﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

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  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska 
  is 
  concerned 
  no 
  serious 
  violations 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  laws 
  have 
  been 
  reported. 
  Two 
  nets 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  

   a 
  small 
  stream 
  near 
  Hot 
  Springs 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  near 
  Fair- 
  

   banks. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  that 
  a 
  trap 
  entirely 
  blocked 
  the 
  Chatanika, 
  

   but 
  the 
  trap 
  was 
  removed 
  before 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  warden 
  and 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  obtained 
  of 
  the 
  guilty 
  parties. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  

   tliat 
  at 
  Chicken 
  Creek 
  near 
  Eagle 
  prospectors 
  blocked 
  the 
  stream 
  with 
  

   traps 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  until 
  they 
  obtained 
  sufficient 
  whitefish 
  to 
  freeze 
  for 
  

   their 
  individual 
  use 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  It 
  was 
  reported 
  at 
  Fairbanks 
  

   that 
  fish 
  were 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  fertiUzer, 
  but 
  upon 
  investigation 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  that 
  the 
  report 
  was 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  load 
  of 
  

   offal 
  from 
  fish 
  being 
  dried. 
  

  

  OBSERVATIONS 
  IN 
  THE 
  WOOD 
  RIVER 
  AND 
  NUSHAGAK 
  REGIONS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  of 
  1913 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   Nushagak 
  Bay 
  region 
  by 
  Deputy 
  Fur 
  Wardens 
  Hanna 
  and 
  Roach, 
  on 
  

   special 
  detail 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  Having 
  arrived 
  at 
  Nushagak 
  overland 
  

   from 
  Bethel 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  they 
  began 
  active 
  operations 
  in 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  on 
  June 
  5. 
  On 
  that 
  date 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  Lake 
  

   Aleknagik 
  and 
  began 
  overhauling 
  the 
  gear 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  Wood 
  River. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  rack, 
  begun 
  on 
  June 
  14, 
  was 
  completed 
  

   on 
  June 
  21, 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  counting 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  was 
  begun 
  the 
  next 
  

   day. 
  The 
  census 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   five 
  years, 
  and 
  covered 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  June 
  22 
  to 
  July 
  28, 
  both 
  

   inclusive. 
  The 
  maximum 
  daily 
  count 
  was 
  121,981 
  red 
  salmon. 
  This 
  

   occurred 
  on 
  July 
  5, 
  while 
  the 
  next 
  largest 
  count 
  was 
  100,383 
  on 
  July 
  

   1. 
  The 
  run 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  following 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  dates 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  

   reduced, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  which 
  fact 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  season's 
  run 
  

   reached 
  its 
  maximum 
  on 
  July 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  when 
  91,203 
  and 
  91,186 
  fish 
  

   were 
  counted, 
  respectively. 
  The 
  maximum 
  run 
  in 
  1911 
  occurred 
  on 
  

   July 
  15, 
  and 
  in 
  1912 
  on 
  July 
  8. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  tally 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  at 
  the 
  Wood 
  

   River 
  (Lake 
  Aleknagik) 
  rack 
  in 
  1913: 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  529 
  

  

  297 
  

  

  690 
  

  

  306 
  

  

  22 
  1,658 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  July 
  5 
  121,981 
  

  

  6 
  11,977 
  

  

  7 
  33,698 
  

  

  8 
  31,323 
  

  

  9 
  35,991 
  

  

  10 
  27,907 
  

  

  11 
  20,038 
  

  

  12 
  18,917 
  

  

  13 
  14,296 
  

  

  14. 
  

   15. 
  

   16. 
  

   17. 
  

  

  4,651 
  

   3,228 
  

   2,788 
  

   3,603 
  

  

  July 
  18. 
  

   19. 
  

   20. 
  

   21. 
  

  

  23. 
  

   24. 
  

   25. 
  

   26. 
  

   27. 
  

   28. 
  

  

  538 
  

  

  304 
  

  

  1,841 
  

  

  463 
  

  

  1,212 
  

  

  1,022 
  

  

  Total 
  753,109 
  

  

  