ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1920. 31 
Fisuery License TAxres Cotiectep BY Trerrirory ror FiscAL YEAR ENpDrEp Dec, 
31, 1920. 
Schedule. Divletom, | Weerielon »f) Divison” asia: 
SANTO CAUNELION: en sine eee cleo lseceeds ces cee w ec sae $52, 460. 26 | $1, 260.94 | $88, 474.61 | $142, 195. 81 
GITIDI Pe GCADN OIG! co- mace ect ee ccc face panes anincwae'e TRO | oh eieinerstm ee 10 72. 05 
GibmicanTiGneSs=—. cc sgees saae Ann saeacins Daas ashe or uocsee QDS beac cces ses 58. 48 62. 06 
Saltemes and mild-cure plants. .2.255....-222.2.-.4.2- 923. 73 123. 25 4, 625, 14 5, 672. 12 
Hyco) 6, eS See ee en Ser ae en ee i are ODA SOON OOH se ee cece be 23, 500. 00 79, 300. 00 
Fish-oil works and fertilizer and fish-meal plants. ...... 18,190. 13 |. aaaccjesae0 1, 168. 00 19, 287. 73 
RU SLOLOPO IAI ES <5 ooo acpi s a oo moss nda s emirininencie TOS OUM Stan se ese 510. 00 2, 010. 00 
MURALI RTL EG Seer soe oe Soe we ce mnt Ce ene aeeieicin nic] weemminte =| chien came 100. 00 100. 00 
HN ga 9 elt he ae ee ee ee eee 128, 879.25 | 1,384.19 | 118, 436.33 | 248, 699. 77 
PCL NUIPU DR ne teeter ote trie vocetne tsissca nen slldosncesanae|sceceat at ies |snsseice oa ceie 700. 66 
SITIMUEH WH AlG PLOGUClS VAs te costes ee occas scales ce medswlisectececonclecrcebeceses 21, 696. 00 
Hanmaten delinquent canned:salmon'tax's:. $52 o255.24. i200. 2s ht. Se es oad esa cae 30, 000. 00 
OrreeHay OU eer eee ee ek tes Pe ee ag ceieel okt e ciemntiee sccm cedtawes| see Steraceus 301, 096. 43 
1 Additional tax of 1 per cent of their annual net incomes collected from salmon canneries (not possible to 
segregate by divisions). 
DESTRUCTION OF PREDATORY FISHES IN BRISTOL BAY REGION. 
During the season of 1920 the Bureau cooperated with salmon 
packers in the Bristol Bay region by organizing a force for the 
destruction of predatory fishes in certain waters of the district. 
Part of the expenses of the expedition were paid from a fund made 
up by the fishery companies and the governor of Alaska. Field 
Superintendent Dennis Winn, of the Bureau’s fish-cultural serv- 
ice, was in charge of the work. Mr. Winn’s report is as follows: 
In Seattle equipment was purchased and the services secured of J. W. Gard- 
ner, a practical fish-culturist, of the Bureau of Fisheries; A. T. Looff, of the 
College of Fisheries, University of Washington, who has had considerable 
experience in commercial fishing; and Harry Savage, a practical fisherman. 
All proved excellent men for the work to which they were assigned. Men and 
equipment were transported from Seattle on the Libby Maine, which vessel 
arrived at Bristol Bay on May 25, and we were put ashore at Libbyville the 
same evening. 
Our equipment was taken ashore at the cannery of the Naknek Packing Co. 
the evening of June 4, and the following morning we moved the entire equip- 
ment with supplies to the cannery of the Alaska-Portland Packers’ Associa- 
tion farther up the Naknek River, where it was divided into three lots, one 
for each location to be operated. Camps were established on the Upper 
Naknek River, Lake Aleknagik, and Iliamna Lake. Mr. Looff was in charge 
of the crew at Naknek, Mr. Savage at Aleknagik, and Mr. Gardner at 
Tliamna. Each camp was moved several times in order to facilitate the work, 
aS local conditions and possibilities were recognized. 
NAKNEK SECTION. 
Mr. Looff, taking with him his portion of the equipment, one white man and 
two Indians, was immediately transferred upriver, where camp was estab- 
lished that evening about 2 miles below the foot of the rapids. His opera- 
tions extended from the rapids to about 5 miles below the camp, near the 
mouth of Ralph River. But few trout were observed below that point. A 
spoon troll was used en route to the camp site, and several steelheads and 
one lake trout were caught, all above Ralph River. 
In making a survey of the vicinity we found we were late for the migrating 
salmon, arriving at the latter end of the period, which extended only through 
the month of May and early June. Good numbers of lake trout, however, were 
taken in the vicinity of our camp, these weighing from 6 to 12 pounds, and all 
had fish in their stomachs—young salmon, smelts, and whitefish. It is safe to 
