﻿nSHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  similar 
  reports 
  for 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  Alaska 
  is 
  

   here 
  considered 
  in 
  the 
  four 
  coastal 
  geographic 
  sections 
  generally 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  follows: 
  Southeast 
  Alaska, 
  embracing 
  all 
  that 
  narrow 
  

   strip 
  of 
  mainland 
  and 
  the 
  numerous 
  adjacent 
  islands 
  from 
  Portland 
  

   Canal 
  northwestward 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  Yakutat 
  Bay; 
  central 
  Alaska, 
  

   the 
  region 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  from 
  Yakutat 
  Bay 
  westward, 
  including 
  

   Prince 
  William 
  Sound, 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  and 
  Chignik; 
  western 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  

   shores 
  of 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  tributary 
  waters, 
  and 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  Bering 
  Sea; 
  

   and 
  arctic 
  Alaska, 
  all 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  Alaska 
  facing 
  on 
  or 
  tributary 
  

   to 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Ocean. 
  

  

  Detailed 
  reports 
  and 
  statistical 
  tables 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  

   fishery 
  industries 
  are 
  presented 
  herewith, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  given 
  the 
  

   important 
  features 
  of 
  certain 
  subjects 
  which 
  were 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  

   special 
  investigation 
  or 
  inquiry. 
  

  

  STREAMS 
  CLOSED 
  TO 
  COMMERCIAL 
  FISHING. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  of 
  meeting 
  a 
  threatened 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  salmon 
  or 
  other 
  fishes 
  is 
  by 
  closing 
  streams 
  or 
  waters 
  to 
  

   commercial 
  fishing, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  natural 
  spawning 
  grounds 
  will 
  not 
  

   be 
  disturbed 
  or 
  encroached 
  upon 
  by 
  fishermen. 
  Tliis 
  means 
  of 
  

   conserving 
  the 
  rich 
  fishery 
  resources 
  of 
  Alaska 
  has 
  been 
  adopted 
  wiih 
  

   success 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  instances 
  and 
  is 
  looked 
  upon 
  with 
  favor 
  by 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  interests 
  most 
  vitally 
  concerned, 
  as 
  limitations 
  along 
  this 
  line 
  

   are 
  recognized 
  as 
  being 
  essential 
  at 
  times 
  to 
  safeguard 
  the 
  industry. 
  

  

  In 
  pursuance 
  of 
  this 
  policy 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  closed 
  to 
  commercial 
  

   fishing 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  the 
  following 
  waters: 
  

   Wood 
  and 
  Nushagak 
  Rivers 
  in 
  western 
  Alaska; 
  in 
  central 
  Alaska 
  all 
  

   streams 
  flowing 
  into 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  Eyak 
  Lake, 
  and 
  a 
  limitation 
  on 
  

   fishing 
  in 
  Eyak 
  River; 
  and 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  Anan 
  Creek 
  and 
  

   Naha 
  Stream. 
  In 
  addition, 
  fishing 
  limitations 
  by 
  authority 
  of 
  

   Executive 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  apply 
  to 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

   Afognak 
  Reservation, 
  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  Reservation, 
  and 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  Stream. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future 
  a 
  few 
  additional 
  waters 
  will 
  

   be 
  set 
  aside 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  as 
  spawning 
  

   grounds 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  salmon 
  and 
  other 
  fishes 
  to 
  increase, 
  

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