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For the protection of fur seals the United States Coast (iiiard 

 maintained a general patrol of waters of the North Paeifie Ocean and 

 Bering Sea frequented by the l^rihilof Islands heid. In addition, 

 local patrols were maintained olf the coasts of Washington and south- 

 eastern Alaska l)y vessels of the Buieau of Fisheries. 



The United States Navy Department affordcnl valiiahh> assistance 

 by detailing the U. S. S. Siriifs to transport the annual shi|)jnent of 

 general sui)plies from »Seattle to the Pribilof Islands. 



Two public auction sales of fur-seal skins were held during the 

 year by the department's selling agents at St. Louis. At one of 

 these fox skins were sold also. 



Acknowledgment is made of the assistance rendered by members 

 of the bureau's staff in the compilation and preparation of this 

 document. 



VISIT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES TO ALASKA 



The Commissioner of Fisheries was in Alaska for approximately two 

 months during the salmon-fishing season to observe the bureau's 

 activities in all districts in respect to the administration of the fishery 

 laws and regulations and to confer with officials and others interested 

 in the fishery industry. A trip w^as made also to the Pribilof Islands 

 to note sealing operations conducted there. 



Commissioner O'Malley sailed from Seattle aboard the Brant on 

 June 30 for southeast Alaska, where but a brief time was spent before 

 proceeding westward. Seward was reached on July 9 and departure 

 was made that evening on the Teal for Iliamna Bay, whence the 

 journey was continued across the portage to Iliamna Lake and then 

 by boat to Bristol Bay. Through the courtesy of the United States 

 Coast Guard, passage to the Pribilof Islands was furnished by the 

 Haida. Departure from the Pribilof s was made on July 21 for 

 Dutch Harbor, where the Brant was boarded. Stops were made 

 thereafter at Ikatan, Squaw Harbor, and Karluk. Before returning 

 to southeast Alaska calls were made at several points in the Prince 

 William Sound region. The greater part of August was devoted to 

 the consideration of fishery matters in the southeastern district. 



Following his departure from Alaska, Commissioner O'Malley 

 gave attention to various fishery matters on the Pacific coast, and 

 arrived in Washington on September 19. 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



As in corresponding reports for previous years, the Territory of 

 Alaska is here considered in the three coastal geographic sections 

 generally recognized, as follows: (1) Southeast Alaska — embracing 

 all that narrow strip of mainland and the numerous adjacent islands 

 from Portland Canal northwestward to and including Yakutat Bay; 

 (2) central Alaska — the region on the Pacific from Yakutat Bay 

 westward, including Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and the 

 southern coast of Alaska Peninsula, to Unimak Pass; and (3) western 

 Alaska — the north shore of the Alaska Peninsula, including the 

 Aleutian Islands westward from Unimak Pass, Bristol Bay, and the 

 Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers. These divisions are solely for 

 statistical purposes and do not coincide with areas established in 

 departmental regidations. 



