18 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915. 
Supplementing the general regulations of the Department of Com- 
merce in respect to fishery operations within the reservation a num- 
ber of additional rules were put in force. Fishing at Malina was 
closed from 6 p. m. Saturday, June 26, to 6 a. m. Thursday, July 1; 
at Paramanof from 6 p. m. Saturday, July 10, to 6 a. m. Thursday, 
July 15. Litnik Bay and all that portion of Seal Bay locally known 
as Pauls Bay were closed throughout the season. Fishing gear was 
limited to seines and gill nets not exceeding 200 fathoms in length. 
Fishermen were required to keep the mouths of streams clear of all 
dories, skiffs, and other gear which would in any way tend to prevent 
the ascent of salmon to the spawning grounds, and they were directed 
to pew fish through the head only. 
For the season 79 licenses were issued authorizing commercial 
fishing. The Kadiak Fisheries Co., of Kodiak, was the only com- 
pany to secure fish taken, through arrangements with the licensees. 
Late in May this company selected crews from such men as were 
entitled to fish, fitted them out with gear, and transported them to 
the various field stations. In July and August when the fishing was 
at its height there were 14 crews engaged in the work. In the 
course of the season 6 localities were fished. 
The largest runs of sockeyes occurred at Malina in June and July. 
Seal Bay ranked second, with times of runs the same. Many red 
salmon, particularly at Malina, were prevented from entering their 
spawning grounds because of low water due to drought which threat- 
ened to dry up the streams. The fish returned to the ocean after 
making futile attempts to reach their spawning grounds, and when 
rain came in August swelling the streams they did not make a second 
appearance. Humpback salmon were taken quite generally in the 
waters of the reservation, Izhut and Paramanof Bays being most 
prolific. In August and September there was an unusual run of cohos. 
It was said that they were more numerous than at any other time 
since the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912, which inflicted severe 
damage on the fish life in this reservation. 
The catch of salmon in the commercial fisheries of Afognak waters 
for 1915 is shown, by localities and species, in the following table: 
CatTcH OF SALMON IN THE AFOGNAK RESERVATION, SEASON OF 1915.4 
wie Sock- | Hump- 
Localities. eyes. Hades: Cohos. Total. 
Malina asec ccis cess to saseo= == eee Se See ae ee at ee eree Soe ee 38, 298 14315 |Ps2oSe50- 39, 729 
Paramanolegeecce c= b Srasre come ne nee cie <aaierewicts ee aletaslats 15, 028 pean ty aes ee 24, 130 
ESTE Be Ys 5 cs Ona LAP pee ae RST Rie U7 perlite De De aoe Sa 26, 002 8,363 59 34, 424 
rit tlO\ ATG gmake Iss ckeee tnd lke sees eh een ee eee eee 10, 702 5, 393 5, 876 21,971 
I PANO RL ST NES at esse bose 355c GOGO US Co DOOR OSUR ODE Sent SonnduaEaoooe 1, 216 9) 130 jee 10, 346 
DaTiPer AB aye ESR raeas = toe che ce oot td tet ern ache tanels sefeals ot 14 4,075 3 4,092 
POUL Chic wthocacs teint s ceklos Sek oh sat een MEO e tate sane 91, 260 37, 494 5, 938 134, 692 
a Through inadvertence there were included in the corresponding table in the report for 1914 (Bureau 
of Fisheries document no. 819), 5 localities, viz, Eagle Harbor, English Bay, Kaluda, Kizhuyak, and 
Shuyak Island, which are not in the Afognak Reservation. 
