May 26, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



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SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



STATISTICS OF THE ALASKA FISHERIES 

 FOR 1921 



Statistics of the Alaska fisheries for 1921 

 have recently been completed and are summar- 

 ized as follows : The total active investment in 

 the fisheries was $39,001,874, a decrease of 

 $31,984,347 from 1920. The industry gave em- 

 ployment to 15,070 persons, or 12,412 less than 

 in 1920. The products of the fisheries were 

 valued at $24,086,867, a decline of $17,405,257. 

 The pack of canned salmon in 1921 was 2,596,- 

 826 cases, a decrease of 1,832,637 eases, or ap- 

 proximately 41 per cent. Southeast Alaska 

 produced 803,071 cases, a decrease of almost 65 

 per cent, from the pack in 1920. In central 

 Alaska the production was 643,099 cases, a de- 

 crease of almost 52 per cent. In western Alaska 

 the pack was 1,150,656, an increase over 1920 of 

 283,652 cases, or over 32 per cent. The total 

 value of canned salmon was $19,632,744. Other 

 products of the salmon fisheries were mild- 

 cured, pickled, fresh, frozen, and dried and 

 smoked salmon, which had an aggregitte value 

 of $1,335,818. Salmon by-products, consisting 

 of oil and fertilizer, were valued at $18,022. 

 The total catch of salmon in Alaska in 1921 was 

 37,905,591 fish, as compared with 65,080,539 in 

 1920, a decrease of approximately 41 per cent. 



The number of salmon canneries operated in 

 1921 was 83, or 63 less than in 1920. Of this 

 number the southeastern district was credited 

 with 30 (decrease of 52), the central district 

 with 25 (decrease of 11), and western Ailaska 

 with 28 (the same as in 1920). Comparisons of 

 figures as to gear used are as follows : 180 traps, 

 of which 127 were driven and 53 floating, were 

 used in 1921, a decrease of 318 driven and 155 

 floating traps from 1920. Seins decreased from 

 712 to 213, representing a reduction of 82,048 

 fathoms of webbing. The total length of gill 

 nets was 375,320 fathoms, a decrease of 85,627 

 from 1920. 



Values of products of the other flsheries were 

 as follows : Halibut, $1,476,450 ; herring, $934,- 

 044; cod, $457,320; shrimps, $132,077; crabs, 

 $33,180 ; whales, $19,950 ; trout, $18,925 ; sable- 

 fish, $17,985 ; clams, $9,940 ; red rockfish, $362 ; 

 and smelts, $50. 



FELLOWSHIPS OF THE NATIONAL RE- 

 SEARCH COUNCIL 



The National Research Council announces for 

 the next academic year a number of fellowships 

 for fundamental investigations on agricultural 

 applications of sulphur. The funds for the 

 fellowships have been provided by a grant from 

 the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. 



These fellowships, each carrying an annual 

 stipend of approximately $1,000, will Ije ad- 

 ministered by a special sulphur fellowship com- 

 mittee of the advisory board of the American 

 Society of Agronomy, in conference with the 

 executive committee of the division of biology 

 and agriculture of the National Research Coun- 

 cil. Inquiries and appplications should be ad- 

 dressed to the Sulphur Fellowship Coromittee, 

 National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 



It is proposed that the work to be prosecuted 

 under these fellowships will include investiga- 

 tions on the value of sulphur in the control of 

 'potato scab, nematodes, soil insects and sweet 

 potato disease; also the value of sulphur as a 

 fertilizer for alfalfa and other legumes and the 

 eft'ect of sulphur on alkali soils. 



Applicants for the fellowships must be grad- 

 uate students in universities and colleges or 

 competent members of experiment station staffs. 

 Fellows are expected to devote practically their 

 entire time to the investigations, excepting only 

 such course work as may be necessary to meet 

 the requirements for an advanced degree. WhUe 

 no definite assurance can be given, it is expected 

 that support for the fellowships will be ex- 

 tended from year to year for a period as the 

 results may warrant. 



In order to prevent possible confusion, it is 

 pointed out that these fellowships are entirely 

 distinct from the two sulphur fellowships re- 

 cently announced (Science, March 24) by the 

 Crop Protection Institute and administered by 

 it in cooperation with the National Research 

 Council. 



REVIEW OF APPLIED MYCOLOGY 



The Imperial Bureau of Mycology has 

 undertaken the publication of a monthly ab- 

 stracting journal, the Review of Applied My- 

 cology, for the purpose of supplying, month 

 by month, a summary of the work published 



