﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  the 
  Government 
  to 
  conserve 
  the 
  fur 
  resources 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  One 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  effect 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  quality 
  

   of 
  furs 
  shipped 
  from 
  the 
  Territory. 
  Several 
  large 
  buyers 
  of 
  Alaska 
  

   furs 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  improvement 
  has 
  been 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  per 
  cent. 
  This 
  

   was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  hunters 
  and 
  trappers 
  were 
  more 
  careful 
  

   to 
  observe 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  and 
  local 
  buyers 
  were 
  less 
  disposed 
  to 
  

   purchase 
  unprime 
  skins. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  inquiries 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  warden 
  and 
  the 
  deputy 
  

   wardens, 
  together 
  with 
  information 
  received 
  from 
  persons 
  interested 
  

   in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  resources 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  

   revising 
  the 
  regulations 
  promulgated 
  March 
  8, 
  1911, 
  was 
  shown. 
  

   Revised 
  regulations 
  were 
  accordingly 
  drafted 
  and 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  26, 
  1913. 
  The 
  prmcipal 
  changes 
  in 
  

   the 
  new 
  regulations 
  are: 
  (1) 
  The 
  close 
  season 
  on 
  sea 
  otter 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  November 
  1, 
  1920, 
  and 
  that 
  on 
  beaver 
  to 
  November 
  1, 
  

   1918; 
  (2) 
  minor 
  changes 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  and 
  close 
  seasons 
  for 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  fur 
  bearers; 
  (3) 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  

   bear 
  is 
  removed; 
  and 
  (4) 
  prohibition 
  is 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  taking 
  or 
  

   selling 
  of 
  unprime 
  skins. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  by 
  species 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  

   of 
  furs 
  shipped 
  from 
  Alaska 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  November 
  15, 
  1912: 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Average 
  

   value. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  value. 
  

  

  Bear, 
  black 
  

  

  Bear, 
  brown 
  

  

  Bear, 
  glacier 
  

  

  Bear, 
  polar 
  

  

  Beaver 
  

  

  Ermine 
  

  

  Fox, 
  black 
  

  

  Fox, 
  blue 
  

  

  Fox, 
  blue, 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  . 
  

  

  Fox, 
  cross 
  

  

  Fox, 
  red 
  

  

  Fox, 
  silver 
  gray 
  

  

  Fox, 
  white 
  

  

  Fox, 
  white, 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Hare, 
  Arctic 
  

  

  Lynx 
  

  

  Marten 
  

  

  Muskrat 
  

  

  Mink 
  

  

  otter, 
  land 
  

  

  otter, 
  sea 
  

  

  Eeindeer, 
  fawn 
  

  

  Seal, 
  fur 
  

  

  Seal, 
  hair 
  

  

  Squirrel 
  

  

  Wolf 
  

  

  Wolverine 
  

  

  69S 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  7,957 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  502 
  

  

  384 
  

  

  G03 
  

  

  8,018 
  

  

  lt2 
  

  

  3,108 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  2,720 
  

  

  12,999 
  

  

  123,925 
  

  

  31,363 
  

  

  1,480 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  3,764 
  

  

  333 
  

  

  611 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  189 
  

  

  S7. 
  50 
  

  

  9.00 
  

  

  15.00 
  

  

  40.00 
  

  

  10.00 
  

  

  1.36 
  

  

  600. 
  00 
  

  

  45.00 
  

  

  .56. 
  53 
  

  

  17.00 
  

  

  8.50 
  

  

  250. 
  00 
  

  

  12.50 
  

  

  17.29 
  

  

  .40 
  

  

  21.50 
  

  

  12.50 
  

  

  .40 
  

  

  4.50 
  

  

  14.00 
  

  

  200. 
  00 
  

  

  1.00 
  

  

  37. 
  .52 
  

  

  1.50 
  

  

  .08 
  

  

  9.00 
  

  

  10.00 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  S.5,212..50 
  

  

  171.00 
  

  

  75.00 
  

  

  300. 
  00 
  

  

  890.00 
  

  

  10,821.52 
  

  

  1,800.00 
  

  

  22, 
  590. 
  00 
  

  

  21,708.48 
  

  

  10,251.00 
  

  

  68,153.00 
  

  

  35, 
  500. 
  00 
  

  

  38,850.00 
  

  

  501.43 
  

  

  22.00 
  

  

  58,480.00 
  

  

  162,487.50 
  

  

  49,570.00 
  

  

  141,133.50 
  

  

  20, 
  720. 
  00 
  

  

  200. 
  00 
  

  

  4.00 
  

  

  141,290.32 
  

  

  499. 
  .50 
  

  

  48.88 
  

  

  927.00 
  

  

  1,890.00 
  

  

  794,156.63 
  

  

  