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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The total catch of salmon in the reservation was 192,694, of which 

 146,123 were sold to the Katmai Packing Co. and 46,571 to the 

 Kadiak Fisheries Co. Compared with the catch in 1920, when 

 125,538 salmon were taken commercially in the reservation, this is 

 an increase of approximately 53^ per cent. As 90 per cent of the 

 catch in 1921 was red salmon, a further interesting comparison may 

 be made with the catch of that species in 1917, the year of the genesis 

 of the run from which the catch of 1921 was made. In 1917 the 

 number of red salmon taken was 71,527, or approximately 39 per 

 cent of the catch of all species in Afognak waters. In 1921 the 

 catch of red salmon was 173,443, or a gain in one cycle of more than 

 242 per cent, assuming that they were chiefly four-year fish. Of 

 further interest is the showing that the runs were larger in practically 

 every locality about the island, the most noteworthy increase 

 occurring at Malina. Little doubt can be entertained that this 

 improvement in the run of red salmon was due largely to the bene- 

 ficial effects of fish-cultural work at the Federal hatchery on Litnik 

 Lake. 



The enforcement of the laws and regulations and patrol of the 

 fishing grounds was in the immediate charge of warden William E. 

 Baumann, who made frequent trips to the several streams during 

 the season. 



Catch of salmo7} in ivaters of the Afognak Reservation in 1921. 



ALEUTIAN ISLANDS RESERVATION. 



During the calendar year 1921 no additional permits for fishery 

 operations were issued by the Department of Commerce. Four 

 permits previously granted were canceled, as follows: Nos. 25 and 

 29, issued to the Northern Fisheries (Inc.) on January 5 and 24, 

 1918, wer# canceled February 9, 1921, when the company advised 

 that no further operations were contemplated; No. 34, issued June 

 29, 1918, to the Alaska Fishing Co., was canceled February 17, 1921, 

 as the company had gone out of business; and No. 38, issued March 

 25, 1919, to T. R. Gawley, was canceled February 9, 1921, because 

 the permittee advised it was impossible to undertake operations. 

 A total of 22 permits remained in existence at the end of the calendar 

 year 1921. No joint permits by the Departments of Commerce and 

 Agriculture were issued during the calendar year 1921. 



Under date of April 30, 1921, a revision of the joint regulations 

 for the administration of the Aleutian Islands Reservation was 

 issued by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce. The sec'daiis 

 pertaining to the fisheries are as follows: 



