38 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



dried and smoked fish, valued at $2,4T9 ; 15,010 gallons of oil, valued 

 at $4,102; and 464,000 pounds of fertilizer, valued at $13,920; giv- 

 ing $20,986,584 as the total value of the products of the Alaska 

 salmon industry in 1921. 



The halibut fishery ranks next to the salmon fishery, and in 1921 

 yielded 9,575,287 pounds of fresh fish, valued at ^910,375 ; 7,599,097 

 pounds of frozen fish, valued at $565,915; and 1,890 pounds of 

 cheelvs and pickled fish, valued at $160. 



Products of the herring fishery consisted of 14,523,441 pounds 

 of Scotch-cured fish, valued at $838,335; 406,250 pounds of Nor- 

 wegian-cured fish, valued at if^20,433; 892,000 pounds of fertilizer, 

 valued at $26,760; 84,938 gallons of oil, valued at $21,236; and 

 2,666,048 pounds of bait, valued at $27,280. 



The cod fishery yielded a catch valued at $457,320. The products 

 of the shrimp fishery were 344,986 pounds of fresh shrimp meat, 

 valued at $132,077. " Minor items were : Whales, $19,950 ; crabs, 

 $33,180; trout, $18,925; sablefish, $17,985; clams, $9,940; red rock- 

 fish, $362 ; and smelts, $50. 



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

 employment to 15,070 persons, represented an investment of 

 $39,001,874, and yielded products valued at $24,086,867. 



A detailed account of the extent and condition of the Alaska 

 fisheries in 1921 and of the activities of the bureau under the laAvs 

 and regulations for the protection of the fisheries is embodied in 

 the annual report of the Alaska service for that year.^ 



ENFORCEMENT OF FISHERY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



Patrol of the fishing grounds in Alaska in 1921 was carried on 

 with four bureau-owned and a number of chartered vessels. Three 

 additional vessels were placed in commission by the bureau at the 

 beginning of the fishing season of 1922, and a much larger number 

 of small power boats are being made use of by stream guards and 

 special employees. For the season of 1922 the persons engaged in 

 connection with the enforcement of laws and regulations numbered 

 91, of whom 23 were regular and 68 were temporary employees. 

 This is the largest force the bureau has ever put into the field. 



A number of violations of the fishery laws occurred in 1921, 

 being chiefly of four classes, fishing in streams or within the pro- 

 hibited distances of the mouths of streams, fishing by aliens, wanton 

 waste of salmon, and fishing during the weekly close period. 

 Slightly over half of the cases were against natives, and over 80 

 per ceiit were brought in the southeast district. Convictions were 

 obtained in 87^ per cent of the cases tried. 



It is anticipated that the greatly increased force of stream guards 

 employed in 1922, with more vessels for patrol, will have a de- 

 terrent effect on would-be violators. No doubt the knowledge that 

 a bureau employee is stationed at the mouth of a stream Avill in 

 most instances prevent any attempt at illegal fishing and thus with 

 a minimum of annoyance and expense for prosecution the object 

 of conservation of the fisheries will tend to be accomplished. 



=> Alaska Fishery and Fur-Seal Industries in 1921. By Ward T. Bower. (Bureau of 

 Fisheries Document No. 933.) 



