10 THE FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



important subdivisions, namely, the fur-seal service and the salmon 

 service. The fur-seal service has to do with all matters pertaining to 

 the administration and maintenance of the fur-seal fishery of Alaska and 

 to the control of the Pribilof Islands, including the taking and marketing 

 of the sealskins, an important source of revenue to the Federal Govern- 

 ment. The fisheries service is charged with the enforcement of the laws 

 and the regulations relating to the salmon and other fisheries of Alaska, 

 and with the inspection of fisheries, canneries, salteries, hatcheries, and 

 other similar establishments. 



The work of the bureau, particularly in the field of fish culture, is 

 supplemented by the various State fish and game commissions. 



FISHERY COLLEGES. 



' Provision is made at two universities in the United States, namely the 

 University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., and Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for the training of students to enter the 

 fisheries, including the commercial, fish-cultural, and biological fields. 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., provides a course in fish culture in 

 . connection with its college of agriculture. 



AMERICAN MARKETS. 



The foregoing pages have revealed something of the extent of the 

 fishing industry of the United States. To maintain this industry the 

 United States is amply supplied with manufacturers of cordage, twine, 

 canning machinery and supplies, shipyards, cold-storage and ice equip- 

 ment, sportsmen's supplies, and other requirements of the fisheries. Jn 

 addition, the production of the fishery products is of sufficient magnitude 



to enable it to engage in a large fishery export trade. 







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