Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year ... with Appendixes, Issues 837-838U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - Fisheries |
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adults Afognak Alaska Fisheries Alaska in 1916 Annette Island asterisk Beaver Creek Black bass Branch Brook trout BROOK TROUT-Continued Bureau Canadian cannery catch Cedar cent Chinook salmon Club Lake cohos Copper River Details of distribution Disposition distribution of fish East Eggs are indicated eggs.a Finger fiscal year 1916-Continued fish and eggs fish commission foxes Fry and eggs Fry and eggs.a Fry,a finger George Island gill nets halibut Harbor hatchery Humpback salmon July June Karluk Lake trout lings Little Long Lake Mile Mill Creek Mill Pond natives North Fork operations Pacific Packing Paul Island Pike perch Pine Creek pond port pound nets Pribilof Islands Prince Rupert pups Rainbow trout red-salmon eggs Rock salmon eggs seals season Seattle Sept skins South southeast Alaska species Spring Creek Spring Lake station Steelhead trout Sunfish Total Valley Creek vessels waters West western Alaska White yearlings Yellow perch Yes Bay
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Page 103 - ... propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails, and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practiced by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other persons...
Page 13 - ... no practicable navigation between it and the high-water line of the adjacent coast, in which case no inner light shall be displayed. The outer light shall be white and the inner light shall be red. The size, capacity, and manner of maintenance of the lights shall be such as may be specified in the War Department permit authorizing the erection of the structure or appliance.
Page 13 - War may require, remove all or any portion of the uncompleted structure or fill and restore to its former condition the navigable capacity of the watercourse. No claim shall be made against the United States on account of any such removal or alteration.
Page 22 - Dixon's Entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 12 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States...
Page 12 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal...
Page 22 - ... also the bays of said islands, rocks, and islets, are hereby reserved for the benefit of the Metlakahtlans and such other Alaskan natives as have joined them or may join them in residence on these islands, . to be used by them under the general fisheries laws and regulations of the United States as administered by the Secretary of Commerce. "Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons nof to fish in or use any of the waters herein described or mentioned.
Page 13 - That it is to be understood that this authority does not give any property rights either in real estate or material, or any exclusive privileges: and that it does not authorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State, or local laws or regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining State assent to the work authorized. It merely expresses the assent of the Federal Government so far as concerns the public rights of navigation.
Page 13 - That if future operations by the United States require an alteration in the position of the structure or work herein authorized, or if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army...
Page 13 - ... endangering navigation, as set forth in sections 10 and 12 of the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899. (30 Stat. 1151; 33...