48 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 



in the prosecution of which salmon are taken or injured, in the Yukon River and all 

 tributary waters, and in all waters of its delta to and including the area 500 yards 

 outside each mouth or slough of the delta at mean high tide, be and is hereby made 

 subject to the following limitations and prohibitions in addition to the general restric- 

 tions already applicable by \drtue of existing laws and regulations: 



1. That in 1919, and in each year thereafter unless otherwise ordered in the manner 

 prescribed by law, not to exceed 30,000 cases (48 one- pound cans permease, or the 

 equivalent thereof) of canned salmon, 1,000 barrels (200 pounds net weight each) of 

 pickled or hard-salted salmon, and 200 tierces (800 pounds net weight each) of mild- 

 cured salmon, of all species, shall be prepared for commercial purposes or export; 

 these quantities to be apportioned, after a conference with the local representative of 

 the Bureau of Fisheries, as equitably as practicable among the persons or companies 

 with established plants. Promptly at the end of each calendar week each indi\adual 

 or company shall submit a statement to the said representative of the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries showing the number of cases, barrels, and tierces of salmon thus prepared to date, 

 and shall submit also a record of the number of salmon of each species taken daily. 



2. That no salmon to be prepared by canning, pickling, or mild curing for shipment 

 from Alaska shall be caught above the junction of the Clear River with the Yukon 

 River near Andreafski. 



3. That commercial fishing in the waters of the Yukon delta shall ])e limited to 

 Kwikluak Pass, commonly known as the south mouth or channel. 



4. That the use of traps or pound nets in the Yukon River and its delta is prohibited. 



5. That no gill net, seine, or other net used in the Yukon River and its delta shall ex- 

 ceed 700 feet in length. 



6. That all commercial fishing, except for local requirements, is prohibited after 

 August 31 of each year. 



This order becomes effective January 1, 1919. 



PRIVATE SALMON HATCHERIES. 



In conformity with law, the two private salmon hatcheries 

 operated by canning companies in southeastern Alaska have been 

 inspected, their methods have been approved, and the issuance of 

 tax rebate certificates has been recommended. The hatcheries 

 on Naha Stream and Quadra Lake liberated 35,057,000 red-salmon 

 fry in the year ending June 30, 1919, and were entitled to remission 

 of taxes to the amount of $14,022.80. A third private hatchery, 

 on Hetta Lake, was not running in the year named. 



The conditions under which the private salmon hatcheries were 

 established and have since been allowed a rebate of taxes in pro- 

 portion to the number of red-salmon fry hatched and planted no 

 longer carry weight. The owners should be relieved of this respon- 

 sibility, and such hatcheries as may be necessary should be Govern- 

 ment owned and operated. The existing hatcheries, if found desir- 

 able, should be taken over by the Government at a fair valuation. 



COMMERCIAL FISHING IN ALASKAN RESERVATIONS. 



During the fiscal year 1919, the Secretary of Commerce, on the 

 recommendation of the Bureau, issued five permits for fishing 

 operations in the Aleutian Islands Reservation, pursuant to the 

 regulations issued jointly by the Departments of Commerce and 

 Agriculture under the terms of the Executive order of March 3, 1913. 

 The number of such permits in force on June 30, 1919, was 24. 



In the Afognak Reservation licenses were issued to about 45 

 natives who desired to engage in commercial salmon fishing. They 

 made a fair catch and had good financial returns owing to the action 

 of the Food Administration in fixing the price of salmon at a higher 

 figure than the natives had ever before received. The number of 

 salmon taken was 126,700, of which 70,790 were humpbacks and 



