AUSKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES IN 1937 ^ 



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



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Visit of Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries 



and ctber officials to Alaska 



Proteciion of walruses and sea lions. 



Japanese vessels in Bering Sea 



Fishery industries 



Legislation regarding new halibut treaty 



Alaska fisheries legislation 



New fishery regulations 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 



Stream i mpro vement 



Control of predatory trout 



Stream marking 



Stream guards 



Vessel patrol 



Aerial patrol 



Complaints and prosecutions 



Robbery of fish traps -.. 



Territoiial fishery legislation 



Territorial license tax 



Kuskok wim River 



Yukon River, 



Weirs for counting salmon escapement 



Alitak Bay 



Chignik River 



Chinik Creek _ 



English Bay stream 



Fish Creek 



Kalsin Island Creek 



Karluk River 



Klawak Creek 



I>ittle Port Walter 



Orzenoi River 



Red River 1 



Si tuk River 



Salmon life-history studies 



Observations on the escapement of salmon.. 



General statistics of the fisheries 



Salmon 



Catch and apparatus 



Canning 



Changes in canneries 



New canneries 



Canneries not operated 



Total canneries operated 



Losses and disasters 



Statistics 



Pack in certain districts 



Mild curing 



Pickling... 



Fresh salmon 



Freezing 



Dry-salted, dried, and other miscellaneous 



salmon products 



Byproducts 



Herring 



Stat ist ical summary 



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Fishery industries — continued. Page 



Halibut 118 



Statistical summary.. 119 



Cod 120 



Whales 121 



Clams 121 



Shrimp 122 



Shrimp-picking machine 123 



Crabs 123 



Trout. 125 



Miscellaneous fishery products 125 



Fur-seal Industry 125 



Pribilof Islands 125 



General administrative work 125 



Transportation of supplies 12& 



Power vessel Penguin 12& 



St. Paul Island Radio Station 127 



Roads 128 



Buildings 128 



Byproducts plant. 128 



Natives 129 



Census 129 



Medical service 129 



Schools liO 



Savings accounts 130 



Payments for taking fur-seal skins 130 



Pavments for taking foxskins 131 



Fur seals 131 



Killings 131 



Age classes 133 



Computation of fur-seal herd 1^3 



Foxes 134 



Trapping season of 1937-38 _ 134 



Correction in report of trapping season 135 



1936-37 



Reindeer 135 



Fur-seal skins 135 



Shipments 135 



Sales 136 



Disposition of fur-seal skins taken on 



Pribilof Islands 139 



Shipment and sale of foxskins 140 



Sea-otter skins 140 



Fur-seal patrol 140 



United States Coast Guard 140 



Bureau of Fisheries. _ 141 



Sealing privileges accorded aborigines 141 



Japanese sealskins delivered to the United 



States 142 



Substation for sea-otter patrol 142 



Fur-seal habitat group for Field Museum... 142 

 Computation of fur seals, Pribilof 



Islands, 1937 ■ 142 



Bulls. 144 



Average harem 146 



Pups and cows 146 



Mortality of seals at sea 148 



Complete computation 148 



t Appendix II to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1938. Approved for publication 

 June 23, 1938. 



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