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  ALASKA 
  FISHEKIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES^ 
  1913. 
  

  

  vals 
  between 
  apparatus; 
  (5) 
  limiting 
  or 
  prohibiting 
  fishing 
  in 
  streams; 
  

   (6) 
  licensing 
  of 
  fishing 
  gear; 
  (7) 
  adequate 
  provisions 
  for 
  enforcement 
  

   of 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  Every 
  type 
  of 
  apparatus 
  must, 
  of 
  course, 
  be 
  operated 
  under 
  certain 
  

   restrictions 
  adapted 
  to 
  its 
  character. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  general 
  classes 
  

   of 
  fishing 
  gear, 
  namely, 
  fixed 
  and 
  mobile. 
  The 
  one 
  awaits 
  the 
  com- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  the 
  other 
  seeks 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  their 
  movements. 
  

   In 
  the 
  fij'st-namcd 
  class 
  is 
  the 
  trap. 
  In 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  the 
  purse 
  seine. 
  

   These 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  gear 
  operate 
  in 
  Alaska 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  restric- 
  

   tions 
  : 
  

  

  Fixed 
  gear: 
  It 
  is 
  prohibited 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  trap 
  (1) 
  in 
  any 
  stream 
  or 
  

   channel 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  width; 
  (2) 
  within 
  500 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  any 
  red-salmon 
  stream 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  wide; 
  (3) 
  in 
  any 
  

   stream 
  or 
  channel 
  of 
  over 
  500 
  feet 
  wide 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  the 
  

   distance 
  across 
  it; 
  or 
  (4) 
  in 
  any 
  place 
  within 
  600 
  yards 
  laterally 
  or 
  

   100 
  yards 
  endwise 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  fixed 
  fishing 
  appliance 
  (laterally 
  

   obviously 
  means 
  sidewise; 
  that 
  is, 
  along 
  the 
  shore). 
  

  

  Seines 
  and 
  other 
  movable 
  gear: 
  It 
  is 
  prohibited 
  (1) 
  to 
  set 
  any 
  

   seine 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  greater 
  than 
  one-third 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  any 
  stream, 
  

   estuary, 
  or 
  lagoon 
  (practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  trap, 
  except 
  

   the 
  trap 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  waters 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  wide; 
  the 
  seine 
  

   can 
  be 
  used 
  there 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  sweep 
  the 
  channel 
  for 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  greater 
  than 
  one-third 
  its 
  width) 
  ; 
  (2) 
  within 
  100 
  yards 
  outside 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  any 
  red-salmon 
  stream 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  

   feet 
  in 
  width; 
  (3) 
  to 
  operate 
  any 
  seine 
  or 
  other 
  appliance 
  within 
  100 
  

   yards 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  seine 
  or 
  fishing 
  appliance. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  for 
  red-salmon 
  streams 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  wide, 
  

   a 
  trap 
  must 
  remain 
  at 
  least 
  500 
  yards 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  and 
  a 
  

   seine 
  only 
  100 
  yards 
  away, 
  a 
  difference 
  of 
  400 
  yards 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  

   seine. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  statistics 
  of 
  gear 
  used 
  in 
  1911: 
  In 
  all 
  Alaska 
  there 
  

   were 
  263 
  seines, 
  1,734 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  152 
  traps. 
  In 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  

   the 
  section 
  most 
  concerned 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  discussion, 
  there 
  were 
  91 
  

   traps 
  which 
  caught 
  9,341,136 
  salmon, 
  or 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  102,649 
  per 
  

   trap. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  region 
  there 
  were 
  227 
  seines 
  which 
  caught 
  

   17,149,869 
  salmon, 
  or 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  75,546 
  per 
  seine. 
  The 
  surpris- 
  

   ing 
  feature 
  of 
  these 
  seasonal 
  figures 
  is 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  the 
  catch 
  

   of 
  each 
  purse 
  seine 
  was 
  within 
  27,000 
  salmon 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  each 
  trap. 
  

   But 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  more 
  seines 
  than 
  traps 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  by 
  

   seines 
  was 
  nearly 
  double 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  traps. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  figures 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1911. 
  During 
  1912 
  

   the 
  total 
  catch 
  in 
  Alaska 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  traps 
  was 
  19,921,000 
  salmon, 
  

   while 
  aU 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  gear 
  combined 
  caught 
  41,020,000. 
  This 
  is 
  

   32 
  per 
  cent 
  for 
  traps 
  and 
  68 
  per 
  cent 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  apparatus, 
  

   and 
  makes 
  a 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  61,000,000 
  salmon 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   during 
  1912. 
  

  

  