FISHERY 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. 
WATERS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL FISHING. 
It being deemed desirable by the department to designate certain 
waters as salmon-breeding reserves in southeast Alaska in addition 
to those previously selected for that purpose, a hearing was held at 
Seattle, Wash., October 1, 1915, in order to give persons interested 
an opportunity to present their views. 
The hearing further confirmed the department’s opinion as to the 
desirability of establishing these reserves, and under date of Octo- 
ber 25, 1915, an order was issued, to be effective January 1, 1916, for- 
bidding all fishing for salmon or other fishing in the prosecution of 
which salmon are taken or injured in the waters described as follows: 
1. All waters tributary to Barnes Lake, Prince of Wales Island. 
2. Hetta Creek, its tributary waters, and the region within 500 
yards of the mouth of said creek. 
3. Sockeye Creek, its tributary Boca de Quadra hatchery waters, 
and the region within 500 yards of the mouth of said creek. 
In addition to the waters affected by the order of October 25, 1915, 
there are, as a result of previous orders of the Secretary of Commerce, 
special limitations upon commercial fishing within the following 
described 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 
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