CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Page. 



Regular employees, Alaska service ^ 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 



Waters closed to commercial fishin<5 10 



Stream improvement 12 



Stream watchmen 12 



Alaska fishery intelligence service 13 



Fishery patrol Ij^ 



Bureau patrol boats 13 



Naval vessels 14 



Violations of fishery laws and regulations 15 



Fish piracy 21 



Territorial legislation 21 



Territorial license tax 22 



Territorial fish commission 23 



Predatory birds 23 



Aleutian Islands Reservation 24 



Afognak Reservation 25 



Annette Island Fishery Reserve 27 



Copper River fishery 27 



Yukon River fishery 29 



Central and western Alaska fishery 32 



Wood River census 33 



Salmon hatcheries 34 



Extent of operations 34 



Hatchery rebates 34 



Hatchery operations 35 



McDonald Lake 35 



Afognak 35 



Fortmann 36 



Quadra 36 



General statistics of the fisheries in 1919 36 



Salmon industry 38 



Salmon catch and forms of gear 39 



Salmon canning 41 



Changes in canneries 41 



New canneries 41 



Canneries not operated 42 



Total canneries operated 42 



Statistics 44 



Losses and disasters in salmon-canning industry 47 



Mild curing of salmon 48 



Salmon pickling 49 



Salmon freezing 51 



Fresh-salmon trade 51 



Dry salting of salmon 52 



Drying and smoking of salmon 52 



Salmon by-products 52 



Halibut fishery 53 



Statistical summary 53 



Herring fishery 54 



Statistical summary 54 



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