﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
  103 
  

  

  Average 
  Annual 
  Price 
  per 
  Case 
  of 
  48 
  1-Pound 
  Tall 
  Cans 
  op 
  Salmon, 
  1905-1913. 
  

  

  Product. 
  

  

  Coho, 
  or 
  silver 
  

  

  Dog, 
  or 
  ehum 
  

  

  Humpback, 
  or 
  pink 
  

  

  King, 
  or 
  spring 
  

  

  Red, 
  or 
  sockeye 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  $3.91 
  

   2.97 
  

   3.16 
  

   4.18 
  

   4.59 
  

  

  2.53 
  

   2.69 
  

   4.20 
  

   4.52 
  

  

  1909 
  

  

  S4.07 
  

   2.28 
  

   2.40 
  

   4.32 
  

   4.53 
  

  

  1910 
  

  

  $4.89 
  

   3.04 
  

   3.15 
  

   5.34 
  

   5.30 
  

  

  1911 
  

  

  $5.67 
  

   3.72 
  

   3.94 
  

   6.48 
  

   6.33 
  

  

  1912 
  

  

  $4.44 
  

   2.37 
  

   2.55 
  

   5.37 
  

   5.45 
  

  

  1913 
  

  

  $3.45 
  

   2.21 
  

   2.58 
  

   4.04 
  

   4.54 
  

  

  MILD 
  CURING. 
  

  

  Extent 
  and 
  Methods. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Ahiska, 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  mild 
  curing 
  takes 
  

   rank 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  canning. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  successful 
  

   season 
  in 
  mild-cure 
  operation 
  during 
  1912, 
  an 
  unusual 
  interest 
  in 
  

   this 
  field 
  was 
  exhibited 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  early 
  summer 
  of 
  1913. 
  

   Various 
  new 
  stations 
  were 
  built, 
  and 
  a 
  greatly 
  increased 
  fleet 
  of 
  both 
  

   power 
  boats 
  and 
  hand 
  trollers 
  began 
  operations 
  in 
  April. 
  

  

  As 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  last 
  season, 
  the 
  Forrester 
  Island 
  grounds 
  proved 
  

   very 
  attractive. 
  This 
  island 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  Federal 
  bird 
  reserve 
  and 
  is 
  under 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  New 
  regulations 
  were 
  

   promulgated 
  by 
  that 
  Department 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  fishing 
  privileges 
  

   within 
  the 
  reserved 
  waters 
  about 
  the 
  island, 
  and 
  Game 
  Warden 
  

   Cooper 
  was 
  stationed 
  there 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  regulations. 
  Also 
  Dr. 
  

   Harold 
  Heath, 
  of 
  Stanford 
  University, 
  spent 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  making 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  its 
  birds, 
  fishes, 
  and 
  mammals. 
  

  

  The 
  additional 
  restrictions 
  imposed 
  this 
  year 
  as 
  to 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  about 
  Forrester 
  Island 
  limited 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  power-boat 
  

   permits 
  in 
  effect 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  to 
  25. 
  Also 
  no 
  permits 
  were 
  issued 
  for 
  

   any 
  boat 
  not 
  conforming 
  absolutely 
  with 
  the 
  navigational 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce. 
  And, 
  in 
  addition, 
  no 
  permit 
  

   was 
  to 
  be 
  continued 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  not 
  abiding 
  by 
  

   the 
  rules 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  camp. 
  Permits 
  were 
  also 
  denied 
  aHens 
  who 
  

   desired 
  to 
  fish 
  near 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  398 
  rowboat 
  permits 
  were 
  issued, 
  though 
  the 
  highest 
  

   number 
  in 
  force 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  was 
  341. 
  All 
  told, 
  34 
  power-boat 
  licenses 
  

   were 
  granted. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  power 
  boats 
  defied 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  

   the 
  warden 
  and 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  restricted 
  area 
  without 
  permission, 
  

   disappearing 
  before 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  apprehended. 
  Another 
  year 
  an 
  

   additional 
  officer 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  stationed 
  at 
  the 
  island, 
  and 
  a 
  seaworthy 
  

   power 
  boat 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  his 
  use. 
  This 
  season 
  several 
  

   permits 
  were 
  revoked 
  for 
  various 
  causes, 
  and 
  the 
  former 
  holders 
  

   were 
  forced 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  No 
  fives 
  were 
  lost 
  this 
  season, 
  though 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   narrow 
  escapes. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  boats 
  were 
  dashed 
  to 
  pieces 
  

   upon 
  the 
  rocks 
  or 
  were 
  carried 
  away 
  during 
  heavy 
  blows. 
  On 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  exposed 
  position 
  of 
  Forrester 
  Island, 
  and 
  the 
  heavy 
  

  

  