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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  weather 
  frequently 
  experienced, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  fish 
  more 
  than 
  

   four 
  days 
  a 
  week 
  on 
  the 
  average. 
  A 
  fund 
  of 
  about 
  $600 
  was 
  collected 
  

   from 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  runway 
  to 
  faciUtate 
  the 
  landing 
  of 
  

   the 
  small 
  boats. 
  Prior 
  to 
  this 
  many 
  had 
  been 
  badly 
  pounded 
  on 
  the 
  

   rocky 
  shore 
  as 
  they 
  landed 
  in 
  the 
  swell 
  or 
  through 
  the 
  surf. 
  

  

  Operations 
  began 
  May 
  3 
  and 
  officially 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  close 
  August 
  12, 
  

   though 
  a 
  few 
  hand 
  boats 
  remained 
  several 
  days 
  longer. 
  The 
  low 
  

   price 
  obtained 
  for 
  mild-cured 
  salmon 
  shortened 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  day's 
  catch 
  reported 
  by 
  any 
  one 
  hand 
  troUer 
  was 
  52 
  king 
  

   salmon, 
  while 
  the 
  high 
  boat 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  caught 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  

   $650. 
  The 
  most 
  successful 
  power 
  trolling 
  boat 
  caught 
  $1,150 
  worth 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  thoughout 
  the 
  season. 
  The 
  price 
  paid 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   was 
  $1 
  for 
  red-meated 
  and 
  30 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  white-meated 
  fish. 
  

   Five 
  companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  buying 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  island; 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  

   taken 
  by 
  run 
  vessels 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  stations 
  on 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  and 
  

   Dall 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Various 
  fishing 
  camps 
  were 
  established 
  this 
  season 
  at 
  the 
  newly 
  

   developed 
  trolhng 
  grounds 
  north 
  of 
  Forrester 
  Island, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Noyes, 
  San 
  Lorenzo, 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  Anguilla, 
  Baker, 
  and 
  other 
  islands 
  

   of 
  the 
  region. 
  Also 
  the 
  older 
  grounds 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  reaches 
  at 
  Cape 
  

   Fanshaw, 
  Union 
  Bay, 
  Cape 
  Camaano, 
  Point 
  Baker, 
  and 
  other 
  places 
  

   were 
  fished 
  extensively. 
  But 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  Forrester 
  Island 
  opera- 
  

   tions, 
  the 
  greatest 
  activity 
  in 
  king 
  salmon 
  troll 
  fishing 
  centered 
  at 
  Port 
  

   Conclusion 
  and 
  at 
  Port 
  Alexander, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  Cape 
  Ommaney. 
  

   This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  season 
  that 
  operations 
  have 
  been 
  conducted 
  here 
  on 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  scale. 
  The 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  

   the 
  tendency 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  seasons 
  or 
  so 
  to 
  get 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  to 
  

   anticipate 
  the 
  incoming 
  run 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  operations 
  began 
  about 
  April 
  15, 
  and, 
  aside 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  

   boats, 
  the 
  season 
  ended 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July. 
  The 
  best 
  catches 
  were 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  half 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June. 
  

   There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  fall 
  season 
  along 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  but 
  the 
  

   low 
  price 
  did 
  not 
  warrant 
  fall 
  fishing 
  this 
  season. 
  The 
  constant 
  

   tendency 
  of 
  king 
  salmon 
  trollers 
  to 
  shift 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place 
  makes 
  it 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  get 
  exact 
  figures 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  boats 
  operating. 
  

   The 
  best 
  estimates 
  for 
  the 
  Cape 
  Ommaney 
  region, 
  however, 
  are 
  300 
  

   power 
  boats 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  and 
  descriptions, 
  and 
  400 
  hand 
  trolhng 
  boats. 
  

   So 
  numerous 
  were 
  the 
  fishermen 
  that 
  not 
  infrequently 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   snagged 
  as 
  the 
  boats 
  moved 
  back 
  and 
  forth. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  

   the 
  field 
  was 
  overworked, 
  and 
  but 
  few 
  had 
  a 
  profitable 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  trollers 
  fish 
  more 
  with 
  spoons 
  than 
  bait, 
  hence 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  The 
  result 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  take 
  more 
  small 
  fish 
  than 
  

   do 
  the 
  hand 
  boat 
  trollers, 
  who 
  use 
  herring 
  for 
  bait 
  more 
  frequently 
  

   and 
  catch 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  fish 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  fathoms 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  definite 
  rule 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  lure, 
  as 
  some 
  days 
  spoons 
  

  

  