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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Parker 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  untU 
  August 
  6 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  

   Osgood 
  and 
  Preble 
  untU 
  August 
  30. 
  

  

  Their 
  report 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  on 
  January 
  23, 
  1915. 
  In 
  

   addition 
  to 
  taking 
  a 
  census 
  of 
  the 
  seal 
  herd, 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  study 
  was 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  elements 
  composing 
  the 
  herd, 
  and 
  recommenda- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  submitted 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  herd 
  and 
  its 
  

   products 
  both 
  from 
  biological 
  and 
  economic 
  standpoints. 
  Attention 
  

   also 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  primary 
  factors 
  affecting 
  the 
  adminis- 
  

   tration 
  of 
  the 
  islands, 
  including 
  the 
  native 
  inhabitants, 
  the 
  foxes, 
  

   reindeer, 
  sea 
  lions, 
  birds, 
  and 
  fishes. 
  

  

  The 
  Canadian 
  and 
  Japanese 
  Governments 
  also 
  sent 
  representatives 
  

   to 
  the 
  islands. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  Government 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   James 
  M. 
  Macoun 
  and 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Harmon, 
  and 
  the 
  Japanese 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  by 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  Kitahara. 
  

  

  PATROL 
  FOR 
  THE 
  PREVENTION 
  OF 
  PELAGIC 
  SEALING. 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  of 
  August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  provides 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  

   President 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  guard 
  or 
  patrol 
  to 
  be 
  maintained 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   frequented 
  by 
  the 
  seal 
  herd 
  or 
  herds 
  and 
  sea 
  otter, 
  in 
  the 
  protection 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  especially 
  interested, 
  to 
  be 
  composed 
  

   of 
  naval 
  or 
  other 
  public 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  designated 
  by 
  

   him 
  for 
  such 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  enactment 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  maintaining 
  the 
  required 
  

   patrol 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  exclusively 
  to 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  Revenue-Cutter 
  

   Service." 
  For 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  the 
  vessels 
  Tahoma, 
  Manning, 
  and 
  

   Unalga 
  were 
  selected 
  to 
  compose 
  the 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  fleet 
  for 
  this 
  duty. 
  

   Unalaska, 
  Alaska, 
  was 
  designated 
  as 
  headquarters 
  of 
  the 
  fleet. 
  The 
  

   commanding 
  officer 
  of 
  each 
  vessel 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  commanding 
  officer 
  

   of 
  the 
  fleet 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  the 
  patrol 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  an 
  efficient 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  throughout 
  the 
  season. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  patrol 
  work 
  

   for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  seal 
  and 
  the 
  sea 
  otter, 
  the 
  fleet 
  was 
  to 
  

   enforce, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  practicable, 
  the 
  laws 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  and 
  the 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  to 
  

   perform 
  other 
  duties 
  properly 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Revenue- 
  

   Cutter 
  Service. 
  ** 
  The 
  McCulloch 
  was 
  also 
  detailed 
  to 
  the 
  fleet 
  for 
  a 
  

   short 
  period, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  perfonn 
  any 
  duty 
  directly 
  connected 
  there- 
  

   with. 
  She 
  did, 
  however, 
  transport 
  from 
  Seattle 
  to 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  

   the 
  scientific 
  assistants 
  for 
  special 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  herds. 
  The 
  

   Bear, 
  while 
  not 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fleet, 
  transported 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  mail 
  

   and 
  supplies 
  from 
  Unalaska 
  to 
  the 
  Pribdofs. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  various 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  Re^^^enue-Cutter 
  

   Service 
  °' 
  rendered 
  invaluable 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  in 
  the 
  trans- 
  

   portation 
  of 
  mail, 
  supplies, 
  and 
  persons 
  and 
  of 
  fur-seal 
  and 
  fox 
  skins 
  

   from 
  the 
  islands 
  to 
  Seattle. 
  

  

  oThe 
  Revenue-Cutter 
  Service 
  was 
  combined 
  with 
  the 
  Life-Saving 
  Service 
  and 
  name 
  changed 
  to 
  

   Coast 
  Guard 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  Jan. 
  28, 
  1915. 
  

  

  