36 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



In addition to the above funds, the sum of $150,000 was appro- 

 priated and made immediately available for the purpose of carrying 

 out the provisions of the act of April 21, 1910, which placed under the 

 Secretary of Commerce and Labor the administration of the fur-seal 

 islands and the preservation of the fur-bearing animals of Alaska. 



An itemized statement of expenditures authorized by the fore- 

 going appropriations will be made as required by law. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 

 REORGANIZATION OF PERSONNEL. 



The foregoing report exhibits briefly the rapid growth of the activi- 

 ties and responsibilities of the Bureau by natural accretion to lines of 

 work long established and by the addition of functions not contem- 

 plated when the present organization was adopted. The assignment 

 of new duties to the Bureau has made it necessary to impose them 

 upon persons whose time and attention were already fully taxed by 

 the natural development of their previous responsibilities, and it 

 therefore appears to be essential to the continued efficiency of the 

 Bureau that there should be a reorganization of the personnel. The 

 Alaska salmon service and the fur-seal service, now assigned to the 

 Bureau, both involving executive and police functions of an exacting 

 character, are administered by the Division of Scientific Inquiry, 

 from which it is desirable that they be separated. The original re- 

 quirements of the division are incompatible with the added functions, 

 and their continued administration by one person can only be at the 

 sacrifice of the efficiency of both. It is therefore recommended that 

 the present organization be augmented by the creation of a new 

 division to be known as the Division of Alaska Fisheries, with suffi- 

 cient additions to the present force to make its work effective. 



The United States has entered into certain treaty obligations in 

 respect to the waters adjacent to the Canadian boundary, whereby it 

 is proposed to assume international control of the fisheries in the 

 interest of their conservation and development. Regulations making 

 this agreement effective were submitted to the Senate but were re- 

 turned to the joint commissioners for further consideration. It is 

 assumed that they will be reduced to a satisfactory basis in the near 

 future, in which event the Bureau will find itself charged with enforc- 

 ing them. Should this be the case, since under the present organiza- 

 tion there is no provision for the discharge of this duty, it will be 

 necessary to provide a Division of International Fisheries. 



SALARIES AND PERSONNEL. 



The recommendations of the preceding fiscal year in reference to 

 the increase of the salaries attached to certain positions in its service 

 are renewed. Congress at its recent session increased the pay of low- 



