﻿KEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  FISHEEIES. 
  75 
  

  

  limited 
  to 
  approximately 
  300, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  power 
  boats 
  to 
  

   25. 
  The 
  fishery 
  problem 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  however, 
  is 
  the 
  competition 
  

   between 
  the 
  power 
  boat 
  and 
  the 
  rowboat 
  fishermen, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  

   the 
  native 
  Indians, 
  who 
  are 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  disadvantage 
  against 
  the 
  more 
  

   efficient 
  equipment 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  men. 
  Some 
  lawlessness 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  power-boat 
  men, 
  moreover, 
  and 
  dissatisfaction 
  with 
  the 
  warden, 
  

   compUcated 
  the 
  situation, 
  creating 
  hardship 
  to 
  the 
  natives, 
  and 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  unsatisfactory, 
  even 
  unsafe, 
  conditions. 
  Regarding 
  the 
  power 
  

   boat 
  and 
  the 
  hand 
  trollers 
  as 
  irreconcilable 
  elements 
  inider 
  existing 
  

   conditions, 
  the 
  investigator 
  recommends 
  the 
  elimination 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  

   boats, 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  good 
  to 
  the 
  greatest 
  number. 
  

  

  Attention 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  

   locality, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  king 
  salmon 
  is 
  chief. 
  Since 
  copepods 
  constitute 
  

   the 
  principal 
  or 
  only 
  diet 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  launce, 
  black 
  cod, 
  and 
  herring, 
  

   which 
  in 
  turn 
  are 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  salmon, 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  obvious 
  

   that 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  copepods 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  unsolved 
  

   problems 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  As 
  this 
  migration 
  

   IS 
  far 
  more 
  definite, 
  clean-cut, 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  modifying 
  influences 
  

   in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Forrester 
  Island 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  it 
  is 
  strongly 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  that 
  thorough 
  and 
  exact 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  subject 
  be 
  made. 
  

  

  The 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  the 
  vast 
  potential 
  

   supplies 
  of 
  aquatic 
  products 
  which 
  are 
  mvolved 
  in 
  the 
  conservation 
  

   of 
  tlie 
  fishery 
  resources 
  merit 
  the 
  expenditure 
  of 
  much 
  larger 
  sums 
  

   than 
  have 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  provided. 
  The 
  weighty 
  responsibility 
  imposed 
  

   on 
  the 
  Bureau 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  industry 
  makes 
  it 
  the 
  urgent 
  

   duty 
  of 
  Congress 
  to 
  grant 
  the 
  necessary 
  personnel 
  and 
  other 
  facilities. 
  

  

  A 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Alaskan 
  fisheries 
  

   has 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  a 
  special 
  report. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  here 
  that 
  in 
  

   1913 
  this 
  industry 
  gave 
  employment 
  to 
  upward 
  of 
  21,700 
  persons, 
  

   including 
  over 
  4,000 
  natives; 
  the 
  in 
  vestment 
  in 
  fishing 
  property 
  

   exceeded 
  $37,000,000, 
  of 
  which 
  $34,953,000 
  represented 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   industry; 
  and 
  the 
  products 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  about 
  $15,740,000. 
  The 
  

   yield 
  of 
  salmon 
  aggregated 
  59,915,000 
  fish, 
  from 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  

   prepared 
  3,739,000 
  cases 
  of 
  canned 
  fish, 
  valued 
  at 
  $13,531,000, 
  and 
  

   miscellaneous 
  products, 
  valued 
  at 
  $917,000. 
  Fewer 
  canneries 
  were 
  in 
  

   operation 
  than 
  m 
  1912, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  yield 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  canned 
  ouput. 
  

  

  Five 
  private 
  salmon 
  hatcheries 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913, 
  

   and 
  these 
  liberated 
  77,997,000 
  fry 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  salmon. 
  This 
  output 
  

   earned 
  for 
  canners 
  tax 
  exemptions 
  on 
  canned 
  fish 
  aggregatmg 
  $31,197 
  

   in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1913. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  AFFAIRS 
  AND 
  RELATIONS. 
  

  

  NEW 
  ESTABLISHMENTS. 
  

  

  A 
  site 
  has 
  been 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  fish-cultural 
  station 
  in 
  Utah 
  

   at 
  Springville, 
  Utah 
  County, 
  and 
  steps 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  looking 
  to 
  

   the 
  acc][uisition 
  of 
  the 
  property. 
  

  

  Preliminary 
  inquhies 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  regarding 
  possible 
  site^ 
  for 
  

   the 
  new 
  fish-cultural 
  station 
  authorized 
  for 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  The 
  State 
  

   legislature 
  at 
  its 
  last 
  session 
  passed 
  an 
  act 
  giving 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  and 
  his 
  duly 
  authorized 
  agents 
  the 
  right 
  

   to 
  conduct 
  aU 
  needed 
  operations 
  m 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  