ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IN 1929 ' 



By Ward T. Bowek, Chief, Division of Alaska Fisheries 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction. 206 



Visit of the Commissioner of Fisheries to 



Alaslva ^... 207 



Fishery Industries __ 207 



A laska fisheries legislation 208 



New fishery regulations 208 



Afognak Reserve 250 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 250 



Alaska fishery intelligence service 250 



Stream improvement 250 



Stream marking 251 



Stream guards 251 



Vessel patrol 252 



Aerial patrol 254 



Complaints and prosecutions 254 



Territorial fishery legislation 256 



Territorial license tax . 257 



Bristol Bay district 258 



General report of season's operations _. 258 



Patrol 258 



Runs and escapement of salmon 259 



Destruction of predatory fishes 259 



Inspection of Diamna and Lake Clark 



spawning areas in 1929 260 



Kuskokwim River 262 



Yukon River 262 



Weirs for counting salmon escapement -. 263 



Anan Creek 263 



Eagle Creek 264 



Olive Cove 264 



Staney Creek 264 



Whale Passage 264 



Situk River 264 



Karluk River 265 



Alitak Bay . 266 



Chignik River 266 



Ayakulik or Red River 267 



Uganik River . 267 



Kaflia Bay. 267 



English Bay 268 



Chinik Creek 268 



Kalgin Island stream 268 



Orzenoi River , 268 



Morzhovoi Bay 269 



Naknek River 269 



Ugashik River 269 



Salmon tagging 269 



Salmon life-history studies 270 



Observations on the escapement of salmon. 270 



Hatcheries 273 



Extent of operations 273 



Afognak... 273 



McDonald Lake 274 



Hugh Smith Lake (Quadra) 274 



Hatchery rebates 274 



General statistics of the fisheries 274 



Salmon 277 



Catch and apparatus.... 277 



Canning 279 



Changes in canneries 279 



New canneries 280 



Canneries not operated 281 



Total canneries opera ted 282 



Losses and disasters 285 



Statistics 286 



Pack in certain districts 290 



Mild curing 291 



Fishery Industries— Continued. Page 

 Salmon— Continued . 



Pickling 292 



Fresh salmon... 294 



Freezing 294 



Dry-salting, drying, and smoking 295 



By-products... 295 



Herring 296 



Statistical summary 299 



Halibut 300 



Statistical summary 301 



Cod 302 



Statistical summary 303 



Whales 303 



Clams 304 



Shrimp 304 



Crabs 305 



Trout 305 



Miscellaneous fishery products _ 305 



Fur-Seal Industry 305 



Pribilof Islands.. 305 



General administrative work 305 



Purchase and transportation of supplies . 306 



Power schooner Eider 306 



Power vessel Penguin 307 



Roads 308 



Buildings... 308 



By-products plant 309 



Natives 309 



Census . 309 



Medical services 310 



Schools 310 



Attendance at Salem Indian School, 



Chemawa, Oreg 310 



Stores 310 



Savings accounts 312 



Payments for taking fur-seal skins 312 



Payments for taking fox skins 313 



Fur seals 313 



Quotas for killing and reserving 313 



Killings - 315 



Age classes 316 



Reserving operations 316 



Computation of fur-seal herd 317 



Foxes 318 



Trapping season of 1929-30 318 



Reindeer 318 



Fur-seal skins 319 



Shipments 319 



Sales 319 



Disposition of fur-seal skins taken at 



Pribilof Islands 330 



Shipment and sale of fox skins 331 



Sea-otter skins 332 



Fur-seal patrol 332 



United States Coast Guard 332 



Bureau of Fisheries 332 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 333 



Japanese sealskins delivered to the United 



States 333 



Visit to Pribilof Islands by Russians 333 



Computation of Fur Seals, Pribilof 



Islands, 1929 334 



Bulls 334 



Average harem 336 



Pups and cows 336 



Mortality of seals at sea 337 



Complete computation... 338 



' Appendix X to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1930. B. F. Doc. 1086. Submitted 

 for publication, May 19, 1930. 



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