ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1935 6 



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 iVlaska Peninsula, to Unimak Pass; and (3) western 

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

 tian Islands westward from Unimak Pass, Bristol Bay, and the Kus- 

 kokwim and Yukon Rivers. These divisions are solely for statistical 

 purposes and do not coincide with areas established in departmental 

 regulations. 



Detailed reports and statistical tables dealing with the various 

 fishery industries are presented herewith, and there are also given the 

 important features of certain subjects of special investigation or 

 inquiry. 



EXECUTIVE ORDERS 



The site at. Yes Bay that had been reserved for a salmon hatchery 

 in 190G was restored to public entry by Executive order of May 31, 

 1935, as follows: 



The Executive order of February 1, 1906, reserving and setting apart the 

 following-described land and water areas in Alaska as a site for a salmon hatchery- 

 is hereby revoked, and the said areas are hereby declared to be a part of the 

 Tongass National Forest as established by jiroclamation of February 16, 1909 

 (35 Stat. 2226): 



Yes Lake (otherwise known as Lake McDonald) and its catchment basin, its 

 outlet, and a strip of land one-eighth of a mile along each shore thereof; Yes Bay, 

 Back Bay, and a strip of land one-eighth of a mile wide along the shores thereof 

 and a strip of land one-eighth of a mile wide on each side of the old Indian trail. 



Under date of October 24, 1935, an Executive order was issued 

 designating Coast Guard vessels to assist in the patrol to enforce the 

 provisions of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act. The text of the order 

 is as follows: 



By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7 of the 

 Northern Pacific Halibut Act (47 Stat. 142), I hereby designate such vessels 

 of the Coast Guard as the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall assign for the 

 purpose to patrol the territorial waters of the United States, as defined in the said 

 act, for the enforcement of the said act and the Convention for the Preservation 

 of the Halibut Fisheries of the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. 



NEW FISHERY REGULATIONS 



The regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, issued 

 January 19, 1935, were amended by the following regulations issued 

 by the Secretary of Commerce under the dates indicated: 



[June 26, 1935] 



Alaska Peninsula Area 



Salmon fishery.- — Regulation No. 5 is amended so as to prohibit operation of 

 any purse seine within 1,500 feet of any trap. 



