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Alaska-Portland Packers’ Association. The former furnished the 
entire equipment necessary for making the count, and the latter 
provided a tug for towing it to the lake. The Alaska Salmon Co. 
furnished a light skiff for use in making investigations on the lake. 
» ALEUTIAN ISLANDS RESERVATION. 
The Aleutian Islands Reservation, which was created by an 
Executive order of March 3, 1913, includes all the islands of the 
Aleutian Chain, together with Unimak and Sannak Islands. The 
reservation is set apart as a preserve and breeding ground for native 
birds, for the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals, and 
for the encouragement and development of the fisheries. These 
purposes, however, are not to interfere with the use of the islands 
for lighthouse, military, or naval uses or with the extension of the 
work of the Bureau of Education on Unalaska and Atka Islands. 
The reservation is jointly under the jurisdiction of the Departments 
of Agriculture and Commerce. The joint regulations effective 
March 15, 1914, promulgated by the two departments are still 
operative. Although the regulations provide that residents of the 
reservation desiring to engage in commercial fishing must first secure 
a permit, it is not the intention to require such permits from native 
residents of the reservation who take limited quantities of fish for 
local sale in addition to such fish as they may take for their own 
domestic purposes. 
In 1916 six permits were issued for fishery operations in the 
Aleutian Islands Reservation. One of these was for the establish- 
ment of a cod-salting station on Tigalda Island; another was for the 
salting of salmon in the vicinity of Umnak Island; another related 
to the taking of Atka mackerel or greenlings in the vicinity of Attu 
Island and red salmon in the vicinity of Umnak Island; and the 
three remaining permits were for the operation of salmon canneries, 
one to be on Unalaska Island and the other two on the eastern end 
of Unimak Island. A feature of all permits is that in so far as pos- 
sible employment must be given to native residents of the reserva- 
tion. All permits have been made revocable at the pleasure of the 
Secretary of Commerce. 
Since issuing these permits the Department has decided that on 
account of the small size of the streams to which salmon run within 
the reservation, and in view of the necessity of insuring a sufficient 
number of salmon for food for the natives, it will be necessary to 
withhold for a time the issuance of further permits for salmon- 
fishing operations. 
