ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1921. 9 



this service is to make available to the fishermen in the several localities 

 the market quotations on halibut, sablefish, red rockfish, and herring 

 in the important buying centers of Ketchikan and Seattle. 



VIOLATIONS OF FISHERIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



Violations of the fisheries laws and regulations of Alaska in 1921 

 covered four classes, namely, fishing in streams or within the pro- 

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

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

 of the first category constituted 72 per cent of the cases reported and 

 tried. Of all cases prosecuted 55 per cent were against natives and 

 45 per cent against whites. Considered by districts, 82|^ per cent of 

 the offenses originated in southeast Alaska, 5 per cent in central 

 Alaska, and 12| per cent in western Alaska. Acquittals were made in 

 12^ per cent of the cases tried. 



Fines, including costs of trials paid by offenders, aggregated $800, 

 of which amount S548.30 was paid in southeast Alaska, S56.30 in 

 central Alaska, and $195.40 in western Alaska. In addition judg- 

 ments entered and satisfied in cases originated in southeast Alaska in 

 1919 and 1920 increased by $594.25 the amount received as fines, thus 

 making a total of $1,394.25 paid by those convicted of unlawful 

 fishing. A brief review of each case follows. 



On September 2 Peter Vick was tried and acquitted by a jury in 

 the United States commissioner's court at Wrangell on a charge of 

 fishing with a gill net within 200 yards of the mouth of a salmon 

 stream at Thorns Place, Wrangell Island, July 11. 



Al Lundberg, an alien, pleaded guilty before the United States 

 commissioner at Wrangell on September 7 to fishing at Thorns Place, 

 Wrangell Island, on July 11, and was fined $100. 



In a complaint filed before the United States commissioner at 

 Wrangell, September 2, Charles Jones, J. E. Willard, Edward Lott, 

 and L. F. Paul were accused of wantonly wasting salmon on July 12 

 near Point Warde. Three of the defendants were tried late in Sep- 

 tember and acquitted, although they admitted having thrown over- 

 board a considerable quantity of chum salmon, defending their action 

 on the ground that the canning company for which they were fishing 

 would not accept chum salmon. Edward Lott was not arraigned, 

 but the case against him was dismissed in view of the outcome of the 

 trial of his associates. 



On August 9 Arthur Nelson, Charlie Johnson, Harry Atkinson, 

 S. Milne, and Alfred Dundas were charged in a complaint filed at 

 Ketchikan with purse-seine fishing within 200 yards of the mouth of 

 Ketchikan Creek on August 6. They were arraigned on August 10 

 in the commissioner's court at Ketchikan and pleaded guilty. A fine 

 of $10 was paid by each man, in addition to which Milne paid the 

 costs of the prosecution, amounting to $5.60. 



On August 9 complaints were also filed before the United States 

 commissioner at Ketchikan, accusing Henry Hanson, Joe Baranovich, 

 Eddie Young, and Joe Lemick of purse-seine fishing within 200 yards 

 of the mouth of Ketchikan Creek on August 1. On being brought to 

 trial on August 10 they pleaded guilty and were fined $10 each, the 

 costs in the case, amounting to $5.60, being paid by Baranovich, 

 owner of the boat. 



