﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
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  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Kodiak 
  cannery 
  had 
  about 
  made 
  a 
  capacity 
  pack 
  

   before 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  cohos. 
  Other 
  locahties, 
  doubtless, 
  

   would 
  have 
  shown 
  a 
  run 
  equal 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  last 
  year. 
  Dog 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  very 
  scarce, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  being 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  taken 
  from 
  Afognak 
  

   waters 
  was 
  $4,155, 
  or 
  $243 
  less 
  tiian 
  the 
  amount 
  reported 
  as 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  last 
  year's 
  catch. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  were 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $35 
  per 
  

   thousand 
  for 
  sockeyes 
  and 
  cohos 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $10 
  per 
  thousand 
  

   for 
  humpbacks. 
  All 
  salmon 
  taken 
  commercially 
  from 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  

   were 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  Kodiak 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  Kodiak. 
  

   Eruption 
  of 
  Katmai 
  Volcano. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  disastrous 
  effect 
  which 
  

   the 
  eruption 
  of 
  Katmai 
  Volcano 
  in 
  June, 
  1912, 
  had 
  upon 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  

   fur 
  animals, 
  and 
  other 
  animal 
  and 
  plant 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Afognak 
  Island 
  

   Reservation, 
  E. 
  M. 
  Ball, 
  inspector, 
  Alaska 
  salmon 
  fisheries, 
  then 
  at 
  

   Afognak, 
  was 
  instructed 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  special 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject. 
  He 
  did 
  so, 
  and 
  his 
  report, 
  which 
  covers 
  well 
  many 
  phases 
  of 
  

   the 
  matter, 
  is 
  here 
  presented. 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  which 
  are 
  presented 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  two 
  soiirces; 
  direct 
  

   examinations, 
  and 
  conversations 
  with 
  fishermen, 
  boatmen, 
  and 
  miners. 
  The 
  results 
  

   of 
  personal 
  investigations 
  treat 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  of 
  conditions 
  on 
  Afognak 
  Island; 
  

   while 
  the 
  information 
  received 
  from 
  individuals 
  refers 
  to 
  localities 
  beyond 
  the 
  reach 
  

   of 
  the 
  writer. 
  Where 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  opinions 
  are 
  concerned, 
  each 
  differing 
  widely 
  in 
  

   essential 
  features, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  easy 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  facts. 
  First 
  reports 
  are 
  often 
  

   unduly 
  colored 
  by 
  the 
  stress 
  of 
  the 
  moment, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  subsequent 
  

   events, 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  modification. 
  Enough 
  is 
  known, 
  however, 
  now 
  three 
  months 
  

   after 
  the 
  eruption 
  in 
  question, 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  brief 
  report 
  thereon, 
  

   and 
  its 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  animal 
  and 
  vegetable 
  life 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  volcano. 
  — 
  The 
  Alaska 
  Peninsula 
  forms 
  an 
  important 
  link 
  in 
  the 
  chain 
  

   of 
  volcanoes 
  which 
  extend 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Con- 
  

   tinents; 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  volcanic 
  activities, 
  it 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  

   centers 
  of 
  the 
  Torrid 
  Zone. 
  These 
  activities 
  are 
  made 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  smoking 
  volca- 
  

   noes 
  of 
  Redoubt 
  and 
  lUamna 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  Pavlof 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  peninsula, 
  and 
  Shishaldin 
  on 
  Unimak 
  Island. 
  Many 
  others 
  less 
  notable 
  occupy 
  

   the 
  intermediate 
  territory, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  discovery. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  class 
  belongs 
  Katmai 
  Volcano, 
  a 
  peak 
  7,500 
  feet 
  high. 
  It 
  is 
  located 
  near 
  

   latitude 
  58° 
  16' 
  and 
  longitude 
  155°, 
  or 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Katmai 
  Bay 
  and 
  60 
  

   miles 
  west 
  of 
  Afognak. 
  Information 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  general 
  appearance 
  is 
  not 
  obtainable, 
  

   but 
  prospectors 
  and 
  hunters 
  who 
  in 
  other 
  years 
  had 
  traveled 
  through 
  that 
  section 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  tell 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  volcano 
  is 
  not 
  marked 
  by 
  any 
  great 
  prominence 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  

   readUy 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  several 
  peaks 
  in 
  its 
  vicinity 
  of 
  approximately 
  the 
  same 
  

   elevation. 
  Neither 
  they 
  nor 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  always 
  lived 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  have 
  any 
  

   knowledge 
  either 
  direct 
  or 
  traditional 
  of 
  its 
  former 
  activities. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Kodiak 
  

   group 
  of 
  islands 
  is 
  concerned, 
  many 
  believe 
  that 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  previous 
  eruption 
  

   can 
  be 
  found 
  several 
  inches 
  below 
  the 
  siu"face 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  soil 
  which 
  

   in 
  color 
  and 
  composition 
  resembles 
  the 
  ashes 
  now 
  covering 
  the 
  islands; 
  but 
  the 
  accep- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  such 
  evidence 
  as 
  a 
  scientific 
  fact 
  is 
  questionable. 
  

  

  The 
  eruption. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  volcanoes 
  elsewhere, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  that 
  ap- 
  

   proaching 
  eruptions 
  were 
  preceded 
  by 
  rumbling 
  noises 
  and 
  trembling 
  movements 
  of 
  

   the 
  earth. 
  In 
  this 
  instance, 
  however, 
  no 
  warning 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Afognak 
  

  

  