8 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



STREAM GUARDS 



The Bureau employed 170 men in 1935 as stream guards, weir 

 opera,tors, and special workmen in connection with law-enforcement 

 duties. Of these, 82 were stationed in southeast Alaska, 60 in cen- 

 tral, and 28 in western Alaska. Some of the workers were engaged 

 for only a few days, but the average period of employment ranged 

 from 2 to 5 months. 



In southeast Alaska 35 stream watchmen furnished their own 

 launches and were assigned to patrol larger bodies of water or in the 

 vicinity of several streams. 



In central Alaska 12 guards were stationed in the Seward-Katalla 

 district, 11 on Cook Inlet, 25 in the Kodiak-Afognak district, 4 at 

 Chignik, and 8 in the Ikatan-Shumagin district. Five stream guards 

 in the Seward-Katalla district furnished their own launches. 



In western Alaska 24 were on Bristol Bay, and 4 in the Yukon- 

 Kuskokwim district. 



There were also eight special employees engaged in scientific 

 work — two on herring and six on salmon investigations, this work 

 being carried on in southeastern and central Alaska. 



In addition, there were 12 statutory employees, 49 men on the 

 Bureau's vessels, and 2 on the two chartered boats. 



The foregoing makes a grand total of 241 persons identified with 

 fishery protective work in Alaska in 1935, as compared with 237 in 

 1934. 



VESSEL PATROL 



Fourteen vessels of the Bureau were engaged in the Alaska fisheries 

 patrol in 1935, and one, the Petrel, was out of commission at Seattle. 

 The Auklet, Kittiwake, Merganser, Scoter, and Widgeon were used in 

 southeast Alaska; the Murre was on Prince William Sound, the Ibis 

 at Chignik, the Red Wing in the Alaska Peninsula area, and the 

 Coot on the Yukon River. The Eider operated chiefly in the Kodiak 

 area, although the voyage from Seattle in May extended as far west- 

 ward as False Pass in order to transport employees and supplies to 

 various stations; on the return trip to Seattle in August transporta- 

 tion was afforded passengers from Kupreanof Harbor and other points. 



The Teal was used in herring-tagging operations in southeast 

 Alaska in the latter half of March and the first week of April, in the 

 patrol of the Cook Inlet area from May 7 to August 22, and in the 

 inspection of spawning areas and the patrol of fishing grounds in 

 southeast Alaska in the fall. The Blue Wing patrolled the Bristol 

 Ba}'' region from the middle of May until July 28 and then was trans- 

 ferred to duty in the Kodiak district. As in the preceding year, the 

 Crane patrolled the Alaska Peninsula area and transported Bureau 

 employees of the Bristol Bay district at the beginning and end of the 

 season. The Brant was used chiefly in general supervisory work from 

 June to August, inclusive, visiting all fishing areas and the Pribilof 

 Islands, and afterwards assisted in the stream examination and patrol 

 of southeast Alaska until the latter part of October. 



Both the Brant and the Scoter engaged in the fur-seal patrol during 

 the spring migration of the herd, the former operating off Cape 

 Flattery, with base at Neah Bay, from April 9 until May 11, and the 

 latter in the vicinity of Sitka from April 20 to May 27. 



