FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



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The natives were paid approximately $4,800 for this catch of fish, 

 all of which was sold to the Kadiak Fisheries Co., at Kodiak. 



The following table indicates the method of capture of each species 

 and the approximate beginning and ending of the fishing season in 

 each locahty: 



Apparatus and Approximate Fishing Season, Afognak Reservation, 1917. 



ANNETTE ISLAND FISHERY RESERVE. 



The Annette Island Fishery Reserve was created by a presidential 

 proclamation dated April 28, 1916, and includes certain waters sur- 

 rounding Annette Island and a number of smaller adjacent islands 

 in southeastern Alaska. The reserve was created for the benefit of 

 the Metlakatlans and other Alaskan natives in residence on these 

 islands. The use of the reserved waters for fishery purposes must be 

 in accordance with the general fisheries laws and regulations of the 

 United States as administered by the Secretary of Commerce. The 

 interests of the Metlakatlans and other natives on the islands in 

 question are looked after by the Bureau of Education, Department of 

 the Interior, in connection with the discharge of its general duties to 

 the natives of Alaska. 



The lease entered into by the Department of the Interior on May 

 4, 1916, with P. E. Harris for the operation of a cannery on Annette 

 Island, was rendered inoperative on account of the burning of the 

 cannery on May 17, 1916. A subsequent lease was accordingly 

 entered into with the Annette Island racking Co., Seattle, Wash. 

 The new lease provides for the use of a site for a salmon cannery and 

 for fish-trap rights. The lease runs for five years begmning with 1918. 

 In 1917 the lessees began the construction of the proposed cannery, 

 and canning operations are expected to begin in 1918. The lessees 

 pay an annual permit fee of SlOO for each fish trap erected on the 

 reserve and a royalty of 1 cent per salmon for all salmon taken in the 

 traps. Beginning with 1918, annual payments aggregating not less 

 than $6,000 are guaranteed by them. As far as practicable the 

 natives are to be employed for all fishery operations, exception being 

 made in certain instances where skilled labor is required. 



The lessees had the privilege of operating fish traps in the reserved 

 waters in 1917. For this privilege a payment of not less than $4,000 

 was guaranteed by them. According to information furnished by 

 the Bureau of Education, six traps were operated, resulting in a 

 take of 472,505 salmon. 



