8 FISHEET AND FUE INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



Inspection of the fisheries about Chignik Bay, AHtak, and Karluk 

 had to be omitted, the inspector in this region being busily engaged 

 during the season superintending the fishing operations of the 

 natives of the Afognak reservation, who, under authority of the 

 Department, were permitted to fish for commercial purposes in the 

 waters of the resei-vation. Assistant Salmon Agent Ward T. Bower 

 spent the season in southeast Alaska visiting as many of the fisheries,, 

 canneries, and salteries as possible, and all the salmon hatcheries. 

 He was able to make one trip to Yakutat and Prince William Sound. 



It is regretted that it was not possible to visit the Yukon region or 

 Arctic Alaska, in which it is learned from incomplete data that 

 fisheries of importance are developing. 



COMPLAINTS AND PROSECUTIONS. 



One of the functions of the Alaska Fisheries Service is the enforce- 

 ment of the law and regulations. In the exercise of this duty, not- 

 withstanding the lack of adequate facilities and means to cover the 

 field thoroughly, several prosecutions were instituted during 1912. 



On Sunday, July 28, 1912, when the assistant salmon agent was 

 on an inspection trip accompanied by the district attorney, a trap 

 of the Alaska Packers Association located on the west shore of 

 Gravina Island was found to be fishing contrary to t-he provisions 

 of the weekly closing law. At the special October term of the dis- 

 trict court held at Ketchikan, the grand jury returned a joint in- 

 dictment against the Alaska Packers Association, a corporation, 

 owner of the trap, and W. E. Ludy, the watchman having the trap 

 in charge at the tune named in the indictment. Action in the case 

 was continued until the spring term of court. 



On Sunday, August 4, 1912, one of the Bureau's deputies discov- 

 ered a floating trap of the Alaska Pacific Fisheries, located ne:ir the 

 entrance to Yes Bay, to be fishing. The watchman, A. Cailson, 

 was arrested and given a preliminary hearing before the United 

 States commissioner at Ketchikan. He was released, the evidence 

 then adduced not being deemed sufficient to warrant binding over 

 to the grand jury. However, at the October term of the district 

 court at Ketchikan, the grand jury investigated the matter, and a 

 true bill was returned against the Alaska Pacific Fisheries, a cor- 

 poration, owner of the trap, and against A. Carlson, watchman. 

 The case has not yet come to trial. 



In November, 1911, M. Kono and 20 other Japanese were arrested 

 for fishing for herring on Sunday in the waters of Yes Bay. They 

 were released upon cash bail in the sum of $1,000. During May, 

 1912, the grand jury at Ketchil^an returned a true 1>l11 against these 

 21 defendants. At the same term of court at which the indictment 



