Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - Fisheries |
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1-pound adults Afognak Alaska Packers Association American Bank Black bass boats Branch British Columbia Brook built a cannery Bureau of Fisheries Bushels cannery catch cent Chinook Chinook salmon Chum Coho Columbia River Creek Details of distribution Disposition distribution of fish East feet Finger fiscal year 1916-Continued fish and eggs fishermen flat Fork foxes fresh George Island gill nets halibut Harbor hatched hatchery Hume Humpback inches industry Inlet July June Karluk Ketchikan king Lake trout lings miles Mill Pond mussels natives North Nushagak operated Oregon oyster growth Packing Paul Island Pike perch plant pond ports pound nets Pribilof Pribilof Islands Prince Rupert Puget Sound pups quantity Rainbow trout red salmon salt saltery seals season Seattle Sept shad shipped shore silver sockeye South southeast Alaska spawning species Spring station Steelhead trout stream taken tion Total trap tributary Value vessels West White yearlings
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Page 14 - 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...
Page 15 - Army and presented to the Engineer officer of the United States Army, in charge of the Chicago District, whose address is 520 Merchandise Mart, 222 N.
Page 105 - ... 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 15 - ... 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 14 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States is hereby prohibited; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States...
Page 15 - It is understood that this authority does not give any property rights either in real estate or material, or exclusive privileges; and that it does not authorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of any Federal, State, or local laws or regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of State assent to the work authorized.
Page 24 - Entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtláns who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them...
Page 101 - River fish compact", which recognized that which essentially requires that "[a]ll laws and regulations now existing, or which may be necessary for regulating, protecting or preserving fish in the waters of the Columbia River, over which the States of Oregon and Washington have concurrent jurisdiction, or any Other waters within -either of said states, which would affect the concurrent jurisdiction, shall be made, changed, altered and amended in whole or in part, only with the mutual consent and approbation...
Page 24 - ... 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 15 - 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...