﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

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  Wliile 
  vague 
  and 
  unconfirmed 
  reports 
  of 
  halibut 
  poaching 
  by 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  fishermen 
  in 
  American 
  waters 
  have 
  been 
  heard 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  beheved 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  indulged 
  in 
  to 
  any 
  considerable 
  

   extent. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  complaint 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  American 
  

   fishermen 
  are 
  not 
  accorded 
  the 
  same 
  measure 
  of 
  accommodation 
  

   in 
  transit 
  that 
  is 
  granted 
  to 
  the 
  Canadians. 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  

   demur 
  is 
  that 
  while 
  British 
  vessels 
  regularly 
  take 
  on 
  fuel, 
  bait, 
  and 
  

   other 
  supplies 
  in 
  Alaskan 
  ports, 
  similar 
  practices 
  by 
  Americans 
  

   are 
  discom-aged 
  by 
  the 
  Canadian 
  authorities. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  

   that 
  a 
  bill 
  permitting 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  to 
  enter 
  British 
  

   Columbia 
  ports 
  to 
  take 
  on 
  bait 
  is 
  now 
  before 
  the 
  provincial 
  pai"* 
  

   liament. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  bill 
  may 
  become 
  a 
  law. 
  

  

  During 
  December, 
  1913, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  revenue 
  cutters 
  gave 
  attention 
  

   to 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  whether 
  alien 
  vessels 
  were 
  taking 
  halibut 
  within 
  

   the 
  3-mile 
  limit 
  on 
  the 
  lately 
  developed 
  banks 
  between 
  Yakutat 
  

   and 
  Prince 
  William 
  Sound, 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  

   are 
  taken 
  in 
  depths 
  of 
  from 
  40 
  fathoms 
  to 
  the 
  100-fathom 
  curve, 
  which 
  

   in 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  3 
  miles 
  offshore. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  four 
  new 
  companies 
  in 
  the 
  halibut- 
  

   freezing 
  business 
  and 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  new 
  vessels 
  the 
  invest- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  halibut 
  operations 
  increased 
  from 
  $2,036,050 
  in 
  1912 
  to 
  

   $2,300,025 
  in 
  1913, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  $323,975. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   engaged 
  also 
  increased 
  from 
  1,038 
  in 
  1912 
  to 
  1,256 
  in 
  1913, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  

   218 
  persons. 
  More 
  activity 
  was 
  displayed 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  smaD 
  power 
  

   boats 
  operating 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  reaches. 
  These 
  small 
  boats 
  fished 
  

   chiefly 
  for 
  the 
  cold-storage 
  plants. 
  Returns 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  

   prepared 
  halibut 
  products 
  credited 
  to 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913 
  is 
  13,437,784 
  

   pounds 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  16,896,743 
  pounds 
  in 
  1912, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  

   3,458,959 
  pounds. 
  The 
  figui-es 
  shown 
  refer 
  to 
  aU 
  vessels 
  fishing 
  for 
  

   plants 
  operated 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  vessels 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  

   fishing 
  in 
  Alaska 
  waters, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  that 
  catches 
  from 
  extra- 
  

   territorial 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska 
  landed 
  directly 
  at 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  ports 
  by 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  are 
  not 
  included. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Halibut 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  vessels, 
  steamer 
  and 
  power. 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  , 
  

  

  Outfit 
  , 
  

  

  Boats: 
  

  

  D 
  ories 
  

  

  Sail 
  

  

  Apparatus: 
  Trawls 
  and 
  fishing 
  gear. 
  

   Shore 
  and 
  fixed 
  property 
  

  

  162 
  

   3,327 
  

  

  441 
  

   6 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  $1,212,000 
  

  

  582.225 
  

  

  22,050 
  

  

  575 
  

  

  73,175 
  

  

  470,000 
  

  

  2,360,025 
  

  

  