. The Alaska salmon and their practical propagation. Salmon fisheries. Pi-evious to this a bill was prepared by the Club and its passage secui-ed in the Leg- islative session of 1917. This bill provided for a commission and carried an appropria tion of $80,000. Owing to some technicali- ties in its passage the law was illegal and inoperative. Undaunted the Club struggled along with the work using all its funds, getting an allotment of a few dollars from the Terri- tory, the Superintendent and its active mem- bers servng without compensation until the legislative session of 1919, when a law was
. The Alaska salmon and their practical propagation. Salmon fisheries. Pi-evious to this a bill was prepared by the Club and its passage secui-ed in the Leg- islative session of 1917. This bill provided for a commission and carried an appropria tion of $80,000. Owing to some technicali- ties in its passage the law was illegal and inoperative. Undaunted the Club struggled along with the work using all its funds, getting an allotment of a few dollars from the Terri- tory, the Superintendent and its active mem- bers servng without compensation until the legislative session of 1919, when a law was enacted along the lines of the 1917 bill. Under this law the present TeiTitorial Fish Commission assumed charge of the operations inaugurated by the Club upon June 10, 1919. The hatchery plant and equip- ment belonging to the Club valued at $1,500 was turned over to the Commission for $275. an amount sufficient to settle the in- debtedness of that organization. The Club was broke but it had accom- plished a great service to the Territory and the salmon industry. The control of the Alaska fisheries is in the Federal Government. The Territorial Commission can only assist by carrying on experimental and research operations, im- prove natural spawning facilities and re- stock depleted waters with young salmon. These functions are extremely valuable but must be continued until such time as full and control is vested in the Territory. The work performed by the Commission is stated in its reports which are interesting and instructive and should be read by all engaged in the industry and those who have the affairs of the Territory at heart. As for if we had a number of Field Stations on salmon streams equipped with troughs to handle the eggs up to the eyed stage only with this artificial assist- ance and the planting of the eyed eggs in barren lakes and streams, which in time would be cleared largely of their natural enemies, we could restock and take care of all s
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