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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  80 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  if 
  efficient 
  service 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  rendered. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  

   six 
  boats 
  herein 
  suggested 
  will 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  $90,000^ 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  only 
  for 
  

   most 
  urgent 
  requirements. 
  If 
  the 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  patrol 
  work 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  efficient 
  basis 
  that 
  obtains 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  for 
  

   example, 
  several 
  additional 
  vessels 
  are 
  necessary. 
  

  

  VIOLATIONS 
  OF 
  LAWS 
  AND 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  duties 
  placed 
  by 
  Congress 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  in 
  its 
  work 
  in 
  Alaska 
  is 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   laws 
  and 
  regulations. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   interests 
  that 
  careful 
  observance 
  of 
  aU 
  requirements 
  is 
  the 
  general 
  

   rule, 
  but 
  at 
  times 
  there 
  have 
  occurred 
  violations 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   serious 
  nature, 
  usually 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  acts 
  of 
  irresponsible 
  employees. 
  

   In 
  the 
  cases 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  handled 
  this 
  season, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  

   had 
  the 
  very 
  helpful 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  attorneys 
  and 
  

   marshals. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  patrol 
  carried 
  on 
  last 
  summer 
  in 
  the 
  

   Juneau 
  region, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  traps 
  

   inspected 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  a 
  status 
  constituting 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  

   weekly 
  closing 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  law. 
  These 
  traps 
  were 
  so 
  constructed 
  

   as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  comply 
  fuUy 
  with 
  the 
  requirement 
  to 
  

   lift 
  or 
  lowering 
  25 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  pot, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  per- 
  

   mit 
  the 
  free 
  and 
  unobstructed 
  passage 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  other 
  fishes. 
  

   In 
  some 
  instances 
  traps 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  taking 
  fish, 
  although 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  be 
  closed. 
  Evidence 
  obtained 
  by 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  

   laid 
  before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  attorney 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  Au- 
  

   gust 
  the 
  grand 
  jury 
  at 
  Juneau 
  returned 
  13 
  indictments 
  involving 
  

   57 
  counts 
  against 
  7 
  companies. 
  These 
  cases 
  were 
  tried 
  at 
  Juneau 
  in 
  

   the 
  fall 
  of 
  1914, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  results: 
  Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  

   Storage 
  Co., 
  1 
  indictment 
  for 
  4 
  counts, 
  resulting 
  in 
  a 
  verdict 
  of 
  

   guilty 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $400; 
  Thlinket 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  3 
  indictments 
  for 
  15 
  

   counts, 
  the 
  result 
  being 
  guilty; 
  Tee 
  Harbor 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  1 
  indictment 
  

   involving 
  2 
  counts, 
  guilty 
  on 
  1 
  count, 
  not 
  guilty 
  on 
  the 
  other; 
  

   Glacier 
  Fisheries 
  Co., 
  2 
  ijidictments 
  involving 
  7 
  counts, 
  guilty 
  on 
  

   aU 
  counts; 
  Pacific 
  American 
  Fisheries, 
  2 
  indictments 
  involving 
  20 
  

   counts, 
  verdict 
  not 
  guilty; 
  Astoria 
  & 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  Canning 
  Co., 
  2 
  

   indictments 
  for 
  6 
  counts, 
  verdict 
  not 
  guilty; 
  and 
  Alaska 
  Pacific 
  Fish- 
  

   eries, 
  1 
  indictment 
  for 
  3 
  counts, 
  verdict 
  guilty. 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  Juneau 
  on 
  June 
  23 
  that 
  a 
  fisherman 
  by 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  Carlin 
  had 
  violated 
  the 
  fisheries 
  law 
  by 
  fishing 
  at 
  Taku 
  

   between 
  6 
  p. 
  m. 
  Saturday, 
  June 
  6, 
  and 
  6 
  a. 
  m. 
  Monday, 
  June 
  8. 
  An 
  

   investigation 
  developed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  Carlin 
  had 
  been 
  using 
  his 
  gill 
  

   net 
  iUegaUy. 
  He 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner's 
  

   court 
  at 
  Juneau, 
  where, 
  owing 
  to 
  extenuating 
  circumstances, 
  a 
  fine 
  

   of 
  but 
  $10 
  and 
  costs 
  was 
  imposed, 
  with 
  a 
  warning 
  that 
  a 
  second 
  

   offense 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  so 
  leniently. 
  

  

  