Show alanskas major I 1 output ut Is salmon aalf mon JL JL canned two pounds for every man woman child in united states washington commissioner henry has recently brought the nead headquarters quarters of the united unite states bureau of Il fisheries sherles back from its ita annual 1000 mile migration nominally the headquarters Is in iV washington ashington D C actually the bu reau headquarters ts Is in alaska during the summer months the coin commissioner in r sailing in the bu reau flagship in alashian waters rue ree imin min ended orders to washington by wireless und and cable A messenger hur bur ded each order to tile the secretary secret of 1 commerce for his signature the see sec re js approval returned r fiobo miles mile by cable and wireless made the becom mended order an official regulation within less than alian 12 hours A business the white bill for the protection ol of alaskan fisheries elevates tile the secre sacre tary of commerce to master and con of commercial fisheries li in the territory lie ele dictates Ilc tates tile the rules gov arning an annual business amounting to the largest single indus try in wards Sc tee ice box the condition of the fisheries Is outlined by commissioner OA lalley who proxies every summer in alaska for the secret secretary nry of commerce in a communication muni cation to the national geographic society the 1029 1929 alaska salmon brodu production he said readied reached cases by august 31 and Is well up tip to the mark of the five year average alaska canned two one pound cans of salmon for every man woman and ch child lid in the united states use ot of airplanes for patrolling ng fish ing waters 12 hour service on official orders limiting or extending fishing privileges privileged 4 depending on the salmon runs and the introduction to the unit ed cd states market of the neglected chum salmon in fresh biesh fillets were features of the if season reason the united states bureau of ush fish cries in alaska must keep watch on a coast line longer than a line around the earth at the equator A force of representatives und and n fleet it of 17 bureau owned boats and numerous char chartered tired croft craft carry on duties ranging from capturing ponc poachers liers to teaching school fisheries agents must actually count the salmon that hat go to the spawning grounds because the law re quires that GO 50 per cent of the salmon run roust must be permitted to pass the nets and traps of tile the commercial canneries during the post past year counting weirs were established on nine principal salmon n rivers of alaska at chibnik chignik salmon swam through the bureaus gates decline in fisheries checked conservation pays its why way in alaska a and has won wide public approval continued the commissioner under old loose regulations the salmon pack of the territory fell cases under tile the stricter control of the white bill of 1024 1924 annual fishery figures roll up unmistakable evidence that the decline of alanskas salmon fisheries has been checked five years operation have proved that the territory through scientific fisheries control can ilze its chief industry which gives employment to men and provides two thirds of the worlds annual salmon catch tile the yukon and the alie are 0 open p on only to natives and resident whites who catali the fisli fish tor for food for themselves and their dogs all salmon rivers of alaska tire are closed to commercial fishing and all fishing areas have a 30 hour weekly closed period this period has ha been extended by order tn in many cases to as long iong as 00 hours a week the secretary of commerce has power to prohibit commercial fishing in any area channel estuary or bay at any time all ali planes proved so successful for patrol work especially in the wild Is land filled panhandle pan handle coast that the bureau will probably continue and extend this new service thousands of the square miles can be covered in brief time with an airplane and the observer high in the nir air can see ansh ing gear in the water much more read lly than can it i man from a boat |