The Cordova daily times., 1922-12-20
LARGEPROFITS
 FOR U. 5. FROM
 PRIBILOF SEAL

during the year 1921-22 from seal herds and fox ranching totaled s422, ,890.33, according to the annual report of Dr. Henry O'Malley, Com missioner of Fisheries, which was in cluded in the recently published re- port of Secretary Hoover. This amount represents the net revenue from the Governments sealing oper- ations and sales of skins taken from foxes on the islands.
 For the year covered by the re- port, 3681 seal skins were taken, 1,125 blue fox belts and IA whites. The operations this year showed an increase of the seal skins taken and a slight decrease in fox belts. The Commissioners report urges need for a new fishing code, commenting on the policy of creating fishery reservations, said 1t should be adopt ed to meet emergencies.
 Alaska Fisheries
 The, report of Dr. O'Malley fol- lows in part:
 'The yield of the salmon industry. of Alaska was greatly reduced in 1921 as compared with previous years, but nevertheless 1t produced S7 per cent. of the value of the total output of the fisheries and for this reason received the major at- tention of the bureau In addition to the limited regular personnel, a large temporary patrol force was utilized during the active fishing sea- son of 1921, and in 1922 it was still further increased, constituting the largest force the bureau has ever put into the field. Conservation of the industry is believed best secured through the prevention of illegal fishing or other violations of the laws.
 The production of halibut, herring trout, shrimp and mild-cured, pick led, and fresh salmon was greater in 1921 than in the previous year, but, on the whole, the industry de clined both in production and value, the heaviest loss being in salmon canning. In 1921, 15,070 persons were employed in the fisheries, the active investment of capital was s39,001,874, and the value of pro- ducts was $24,086,867. The output of canned salmon was 2596,S26 cases of AS one-pound cans each, valued at $19,632,744, decrease of approxi- mately fl per cent in quantity and 45 per cent in value as compared with the previous year.
 "In October and November 1921, three hearings were held for the consideration of necessary changes in the regulations regarding salmon fishing, and as a result the depart ment issued orders, effective January l, 1922, whereby all commercial fish, ing in the streams and lakes of Alas kan, and within zone extending 500 yards off the mouths of all streams, is now prohibited, with the exception of the Ugashik and Karluk rivers, where, owing to peculiar geographic conditions, specified districts remain open to fishing.
 Reserves Are Created
 "On February IF, 1922, an execu- tive order was issued creating a reservation designated as the Alaska Peninsula Fisheries Reservation, ex. tending eastward from the Aleutian Islands Reservation to a line from Foggy Cape, on the eastern end o1 Sutwik Island, to Cape Menshikof, on the northern shore of the Alaska Peninsula, and including the Shuma- gin Islands and the Territorial wat CTS adjacent to these lands, and also the lands of the Aleutian Island Res ervation. Regulations governing fish cry operations within this reserva- llUu WoToi dlSO lSSueu, hlAu pcl AAltS were granted by the department for 1922 to plants already established within the reserved area.
 'No change has been made in the Alaska fishery law since it's adop. tion, June 26, 1906, although efforts have been made repeatedly by the | iL 7 Department of Commerce, Alaska representatives, and those engaged in the fishery industry to obtain re. vision. Various bills have at times been pending in Congress, but little progress was ever made because oi opposition which developed to cer tain features of the proposed legisla. ton. The limited authority of the de partment has been supplemented by the issuance of executive orders in some instances, which have per