﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
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  1. 
  Fishing 
  in 
  Letnik 
  Bay, 
  for 
  commercial 
  purposes, 
  is 
  prohibited 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  season. 
  Only 
  the 
  general 
  fishery 
  law 
  shall 
  apply 
  

   in 
  all 
  other 
  localities 
  within 
  the 
  reservation. 
  

  

  2. 
  Fishing 
  gear 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  haul 
  or 
  drag 
  seines 
  not 
  

   exceeding 
  200 
  fathoms 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  3. 
  Orderly 
  conduct 
  of 
  operation 
  is 
  required 
  at 
  all 
  times. 
  

  

  4. 
  Licenses 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  reserved 
  waters 
  of 
  Afognak 
  will 
  be 
  revoked 
  

   for 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  order. 
  

  

  The 
  Malena 
  fishery, 
  where 
  last 
  year 
  a 
  midweek 
  close 
  period 
  of 
  36 
  

   hours 
  was 
  enforced, 
  is 
  so 
  located 
  that 
  winds 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  south- 
  

   west 
  interrupt 
  fishing, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  several 
  days' 
  protection 
  is 
  

   afforded, 
  thus 
  making 
  unnecessary 
  any 
  further 
  special 
  regulation 
  on 
  

   the 
  subject. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  Sunday 
  closing 
  provided 
  by 
  statute 
  

   is 
  of 
  doubtful 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  streams 
  of 
  this 
  locality, 
  as 
  the 
  

   protective 
  period 
  is 
  too 
  short 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  salmon 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  to 
  approach 
  the 
  streams. 
  The 
  movement 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  into 
  

   fresh 
  water 
  is 
  deliberate, 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  nature 
  have 
  

   become 
  sufficiently 
  urgent 
  to 
  induce 
  them 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  sea 
  they 
  may 
  

   be 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  fishing 
  gear 
  on 
  Monday. 
  The 
  catch 
  on 
  Monday 
  is 
  

   usually 
  better 
  than 
  on 
  any 
  other 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  week. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  

   this 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  to 
  school 
  off 
  stream 
  mouths, 
  the 
  efficacy 
  

   of 
  the 
  close 
  period 
  in 
  allowing 
  an 
  escapement 
  of 
  breeding 
  salmon 
  up- 
  

   stream 
  is 
  much 
  lessened 
  when 
  fishing 
  gear 
  such 
  as 
  purse 
  seines 
  and 
  

   beach 
  seines 
  are 
  allowed 
  too 
  close 
  to 
  stream 
  mouths. 
  The 
  theory 
  

   has 
  been 
  advanced 
  that 
  this 
  condition 
  may 
  be 
  bettered 
  by 
  establishing 
  

   a 
  continuous 
  close 
  season 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  days 
  while 
  

   the 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  is 
  good. 
  Such 
  action, 
  however, 
  would 
  likely 
  

   meet 
  with 
  considerable 
  opposition 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  interests. 
  

  

  Catch 
  op 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  of 
  1913 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  to 
  71 
  persons 
  

   to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Reservation. 
  Though 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   departed 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  fields 
  in 
  May, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  June 
  that 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  salmon 
  coming 
  to 
  the 
  streams 
  was 
  enough 
  to 
  warrant 
  

   continuous 
  operations. 
  Eleven 
  crews, 
  of 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  seven 
  men 
  

   each, 
  operated 
  at 
  the 
  several 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  They 
  moved 
  

   from 
  one 
  field 
  to 
  another 
  as 
  they 
  felt 
  disposed, 
  being 
  actuated 
  in 
  

   this 
  regard 
  entirely 
  by 
  the 
  reported 
  runs 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  sockeyes 
  appeared 
  early 
  in 
  May, 
  as 
  is 
  usual 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  

   but 
  their 
  movement 
  into 
  the 
  streams 
  was 
  checked 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  volcanic 
  ash 
  from 
  the 
  Katmai 
  eruption 
  of 
  1912, 
  that 
  was 
  being 
  

   washed 
  from 
  the 
  hills 
  by 
  melting 
  snow 
  and 
  heavy 
  rains 
  of 
  the 
  month. 
  

   Letnik 
  Bay 
  and 
  stream, 
  which 
  receives 
  the 
  hatchery 
  run, 
  fared 
  worse 
  

   in 
  this 
  regard 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  locaHties, 
  and 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  