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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES^ 
  1913. 
  

  

  sources; 
  therefore 
  every 
  form 
  that 
  is 
  allowed 
  must 
  be 
  re^^ulated. 
  If 
  

   a 
  particular 
  kind 
  of 
  gear 
  is 
  not 
  susceptible 
  of 
  regulation, 
  or 
  is 
  less 
  

   susceptible 
  than 
  some 
  other, 
  that 
  other 
  is 
  to 
  that 
  extent 
  more 
  de- 
  

   desirable 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  supply. 
  It 
  is 
  upon 
  these 
  consid- 
  

   erations 
  that 
  the 
  Federal 
  Government 
  bases 
  its 
  chief 
  argument 
  in 
  

   behalf 
  of 
  traps. 
  The 
  trap 
  has 
  a 
  definite 
  location; 
  consequently 
  it 
  

   can 
  be 
  inspected 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  as 
  the 
  officers 
  know 
  where 
  to 
  find 
  it. 
  

   The 
  purse 
  seine 
  moves 
  constantly 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place; 
  therefore 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  impossible 
  for 
  the 
  Government, 
  with 
  present 
  facilities, 
  to 
  

   regidate 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  apparatus 
  — 
  a 
  regulation 
  most 
  essential 
  because 
  

   of 
  the 
  admitted 
  tendency 
  to 
  operate 
  purse 
  seines 
  in 
  prohibited 
  

   waters, 
  notably 
  entirely 
  across 
  stream 
  mouths, 
  and, 
  of 
  course, 
  without 
  

   detection. 
  A 
  purse 
  seine 
  can 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  and 
  get 
  

   away 
  unnoticed 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  catch 
  of 
  fish. 
  An 
  inspection 
  force 
  greatly 
  

   disproportionate 
  to 
  reasonable 
  requirements 
  in 
  such 
  matters 
  would 
  

   be 
  needed 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  seines. 
  

  

  Traps 
  are 
  in 
  operation 
  to-day 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  in 
  the 
  shad 
  

   fishery, 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  in 
  whitefish 
  operations, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   States 
  in 
  salmon 
  work. 
  In 
  regions 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  regulated, 
  and 
  

   are 
  opened 
  at 
  certain 
  times 
  to 
  let 
  fish 
  pass, 
  the 
  fishery 
  is 
  in 
  no 
  danger 
  

   of 
  extermination. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  fact 
  and 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  fisheries 
  everywhere, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  conceded 
  that 
  the 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  irreconcilable 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  purse-seine 
  and 
  fish-trap 
  con- 
  

   troversy 
  in 
  Alaska 
  emphasize 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  unbiased 
  legislation 
  

   and 
  regulation 
  of 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Federal 
  Government, 
  

   with 
  its 
  broader 
  vision, 
  can 
  alone 
  supply. 
  

  

  FEDERAL 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

   Streams 
  Closed 
  to 
  Commercial 
  Fishing. 
  

  

  The 
  canning 
  interests 
  in 
  general 
  agree 
  that 
  the 
  closing 
  of 
  streams 
  

   tributary 
  to 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  also 
  Eyak 
  Lake 
  and 
  stream, 
  Anan 
  Creek, 
  

   and 
  Naha 
  stream, 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  of 
  November 
  

   18, 
  1912, 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  excellent 
  move 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  Alaska's 
  

   fishery 
  resources. 
  

  

  As 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  1912 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  report, 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  

   closed 
  to 
  commercial 
  fishing, 
  by 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce, 
  or 
  by 
  Executive 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  President, 
  the 
  following 
  waters 
  : 
  

  

  Western 
  Alaska: 
  Wood 
  and 
  Nushagak 
  Rivers. 
  

  

  Central 
  Alaska: 
  All 
  streams 
  flowing 
  into 
  Cook 
  Inlet; 
  all 
  streams 
  on 
  

   Afognak 
  Island; 
  Eyak 
  Lake, 
  including 
  a 
  limitation 
  on 
  fishing 
  in 
  

   Eyak 
  River. 
  

  

  Southeast 
  Alaska: 
  Anan 
  Creek, 
  Naha 
  Stream, 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  and 
  Stream. 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  is 
  near 
  at 
  hand 
  when 
  it 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  

   of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska 
  to 
  close 
  other 
  streams 
  to 
  commercial 
  

  

  