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  fishing, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  limit 
  either 
  the 
  season 
  or 
  form 
  of 
  gear, 
  or 
  both. 
  

   The 
  judicious 
  application 
  of 
  Federal 
  authority 
  along 
  these 
  lines 
  is 
  in 
  

   close 
  keeping 
  with 
  the 
  true 
  principles 
  of 
  conservation. 
  

  

  PATROL 
  IN 
  SOUTHEAST 
  ALASKA. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  while 
  salmon 
  fishing 
  in 
  

   southeast 
  Alaska 
  was 
  heaviest, 
  a 
  patrol 
  was 
  maintained 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  laws 
  and 
  regulations. 
  This 
  was 
  conducted 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  ex- 
  

   tensive 
  scale 
  than 
  heretofore. 
  The 
  Juneau 
  region 
  was 
  covered 
  

   chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  newly 
  purchased 
  fisheries 
  steamer 
  Osprey, 
  while 
  the 
  

   chartered 
  power 
  boats 
  Truth 
  and 
  Standard 
  operated 
  in 
  the 
  Ketchikan 
  

   and 
  Wrangell 
  regions, 
  respectively. 
  In 
  addition 
  the 
  launch 
  Lue 
  

   was 
  chartered 
  for 
  several 
  trips 
  in 
  the 
  Juneau 
  and 
  Icy 
  Strait 
  section, 
  

   while 
  a 
  patrol 
  of 
  waters 
  near 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  hatchery 
  was 
  maintained 
  by 
  

   a 
  small 
  launch 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  station. 
  During 
  the 
  50 
  days 
  or 
  so 
  

   of 
  active 
  patrol 
  work, 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  named 
  boats 
  logged 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  9,000 
  nautical 
  miles. 
  To 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  added 
  the 
  800 
  miles 
  

   covered 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  smaller 
  boats. 
  The 
  total 
  sum 
  chargeable 
  to 
  

   this 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  including 
  charter 
  of 
  boats, 
  salaries 
  of 
  regular 
  

   employees, 
  and 
  all 
  expenses, 
  is 
  approximately 
  $5,000. 
  

  

  All 
  told, 
  five 
  agents 
  and 
  deputies 
  were 
  engaged 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   heaviest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  season, 
  primarily 
  to 
  prevent 
  infractions 
  

   of 
  the 
  law, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  necessary 
  steps 
  to 
  appre- 
  

   hend 
  any 
  offenders. 
  Incidental 
  work 
  included 
  the 
  charting 
  of 
  

   traps 
  and 
  various 
  fishery 
  establishments, 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  laws 
  and 
  

   the 
  posting 
  of 
  notices 
  in 
  regard 
  thereto, 
  the 
  observance 
  of 
  salmon 
  

   runs 
  in 
  various 
  streams, 
  and 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  laws. 
  Visits 
  

   to 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  were 
  regarded 
  as 
  more 
  important 
  than 
  visits 
  to 
  

   canneries. 
  The 
  several 
  patrol 
  boats 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  move 
  each 
  day, 
  

   unless 
  detained 
  by 
  heavy 
  weather 
  or 
  for 
  other 
  good 
  cause, 
  daily 
  runs 
  

   varying 
  usually 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  150 
  miles 
  for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  boats. 
  

  

  Particular 
  attention 
  was 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  observance 
  of 
  the 
  weekly 
  close 
  

   season, 
  from 
  6 
  o'clock 
  Saturday 
  evening 
  until 
  6 
  o'clock 
  Monday 
  morn- 
  

   ing, 
  both 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  proper 
  closing 
  of 
  traps 
  and 
  the 
  cessation 
  of 
  

   fishing 
  by 
  seines 
  and 
  gill 
  nets. 
  There 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  a 
  constant 
  ten- 
  

   dency 
  of 
  seiners 
  and 
  others 
  to 
  haul 
  their 
  nets 
  entirely 
  across 
  the 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  streams, 
  a 
  practice 
  contrary 
  to 
  law. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  who 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   Juneau 
  last 
  spring 
  before 
  the 
  joint 
  fisheries 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  legisla- 
  

   ture, 
  nearly 
  every 
  one 
  freely 
  admitted 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  frequent 
  viola- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  law, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  operating 
  nets 
  entirely 
  

   across 
  stream 
  mouths, 
  and 
  often 
  fish 
  were 
  driven 
  dr^wnstream 
  from 
  

   spawning 
  beds 
  into 
  the 
  nets 
  waiting 
  below. 
  They 
  said 
  this 
  was 
  due 
  

   largely 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  with 
  but 
  one 
  fisheries 
  agent 
  looking 
  after 
  all 
  

  

  