FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 51 
The steamer Pavlof, belonging to the Pacific American Fisheries, 
struck an uncharted rock off the south end of Kodiak Island on Feb- 
ruary 17 and lost her propeller. A wireless call for assistance was 
sent to Kodiak, and in response thereto the power schooner Hunter 
sailed immediately to the relief of the distressed vessel. Before the 
schooner reached the steamer a hard wind from the north drove her 
ashore on Tagidak Island, where she became a total loss. The Pavlof 
was engaged in transporting material to Herendeen Bay, western 
Alaska, where a new cannery was to be built. 
MILD CURING OF SALMON. 
The continuance of the war through 1916 made it impossible to 
ship mild-cured salmon to Germany, which in normal times has been 
the chief market for this product. This state of affairs caused a 
pronounced conservatism upon the part of producers, as they 
were at a loss to know to just what extent conditions warranted a 
pack over and above the requirements of the domestic market. It is 
noteworthy, however, that more recent reports show a growing de- 
mand for mild-cured salmon in those European countries of which 
the markets are not closed on account of the war and that there is 
also a stronger call for this product in the United States. The re- 
sult has been reassuring, and conditions now indicate that the mild- 
cure industry will soon resume its normal proportions. 
The mild-cure industry of Alaska in 1916 was centered almost 
wholly in the southeastern district. No salmon were mild cured in 
the central district, while in the western district only 12 tierces were 
packed. The principal operators were the Columbia & Northern 
Fishing & Packing Co. and the Dalmeny Fish Co., at Wrangell; Fer- 
guson & Reichwein, at Craig; Hunter & Dickinson, at Washington 
Bay; Pacific Mild-Cure Co., at Hoonah, Port Conclusion, Taku River, 
Tyee, and Waterfall; Vendsyssel Packing Co., at Tyee and Klawak; 
and the Northland Trading & Packing Co., at Saginaw Bay and Port 
Alexander. ; 
The firm of Engelbr. Wiese (Inc.), which for a number of years had 
taken a leading position in the mild-cure industry of Alaska, was dis- 
solved in the spring of 1916, and its business was transferred to the 
Pacific Mild-Cure Co. 
The most important salmon-trolling grounds in the mild-cure 
industry have been in the waters near Port Conclusion, in the 
vicinity of Noyes Island and about Forrester Island. The last- 
named island is a Federal bird reserve under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Agriculture. Game Warden Willett of the Bureau 
of Biological Survey of that Department had charge of affairs on the 
island. It was reported that at no time were there more than 200 
fishermen camped on the island. During the early part of the sum- 
