﻿56 
  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913, 
  

  

  1. 
  No 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island 
  now 
  resident 
  

   thereon 
  will 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  reserved 
  waters. 
  

  

  2. 
  Licenses 
  for 
  fishing 
  will 
  be 
  granted 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  natives 
  upon 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor 
  or 
  such 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce 
  and 
  Labor 
  as 
  may 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  be 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  kinds 
  and 
  amounts 
  of 
  apparatus 
  to 
  be 
  used, 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  and 
  the 
  manner 
  

   in 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  operated, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  employed 
  will 
  be 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  changes 
  or 
  

   modifications 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  at 
  his 
  discretion. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  regulations 
  were 
  supplemented 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  6, 
  1913, 
  extending 
  privileges 
  to 
  residents 
  of 
  certain 
  near-by 
  

   islands; 
  also 
  placing 
  white 
  men 
  married 
  to 
  native 
  women 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  basis 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  fishing 
  rights 
  as 
  the 
  natives. 
  The 
  supple- 
  

   mental 
  order 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  To 
  whom 
  it 
  may 
  concern: 
  

  

  Department 
  circular 
  No. 
  238, 
  issued 
  March 
  21, 
  1912, 
  for 
  the 
  regulation 
  of 
  fishing 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Reservation, 
  Alaska, 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  grant 
  to 
  

   natives 
  of 
  Spruce, 
  Whale, 
  Dry, 
  and 
  Raspberry 
  Islands, 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  same 
  fishing 
  

   privileges 
  in 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  now 
  accorded 
  natives 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island. 
  White 
  men 
  

   married 
  to 
  native 
  women 
  will 
  be 
  granted 
  the 
  same 
  privileges 
  as 
  the 
  natives. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  question 
  arose 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  fishing 
  privileges 
  

   to 
  be 
  accorded 
  those 
  persons 
  entitled 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  reserve 
  who 
  

   moved 
  away 
  from 
  Afognak 
  during, 
  the 
  previous 
  winter 
  and 
  who 
  

   expected 
  to 
  return 
  temporarily 
  with 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  fishing 
  

   season. 
  The 
  decision 
  was 
  reached 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  absence 
  should 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  

   sufficiently 
  permanent 
  character 
  whereby 
  they 
  could 
  no 
  longer 
  

   be 
  termed 
  residents 
  of 
  Afognak 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  denied 
  licenses 
  if 
  

   they 
  returned 
  temporarily 
  for 
  that 
  purpose. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  their 
  

   ordinary 
  birthright 
  privilege 
  of 
  fishing 
  would 
  be 
  surrendered 
  if 
  they 
  

   acquired 
  a 
  residence 
  elsewhere. 
  If, 
  however, 
  a 
  native 
  should 
  seek 
  

   employment 
  elsewhere 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  but 
  in 
  reality 
  still 
  called 
  Afognak 
  

   his 
  home 
  and 
  he 
  should 
  be 
  recognized 
  commonly 
  as 
  an 
  Afognak 
  

   native 
  in 
  contradistinction, 
  for 
  instance, 
  to 
  a 
  Kodiak 
  native, 
  he 
  

   would 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  equity 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  Afognak 
  waters. 
  

   If 
  a 
  native 
  should 
  surrender 
  his 
  fishing 
  privilege 
  by 
  acquiring 
  a 
  

   residence 
  elsewhere 
  the 
  surrender 
  need 
  not 
  necessarily 
  be 
  permanent, 
  

   for, 
  under 
  proper 
  bona 
  fide 
  intentions, 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  reacquire 
  

   a 
  residence 
  on 
  Afognak 
  and 
  attendant 
  fishing 
  privileges. 
  But 
  to 
  

   preclude 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  fraud 
  the 
  right 
  under 
  this 
  proviso 
  must 
  

   be 
  clearly 
  established. 
  

  

  Immediate 
  supervision 
  of 
  fishing 
  operations 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   hands 
  of 
  E. 
  M. 
  Ball, 
  inspector, 
  Alaska 
  salmon 
  fisheries, 
  on 
  duty 
  

   in 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  herewith 
  is 
  derived 
  largely 
  from 
  his 
  

   notes. 
  Additional 
  regulations 
  to 
  meet 
  local 
  conditions 
  for 
  the 
  

   season 
  were 
  issued 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ball 
  on 
  May 
  24, 
  1913, 
  covering 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  points: 
  

  

  