﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  Ill 
  

  

  season 
  by 
  Libby, 
  McNeill 
  & 
  Libby 
  under 
  option 
  of 
  purchase. 
  This 
  

   company 
  also 
  acquired 
  the 
  saltery 
  on 
  the 
  Igushik 
  River 
  formerly 
  

   owned 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Fishermen's 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  

  

  The 
  Port 
  Heiden 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  this 
  year 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   a 
  salting 
  station 
  at 
  Port 
  Heiden, 
  using 
  the 
  brigantine 
  Harriet 
  0. 
  

   (188 
  tons) 
  as 
  a 
  base 
  of 
  operations. 
  Salting 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  

   this 
  place 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  a 
  desultory 
  manner, 
  but 
  never 
  hereto- 
  

   fore 
  with 
  any 
  reputed 
  degree 
  of 
  financial 
  success. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  Peter 
  M. 
  Nelson, 
  whose 
  former 
  salting 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  

   Igusliik 
  Eiver 
  was 
  absorbed 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Fishermen's 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  

   in 
  1910, 
  built 
  and 
  operated 
  successfully 
  a 
  small 
  plant 
  of 
  similar 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  near 
  Kogiung. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  for 
  this 
  plant 
  was 
  brought 
  

   from 
  the 
  old 
  Bear 
  River 
  saltery 
  near 
  Port 
  Moller. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  Bellies. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  activity 
  in 
  putting 
  up 
  salmon 
  bellies 
  this 
  year 
  

   than 
  for 
  a 
  season 
  or 
  so 
  past. 
  The 
  supply 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

   demand, 
  and 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  resort 
  to 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  cutting 
  bellies 
  from 
  

   pickled 
  salmon. 
  In 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  where 
  interest 
  waned 
  in 
  the 
  

   canning 
  of 
  chums 
  this 
  season, 
  a 
  profitable 
  utilization 
  of 
  bellies 
  might 
  

   have 
  been 
  made. 
  The 
  chum 
  belly 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  hump- 
  

   back 
  belly. 
  At 
  one 
  plant 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  chum 
  bellies 
  were 
  put 
  

   up 
  and 
  the 
  backs 
  were 
  dry 
  salted 
  for 
  exportation 
  to 
  the 
  Orient. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  season 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  

   pickling 
  salmon 
  bellies 
  has 
  shown 
  a 
  marked 
  increase, 
  it 
  seems 
  proper 
  

   again 
  to 
  invite 
  attention 
  to 
  an 
  order 
  promulgated 
  by 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  on 
  April 
  18, 
  1908, 
  directing 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sity 
  of 
  disposing 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  edible 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  when 
  

   bellies 
  are 
  pickled. 
  

  

  The 
  order 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  NOTICE 
  TO 
  PACKERS 
  OF 
  SALMON 
  IN 
  ALASKA. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  call 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  all 
  packers 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  Alaska 
  to 
  section 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  

   act 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  approved 
  June 
  26, 
  1906, 
  which 
  reads 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  

  

  "Sec. 
  8. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person, 
  company, 
  or 
  corporation 
  wantonly 
  

   to 
  waste 
  or 
  destroy 
  salmon 
  or 
  other 
  food 
  fishes 
  taken 
  or 
  caught 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Alaska." 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  methods 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  belUes 
  of 
  salmon 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  involve 
  the 
  

   waste 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fish. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  this 
  waste 
  

   is 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  spirit 
  and 
  letter 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  provision. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  

   and 
  Labor, 
  who 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  act, 
  has 
  notified 
  

   this 
  Bureau 
  that 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  curing 
  and 
  preserving 
  the 
  so-called 
  belly 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   which 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  waste 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  is 
  a 
  

   wanton 
  waste 
  within 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  section 
  8 
  above, 
  and 
  that 
  after 
  January 
  1, 
  1909, 
  

   those 
  who 
  engage 
  in 
  this 
  practice 
  will 
  be 
  reported 
  for 
  prosecution, 
  as 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  

   the 
  act. 
  

  

  