

 1920. 



The following table shows the catch of salmon by districts and 

 species during the five years from 1916 to 1920, inclusive: 



