ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1900. 
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of' the law, and the time has come when the use of traps must be regulated and the 
law enforced, or else they must be abolished. Having in mind now the whole of 
Alaska, it is my opinion that if this be not done they will work a great injury to the 
fisheries. 
Columbia River salmon boat. 
Columbia River salmon boats and flat bottom salmon skiff. 
Traps catch not only the salmon wanted, but all other species of salmon and other 
fish not wanted. Practically all fish taken in the traps, except redfish, are waste, 
and until one sees the tons of this waste product, one can not realize the magnitude 
of this giant octopus that grasps everything in its tentacles. 
Fish were very plentiful this year, and the gill-netters were able to supply most 
of the fish used. It was said on this account that traps took more fish than were 
