16 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915. 
Valuable assistance was rendered the Bureau by the Alaska Packers 
Association and the Alaska-Portland Packers’ Association in connec- 
tion with the census work. 
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS RESERVATION. 
The Aleutian Islands Reservation was created by an Executive 
order of March 3, 1913. It embraces all islands of the Aleutian chain, 
including Unimak and Sannak Islands on the east, and extending to 
and including Attu Island on the west. By the terms of the Execu- 
tive order the islands within the reservation are reserved and set apart 
as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds, for the propaga- 
tion of reindeer and fur-bearmg animals, and for the encouragement 
and development of the fisheries. Provision is made that the estab- 
lishment of the reservation shall not interfere with the use of the 
islands for lighthouse, military, or naval purposes, or with the exten- 
sion of the work of the Bureau of Education on Unalaska and Atka 
Islands. Jurisdiction in respect to the reservation was placed with 
the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce. The jomt regula- 
tions, effective March 15, 1914, promulgated by the two departments, 
are still operative. They are as follows: 
1. In compliance with existing laws and to carry out the objects of the Executive 
order establishing the reservation, all matters relating to wild birds and game and 
the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals will be under the immediate 
jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture; all matters pertaining specifically to 
the fisheries and all aquatic life, and to the killing of fur-bearing animals, will be 
under the immediate jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce; and all matters 
other than those specifically mentioned above will be under the joint jurisdiction of 
we Departments of Agriculture and Commerce. 
. Persons residing within the limits of the reservation on March 3, 1913, will be 
ane to continue to so reside, and to carry on any lawful business aD interfering 
with the purposes of the reservation. 
3. Residents of the reservation desiring to engage in commercial fishing, or the 
hunting, trapping, or propagation of fur-bearing animals or game animals, must first 
secure a permit to do so. 
4. Anyone desiring to enter the reservation for the purpose of fishing, hunting, 
trapping or propagating fur-bearing animals or game animals, or engaging in com- 
mercial fishing, salmon canning, salmon salting, or otherwise curing or utilizing fish or 
other aquatic products, or for the purpose of engaging in any lawful business, must 
first obtain a permit to do so. 
5. Whenever, in the propagation of fur-bearing animals, it shall be found to be 
necessary to kill such of these animals as interfere with the work of the Department of 
Agriculture in this behalf, they may be killed under the supervision of said depart- 
ment, and no permit will be required therefor. 
6. Fishery permits——Application for permission to engage in fishing or fishery 
operations should give full information on the. following points: Name and permanent 
address of the person or company desiring the permit; character of business proposed, 
whether fishing, canning, salting, or otherwise curing fish or other aquatic products; . 
character and extent of proposed plant and its location; method and extent of the 
fishing proposed, place or places where fishing is to be carried on, and when active 
operations are to begin. 
