﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTBIES. 
  

   Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Cod 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

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  Products 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Cod 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  HERRING 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  CONDITIONS. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  consensus 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  herring 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   this 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  southeast 
  

   section 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  region, 
  than 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  

   past. 
  At 
  no 
  time 
  heretofore 
  has 
  there 
  been 
  anything 
  like 
  an 
  alarming 
  

   shortage, 
  but 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  fishery 
  the 
  world 
  over, 
  there 
  

   are 
  periodical 
  lean 
  and 
  full 
  years. 
  It 
  not 
  infrequently 
  happens 
  that 
  

   during 
  the 
  poorer 
  years 
  alarming 
  reports 
  arise 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  herring 
  is 
  being 
  diminished 
  through 
  ruthless 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions. 
  Particularly 
  has 
  this 
  view 
  been 
  cited 
  against 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  

   utilizing 
  herring 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil. 
  

  

  That 
  this 
  opinion 
  is 
  not 
  borne 
  out 
  in 
  fact 
  has 
  been 
  clearly 
  established 
  

   by 
  careful 
  and 
  impartial 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  situation. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  Alaska 
  

   is 
  concerned, 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  countless 
  millions 
  of 
  herring 
  in 
  embryo 
  

   by 
  the 
  natives, 
  who 
  use 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  impregnated 
  eggs 
  for 
  food 
  

   purposes, 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  destructive 
  agency 
  than 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  

   fish 
  for 
  fertilizer 
  purposes. 
  The 
  natives 
  place 
  brush 
  on 
  the 
  spa^vning 
  

   grounds 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  eggs. 
  Measures 
  should 
  be 
  

   taken 
  to 
  prohibit 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  halibut 
  fishermen 
  are 
  particularly 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  herring 
  

   situation, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  dependence 
  of 
  their 
  industry 
  upon 
  the 
  supply 
  

   of 
  herring 
  for 
  bait. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  agitation 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil 
  

   question 
  has 
  emanated 
  from 
  this 
  source. 
  Unless 
  future 
  developments 
  

   show 
  radically 
  different 
  conditions 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  world 
  where 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  infallible 
  test, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  not 
  

   only 
  enough 
  herring 
  in 
  Alaska 
  waters 
  to 
  meet 
  present 
  day 
  needs, 
  

  

  