TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 5 



.Salmon industry 6 



S Federal control of Fisheries (i 



General methods 6 



Trap fishing 6 



Trap sites 12 



Method of closing traps 14 



Purse seining 20 



Haul or beach seining 22 



Gill-netting 22 



Other fishing methods 22 



. Markers at stream mouths 24 



-- Close season districts 24 



Weekly close season 26 



Waters exempted from weekly closing 28 



Methods of canning 28 



~* Government inspection of cannery product 30 



Do-overs 32 



Mild curing 34 



Power-boat trolling 34 



Salmon salteries 36 



Closing streams to commercial fishing 36 



Obstructions in streams 42 



Natural enemies of salmon 48 



Halibut industry 54 



Codfish industry 58 



Herring industry 58 



Use of food fish for fertilizer and oil 62 



Whaling industry 62 



Trout 66 



Taxation 66 . 



Collection and use of taxes 68 



License tax on gear 68 



Districts for patrol system 68 



Vessels 70 



New vessels required 70 



Pay of officers and crew 72 



Albatross 74 



Hatchery work 74 



Private hatcheries 74 



^ Government hatcheries 82 



. More hatcheries needed 88 



Marked fish 88 



Disregard of fisheries laws 92 



Enforcement of the laws 92 



Labor questions - - ■ • 98 



Resident fishermen 98 



Alien and imported labor 102 



Indians and Aleuts 102 



Education of natives 104 



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Pollution 104 



Utilization of cannery waste 110 



Fur-bearing animals 110 



Control of fur-bearing animals 112 



Protective seasons 112 



Effect of existing laws on natives 112 



Propagation of fur-bearing animals 114 



Fox farms 114 



Island fox farms 116" 



Intensive (corral) fur-farming 118 



Illegal fox farming 121 



Aleutian Islands Reservation 122 



Need of a warden 124 



Pribilof Islands 124 



Natives 126 



Natives' houses 126 



Native beer and liquors 126 



Schools 128 



Wages, supplies, and rations 128 



Occupations 130 



Official records 130 



New offices and salaries 130 



Physicians 132 



Hospital stewards 132 



Need for a temporary dentist 132 



Officers' quarters 132 



Janitor service 134 



Seal meat 134 



Foxes 136 



Reindeer 136 



Possibility of cattle raising 136 



Roads for St. George Island 136 



Supply ship 136 



Aerial cable for unloading ships 138 



Lighters for unloading ships 138 



Midwinter supply ship 138 



Landing regulations 138 



Conclusions 140 



Addresses to natives 140 



Some needs of Alaska 146 



Charting and lighting Alaska's coast 146 



Are the fishing interests to leave the United States . . 146 . 



Coal and supply base 148 



Government wharf 148 



Wireless station at Unga 148 



Reindeer 153 



General summary 153 



Recommendations 153 



