﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
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  season 
  at 
  Hetta 
  is 
  long 
  drawn 
  out 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  take 
  in 
  the 
  

   fall, 
  and 
  cold 
  water 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  which 
  retards 
  development. 
  

  

  Egg 
  taking 
  for 
  the 
  1913-14 
  season 
  began 
  August 
  8, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   earliesttakein 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  reports 
  4,082,000 
  

   red 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  had 
  been 
  secured. 
  The 
  take 
  of 
  eggs 
  at 
  Hetta 
  has 
  

   dwindled 
  considerably 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  cause 
  is 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  overfishing 
  of 
  Hetta 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  fishing 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited 
  inside 
  of 
  a 
  

   line 
  from 
  Grave3'ard 
  Point 
  to 
  Moses 
  Point, 
  thus 
  allowing 
  many 
  more 
  

   spawning 
  salmon 
  to 
  get 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  lake. 
  The 
  area 
  mentioned 
  is 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  500 
  yards 
  across 
  at 
  the 
  widest 
  place, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  here 
  that 
  

   the 
  fish 
  school 
  preparatory 
  to 
  ascending 
  the 
  stream. 
  As 
  high 
  as 
  14 
  

   purse 
  seines 
  were 
  operating 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  

   mentioned 
  and 
  just 
  outside. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  records 
  shows 
  

   that 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  in 
  1911 
  was 
  about 
  51,000, 
  

   in 
  1912 
  it 
  was 
  60,000, 
  and 
  in 
  1913 
  it 
  numbered 
  approximately 
  50,000. 
  

   The 
  keen 
  competition 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  different 
  crews 
  means 
  a 
  continuance 
  

   of 
  fishing 
  throughout 
  the 
  long 
  hours 
  of 
  da^^light 
  and 
  its 
  conduct 
  in 
  a 
  

   manner 
  that 
  will 
  put 
  the 
  utmost 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  into 
  the 
  boats. 
  

   Distance 
  restrictions 
  are 
  doubtless 
  worked 
  to 
  the 
  fullest 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  

   law. 
  Indeed 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  strange 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  some 
  who 
  

   were 
  not 
  overly 
  scrupulous 
  in 
  this 
  regard. 
  In 
  any 
  event 
  the 
  con- 
  

   formation 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  which 
  receives 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  Hetta 
  permits 
  

   the 
  laying 
  out 
  of 
  seines 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  not 
  violating 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  yet 
  

   effectually 
  deterring 
  any 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  stream. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  sockeyes 
  for 
  

   southeast 
  Alaska 
  indicate 
  a 
  continuance 
  of 
  the 
  supply, 
  these 
  figures 
  

   really 
  point 
  to 
  increased 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  pursuit 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  small 
  

   streams 
  like 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  Hetta 
  where 
  an 
  active 
  seine 
  fishery 
  is 
  conducted 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  100-yard 
  limit, 
  there 
  must 
  eventually 
  be 
  depletion. 
  

  

  To 
  insure 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  of 
  salmon 
  at 
  the 
  Hetta 
  hatchery 
  there 
  

   should 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  500-yard 
  zone 
  off 
  the 
  stream 
  mouth 
  where 
  no 
  

   commercial 
  fishing 
  shall 
  take 
  place. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  by 
  A. 
  J. 
  

   Young, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  that 
  if 
  all 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  

   were 
  prohibited 
  off 
  Hetta 
  Inlet 
  up 
  to 
  July 
  1 
  of 
  each 
  season, 
  the 
  June 
  

   run 
  of 
  sockeyes 
  would 
  thus 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  

   take 
  of 
  eggs 
  would 
  follow. 
  Mr. 
  Young's 
  opinion 
  is 
  weU 
  worth 
  careful 
  

   consideration, 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  familiar 
  with 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  

   region, 
  both 
  as 
  a 
  commercial 
  fisliernian 
  and 
  hatchery 
  employee. 
  

  

  The 
  improvements 
  of 
  a 
  fixed 
  cliaracter 
  begun 
  in 
  1912 
  were 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  old 
  hatcher 
  r 
  building 
  was 
  torn 
  down 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  

   building 
  was 
  erected 
  on 
  the 
  lake 
  front 
  near 
  the 
  old 
  site. 
  The 
  new 
  

   building 
  is 
  66 
  feet 
  long, 
  34 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  has 
  10 
  foot 
  walls. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  

   shingled 
  gable 
  roof 
  and 
  is 
  lighted 
  by 
  12 
  windows. 
  The 
  same 
  troughs 
  

   and 
  such 
  lumber 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  buikUng 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  utilized 
  were 
  put 
  

  

  