﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  123 
  

  

  entire 
  catch 
  of 
  these 
  vessels 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  Each 
  dory 
  with 
  

   two 
  men 
  used 
  14 
  gromid 
  Hnes 
  to 
  a 
  set, 
  each 
  gromid 
  hne 
  being 
  50 
  

   fathoms 
  long 
  and 
  having 
  75 
  hooks. 
  The 
  Vega 
  fished 
  outside 
  in 
  water 
  

   as 
  deep 
  as 
  120 
  fathoms, 
  while 
  the 
  JJiiion 
  Jack 
  operated 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  

   Shumagin 
  banks 
  in 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  70 
  fathoms 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  an 
  Atwood 
  net 
  lifter 
  operated 
  by 
  a 
  4-horsepower 
  

   gasoline 
  engine 
  was 
  installed 
  on 
  the 
  Union 
  Jack 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  oper- 
  

   ate 
  very 
  successfully 
  in 
  lifting 
  the 
  trawls. 
  This 
  type 
  of 
  lifter 
  is 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  employed 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  for 
  handling 
  gill 
  nets 
  

   in 
  lake 
  trout 
  and 
  whitefish 
  operations. 
  A 
  marked 
  advantage 
  of 
  

   using 
  the 
  lifter 
  in 
  Alaska 
  for 
  cod 
  work 
  is 
  that 
  since 
  the 
  entire 
  opera- 
  

   •tion 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  continued 
  when 
  heavy 
  

   weather 
  makes 
  dory 
  fishing 
  impossible. 
  

  

  In 
  its 
  cod 
  operations 
  the 
  Union 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  also 
  experimented 
  suc- 
  

   cessfully 
  with 
  gill 
  nets 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  in 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  70 
  fathoms. 
  

   About 
  7^ 
  inches 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  size 
  of 
  mesh. 
  Each 
  net 
  was 
  

   125 
  yards 
  long 
  and 
  15h 
  meshes 
  deep 
  and 
  heavily 
  leaded. 
  Special 
  

   cedar 
  floats 
  were 
  used, 
  but 
  since 
  they 
  get 
  waterlogged 
  an 
  aluminum 
  

   float 
  is 
  better. 
  

  

  Plans 
  are 
  under 
  way 
  for 
  the 
  experimental 
  use 
  this 
  winter 
  of 
  a 
  smaU 
  

   beam 
  trawl 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  Alaska 
  cod 
  fishery. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  vessels 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   cod 
  fishery 
  tliis 
  year: 
  

  

  Alaska 
  Cod 
  Fleet, 
  1913. 
  

  

  a 
  Wrecked 
  Mar. 
  29, 
  1913. 
  b 
  Transporting 
  vessels. 
  

  

  SHORE 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  Shore 
  stations 
  were 
  situated 
  as 
  follows: 
  Alaska 
  Codfish 
  Co.: 
  Unga, 
  

   Squaw 
  Harbor, 
  and 
  Kellys 
  Rock, 
  on 
  Unga 
  Island; 
  Companys 
  Harbor 
  

   and 
  Murphys 
  Cove, 
  on 
  Samiak 
  Island 
  ; 
  and 
  Dora 
  Harbor, 
  on 
  Unimak 
  

  

  