﻿nSHERY 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  

  

  By 
  Ward 
  T. 
  Bower 
  and 
  Harry 
  Clifford 
  Fasse 
  tt, 
  Assistant 
  Agents. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  similar 
  reports 
  for 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  Alaska 
  is 
  

   here 
  considered 
  in 
  the 
  four 
  coastal 
  geographic 
  sections 
  generally 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  follows: 
  Southeast 
  Alaska, 
  embracing 
  all 
  that 
  narrow 
  

   strip 
  of 
  mainland 
  and 
  the 
  numerous 
  adjacent 
  islands 
  from 
  Portland 
  

   Canal 
  northwestward 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  Yakutat 
  Bay; 
  central 
  Alaska, 
  

   the 
  region 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  from 
  Yakutat 
  Bay 
  westward, 
  including 
  

   Prince 
  William 
  Sound, 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  and 
  Chignik; 
  western 
  Alaska, 
  

   the 
  shores 
  of 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  tiibutary 
  waters, 
  and 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  Bering 
  

   Sea; 
  and 
  Arctic 
  Alaska, 
  all 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  Alaska 
  facing 
  on 
  or 
  

   tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Ocean. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  pages 
  are 
  given 
  not 
  only 
  detailed 
  reports 
  and 
  

   statii-itical 
  tables 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  fishery 
  industries, 
  but 
  

   there 
  are 
  presented 
  also 
  the 
  salient 
  features 
  from 
  reports 
  on 
  certain 
  

   subjects 
  which 
  were 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  special 
  investigation 
  or 
  inquiry. 
  

  

  TERRITORIAL 
  LEGISLATION. 
  

  

  The 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  of 
  August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  created 
  a 
  Territorial 
  legis- 
  

   lature 
  for 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  session 
  of 
  this 
  body 
  occurred 
  at 
  Juneau 
  

   during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  60 
  days 
  ending 
  May 
  1, 
  1913. 
  The 
  enabling 
  act 
  

   conferred 
  upon 
  the 
  legislature 
  various 
  powers 
  and 
  duties, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  imposed 
  certain 
  limitations, 
  among 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  proviso, 
  

   in 
  substance, 
  that 
  the 
  authority 
  granted 
  the 
  legi'^lature 
  to 
  alter, 
  

   amend, 
  modify, 
  and 
  repeal 
  laws 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  Alaska 
  should 
  not 
  extend 
  

   to 
  fisheries 
  laws 
  nor 
  to 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  providing 
  for 
  

   taxes 
  on 
  business 
  and 
  trade. 
  In 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  revenue 
  

   it 
  was 
  further 
  provided 
  that 
  all 
  taxes 
  shall 
  be 
  uniform 
  upon 
  the 
  same 
  

   class 
  of 
  subjects, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  levied 
  and 
  collected 
  under 
  general 
  

   laws, 
  and 
  assessments 
  shall 
  be 
  according 
  to 
  actual 
  value 
  thereof. 
  

  

  FISHERY 
  TAXES. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  authority 
  wliich 
  it 
  was 
  assumed 
  Congress 
  had 
  granted 
  

   in 
  the 
  enabling 
  act 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  Alaska 
  passed 
  a 
  general 
  revenue 
  

   measure 
  which 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  affects 
  the 
  fisheries 
  provides 
  — 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  tax 
  of 
  7 
  cents 
  per 
  case 
  on 
  red 
  and 
  king 
  salmon 
  and 
  one-half 
  

   cent 
  per 
  case 
  on 
  cohos, 
  pinks, 
  and 
  chums, 
  this 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   Federal 
  tax 
  of 
  4 
  Cents 
  per 
  case 
  on 
  all 
  species 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

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  16 
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