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The training ship Hakuyo Maru, of the Imperial Fisheries Insti- 

 tute, again made a trip to Bering Sea and Bristol Bay with a group of 

 students for practice in deep-sea hsliing. The vessel did not call at 

 any Alaska ports. 



The Japanese scouting ship Hakuho Maru, of the Department of 

 Agriculture and Forestry, also made a cruise to Bering Sea, to in- 

 vestigate the migration routes of fur seals. Katsumi Miyataka, the 

 department's fur-seal investigator, was aboard. En route from 

 Japan the Hakuho Maru was at Attn Island for a few days in June. 

 From July 10 to July 17 it was anchored off East Landing, St. Paul 

 Island, and from July 18 to July 20, off St. George Island. Mr. 

 Mi3'^ataka and others visited both islands to observe fur-seal and fox 

 life. 



TROUT 



Small amounts of Dolly Varden and steelhead trout were handled 

 in southeast Alaska at plants engaged primarily in other branches of 

 the fisheries. The reported products were as follows: Dolly Vardens, 

 16,470 pounds fresh, valued at $1,135, and 6,895 pounds frozen, 

 valued at $450; steelheads, 9,517 pounds frozen, valued at $820. 

 The total output of both species was 32,882 pounds valued at $2,405, 

 as compared with 67,613 pounds valued at $5,017 in 1934. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PRODUCTS 



Fish of minor commercial importance are taken in small quanti- 

 ties, chiefly in connection with the halibut fishery, and are landed at 

 ports of Alaska and British Columbia and at Seattle. Such products 

 landed in Alaska in 1935 were as follows: Sablefish, 80,516 pounds 

 fresh, valued at $4,428; 478,769 pounds frozen, valued at $18,093; 

 and 6,161 pounds pickled, valued at $318; rockfish, 5,344 pounds 

 frozen, valued at $189; and flounders, 250,000 pounds fresh, for mink 

 feed, valued at $3,750. 



FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY 



PRIBILOF ISLANDS 



GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 



In 1935, 57,296 fur-seal skins were taken at the Pribilof Islands. 

 This is an increase of 3,826 skins over the number taken in 1934, and 

 constitutes the largest take at the islands in 46 years. As in 1934, 85 

 percent of these skins were shipped to the Fouke Fur Co. at St. Louis, 

 Mo., and 15 percent were delivered to a representative of the Canadian 

 Government at Seattle as the share of Great Britain in accordance 

 with the terms of the treaty of July 7, 1911. Settlement of the 

 Japanese share of 15 percent, due under the same treaty, is made from 

 the net proceeds of the sale of dressed and dyed sealskins. 



Sealing and other work at the islands was carried on largely by the 

 natives under supervision of white employees. As wards of the 

 Government, the natives received in exchange for their services all 

 the necessaries of life, including food, clothing, housing, medical 

 attention, and educational facilities, and in addition small cash 

 payments on a piecework basis. 



