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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1909. 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
1. That vessels be provided for use of the salmon inspection serv- 
ice, as recommended in the 1908 report and elsewhere in these pages. 
2. That the provisions of chapter 425 of the act of Congress passed 
March 3, 1899, relating to pollution of the navigable waters of the 
United States and their tributaries, be extended to protect the 
Alaskan fisheries, and that the agents of the Department of Com- 
merce and Labor be empowered to enforce them. 
3. That no more industrial plants for the packing, preserving, or 
freezing of salmon in Alaska be allowed to be established except by 
authorization of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 
4. That the use of food fishes in the manufacture of fertilizer and 
oil be forbidden by law, effective after reasonable notice to owners 
of existing plants. 
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