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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTBIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  A 
  detailed 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  capture 
  of 
  each 
  species 
  

   and 
  the 
  beginning 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  in 
  each 
  locaUty 
  is 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  following: 
  

  

  Fishing 
  Season 
  and 
  Apparatus, 
  Afognak 
  Reservation, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Localities. 
  

  

  Danger 
  Bay 
  

  

  Eagle 
  Harbor.. 
  

  

  Elia 
  Bay 
  

  

  P.nglish 
  Bay... 
  

  

  Kaliida 
  

  

  Kizhuyak 
  

  

  Little 
  Afognak. 
  

  

  Malina 
  

  

  Pararaanof 
  

  

  Seal 
  Bay 
  

  

  Shuyak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Sockeyes. 
  

  

  Gilled. 
  Seined 
  

  

  12,600 
  

  

  2,398 
  

  

  7,633 
  

  

  1,447 
  

  

  681 
  

  

  1,000 
  

   337 
  

  

  37 
  

  

  32,559 
  

  

  1,714 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  9,589 
  

  

  566 
  

  

  7,376 
  

  

  80, 
  196 
  

  

  31,460 
  

  

  22, 
  124 
  

  

  2,688 
  

  

  188, 
  354 
  

  

  Humpbacks. 
  

  

  Gilled. 
  Seined 
  

  

  18 
  

   1,128 
  

   1,130 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  2,291 
  

  

  2,423 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  2,149 
  

  

  38, 
  342 
  

  

  7,145 
  

  

  3,453 
  

  

  21,939 
  

  

  77 
  

  

  35, 
  179 
  

  

  110,769 
  

  

  Cohos. 
  

  

  Gilled. 
  Seined. 
  

  

  Ill 
  

  

  2, 
  399 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  349 
  

  

  2,863 
  

  

  Fishing 
  season- 
  

  

  Began. 
  Ended. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  14 
  

   June 
  2 
  

   July 
  24 
  

   Aug. 
  7 
  

   May 
  30 
  

   June 
  11 
  

   June 
  6 
  

   May 
  30 
  

   June 
  1 
  

   June 
  10 
  

   June 
  8 
  

  

  Aug. 
  14 
  

  

  Aug. 
  18 
  

  

  July 
  26 
  

  

  Aug. 
  16 
  

  

  Aug. 
  15 
  

  

  Aug. 
  22 
  

  

  Sept. 
  6 
  

  

  Aug. 
  22 
  

  

  Julv 
  30 
  

  

  Aug. 
  12 
  

  

  July 
  4 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  prevailing 
  rates 
  paid 
  for 
  salmon, 
  the 
  Afognak 
  catch 
  was 
  

  

  worth 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  approximately 
  $8,730, 
  or 
  $4,575 
  more 
  than 
  

  

  the 
  reported 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  1913 
  catch. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  taken 
  

  

  commercially 
  from 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  were 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  Kadiak 
  Fisheries 
  

  

  Co., 
  at 
  Kodiak. 
  One 
  buyer, 
  John 
  J. 
  Folstad, 
  attempted 
  to 
  take 
  

  

  Afognak 
  salmon 
  to 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Fidalgo 
  Island 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  

  

  Port 
  Graham, 
  but 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  the 
  venture 
  was 
  not 
  

  

  deemed 
  profitable. 
  

  

  HATCHERIES. 
  

  

  EXTENT 
  OF 
  OPERATIONS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  seven 
  salmon 
  hatcheries 
  were 
  operated 
  

   in 
  Alaska, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  were 
  Government 
  stations 
  and 
  five 
  were 
  con- 
  

   trolled 
  by 
  private 
  companies. 
  The 
  two 
  Federal 
  stations 
  are 
  located 
  

   at 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  and 
  on 
  Afognak 
  Island. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Afognak 
  

   hatchery 
  there 
  also 
  was 
  operated 
  a 
  smaU 
  field 
  station 
  for 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  eggs 
  at 
  Uganik, 
  on 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  Of 
  the 
  private 
  hatcheries, 
  

   the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  has 
  one 
  on 
  Naha 
  Stream 
  and 
  another 
  

   on 
  Karluk 
  River; 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  has 
  establishments 
  

   at 
  Quadra 
  and 
  at 
  Hetta 
  Lakes; 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Trading 
  & 
  

   Packing 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  Alaska 
  Salmon 
  Co. 
  operate 
  jointly 
  a 
  

   hatchery 
  at 
  Klawak. 
  

  

  The 
  Fortmann 
  hatchery 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  is 
  the 
  

   largest, 
  with 
  a 
  normal 
  capacity 
  of 
  110,000,000 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  

   Each 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  principal 
  Government 
  stations 
  are 
  capable 
  of 
  han- 
  

   dhng 
  about 
  72,000,000 
  eggs, 
  while 
  the 
  field 
  station 
  at 
  Uganik 
  has 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  3,000,000 
  eggs. 
  The 
  Karluk 
  hatchery 
  can 
  accommodate 
  

   comfortably 
  48,000,000; 
  Quadra, 
  18,000,000; 
  Hetta, 
  12,000,000; 
  and 
  

  

  