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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUE 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  complaints 
  were 
  filed 
  at 
  Cordova 
  against 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  

   Fisheries 
  Co. 
  for 
  (a) 
  canning 
  fish 
  after 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  48 
  hours, 
  

   (h) 
  seining 
  within 
  100 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  moutli 
  of 
  a 
  red-salmon 
  stream 
  less 
  

   than 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  width, 
  (c) 
  seining 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  the 
  way 
  

   across 
  an 
  estuary, 
  (d) 
  seining 
  less 
  than 
  100 
  yards 
  from 
  a 
  net 
  already 
  

   set, 
  and 
  (e) 
  waste 
  of 
  fish. 
  The 
  company 
  pleaded 
  guilty 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   five 
  charges, 
  and 
  fines 
  and 
  costs 
  amounting 
  to 
  SlOO 
  for 
  each 
  charge 
  

   were 
  imposed. 
  

  

  This 
  season 
  16 
  indictments 
  were 
  returned 
  and 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  

   court 
  at 
  Valdez 
  against 
  the 
  Northwester;! 
  Fisheries 
  Co., 
  Libby, 
  

   McNeill 
  & 
  Libby, 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association, 
  and 
  the 
  Fidalgo 
  

   Island 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  charging 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  wanton 
  waste 
  of 
  salmon 
  

   and 
  other 
  food 
  fishes 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  then- 
  canneries 
  at 
  Port 
  Graham, 
  Kenai, 
  and 
  Kasilof, 
  The 
  

   companies 
  were 
  cited 
  to 
  appear 
  and 
  answer 
  the 
  indictments 
  in 
  April, 
  

   1915. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  7 
  Henry 
  Vesta 
  d 
  and 
  Charles 
  Peterson 
  were 
  found 
  fishing 
  

   in 
  Wood 
  River, 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  Department's 
  order 
  of 
  December 
  

   19, 
  1907, 
  closing 
  the 
  stream 
  to 
  commercial 
  fishing. 
  A 
  complaint 
  

   was 
  filed 
  before 
  the 
  local 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner 
  and 
  each 
  was 
  

   fined 
  SI, 
  they 
  also 
  paid 
  costs 
  amounting 
  to 
  186.80. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  the 
  case 
  

   against 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Pacific 
  Fisheries 
  and 
  A. 
  Carlson, 
  owner 
  and 
  

   watchman, 
  respectively, 
  of 
  a 
  trap 
  charged 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  fishing 
  

   illegally 
  at 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  on 
  Sunday, 
  August 
  4, 
  1912, 
  was 
  dismissed. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  interior 
  Alaska 
  but 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  thought 
  is 
  given 
  

   the 
  general 
  fisheries 
  laws 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  Territory 
  which 
  are 
  

   equally 
  as 
  applicable 
  there 
  as 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  Prospectors, 
  espe- 
  

   cially, 
  are 
  quite 
  apt 
  to 
  set 
  nets 
  entirely 
  across 
  small 
  streams 
  for 
  a 
  

   few 
  days 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  catch 
  grayling. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  

   freeze-up 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  occurrence; 
  the 
  fish 
  may 
  then 
  be 
  frozen 
  

   and 
  kept 
  all 
  winter 
  if 
  necessary. 
  Though 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  particularly 
  

   injurious 
  practice, 
  it 
  is 
  nevertheless 
  contrary 
  to 
  law 
  to 
  thus 
  set 
  nets 
  

   entirely 
  across 
  streams 
  or 
  other 
  waters. 
  Sometimes 
  nets 
  or 
  fish 
  

   wheels 
  are 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  to 
  catch 
  salmon. 
  

   This 
  is 
  more 
  often 
  done 
  by 
  Indians. 
  Such 
  violations 
  are 
  due 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  ignorance 
  of 
  the 
  law, 
  and 
  those 
  concerned 
  willingly 
  com- 
  

   ply 
  with 
  the 
  requirements 
  when 
  brought 
  to 
  their 
  attention. 
  

  

  TRAP 
  VERSUS 
  OTHER 
  FORMS 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GEAR. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  considerable 
  unfavorable 
  criticism 
  in 
  Alaska 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  traps, 
  for 
  the 
  alleged 
  reason 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  depleting 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  fisheries. 
  This 
  criticism 
  appears 
  very 
  largely 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  

   to 
  misapprehension, 
  for, 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  when 
  traps 
  are 
  properly 
  

   regulated 
  and 
  the 
  operators 
  observe 
  the 
  law 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  closing 
  

  

  