Martin Gives
Final Figures
Final fierures on the Rotary
spc mored Fourth of July Ce’e
bration show that the club
grossed $4,129 fnm the sale
of tickets for the event.
Expenses totaled $2,784.55,
Ray Martin, general chair
man, told the local Rotary
Club Tuesday. After prize
money for costumes and races
was paid the money donated
by Kodiak businesses for such
purposes totaled $539.50, and
does not represent any of the
money gained from ticket
sales.
The money remaining in the
Rotary Club treasury will be
used for the Rotary Com
munity Playground.
ADF Experiment Begins
On Afognak island
A preliminary survey of!
fresh water lakes and streams |
on Kodiak and Afognak Is
lands in connection with the
conservation and propagation
of salmon was made this week
by C. L. Anderson, director
of the Alaska Department of
Fisheries.
. Anderson, accompanied by
£!lint Stockley of the ADF,
flew early this week to Paul’s
Lake on Peronosa Bay where
the ADF plans an experiment
in the planting of salmon eggs.
In the event the experiment
is successful, which would
| mean that the eggs hatch and
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the young salmon complete
the five year cycle of leaving
fresh water, going to sea and
returning to spawn, the de
partment will continue “plant
ing” in other fresh water
lakes.
Stockley will be stationed at
Paul’s Lake for several
months and will receive assis
tance from and use whatever
facilities he may need at the
cannery at Port Williams.
This fall an engineer from
the University of Washington
will arrive at the lake to sur
vey for the construction of
“salmon ladders” which will
enable the returning salmon
to get over falls and other
obstructions when they return
to spawn.
Paul’s lake has a good out
let to salt water. The engineer
will survey a lake that is
higher than Paul’s Lake and
has falls and other obstruc
tions in the returning sal
mons’ route.
This experiment and re
lated programs are being done
exclusively under a new divi
sion which is known as
“Watershed Management”.
This new division was made
possible by funds appropriated
by the 1951 legislature.
Anderson said efforts were
being made to recruit compe
tent personnel for this work.
The duties usually ascribed to
“stream improvement” are
now being handled on a
broader scope under the
watershed management divi
sion. The utilization of barren
lakes and streams is being
stressed and includes all fresh
water phases of the salmon’s
life. The experiment at Paul’s
Lake is with red salmon.
In a report, due to be Dub
lished by the Alaska Depart
ment t f Fisheries for 1950,
Anderson writes: “In study
ing the history of the decline
of the salmon runs of the
Pacific Coast, it is striking to
notice how invariably these
declines are blamed on over
fishing. These statements
come most often from those
least acquainted with the sub
ject and are often made to
cover up other causes, which
may be of their own making.”
As an illustration, Anderson
points to the hydro-electric
and irrigation projects on the
Columbia River which com
pletely blocked the up-river
spawning grounds which were
formerly used by the early
runs.
‘ ‘No attempt whatsoever
was made to elevate the ma
ture salmon over these edi
fices,” Anderson writes.
As a result these spawning
areas were finally and com
pletely written off.
“It would seem, that, if
just a part of the creative
genius required to build these
structures, had been applied
to the problem, spawning
salmon would still be going
above these dams to com
plete their life’s mission and |
their off spring would be com
ing down safely to the sea,"
Anderson declares.
Anderson admits, in the re
port, that overfishing is to
someextent responsible for the
decline of salmon. However,
there is evidence to show that
in some cases it is of minor or
no consequence. He says the
actual reasons are found in
the changes in the environ
ment of the salmon due to
natural and unnatural (man
made) conditions.
"Some of the natural ones
are cyclic climatic conditions
floods; droughts; freezes;
earthquakes; earth slides;
beaver dams; increase in pre
dators and others," the report
states.
Some of the man-made
causes are logging operations,
construction of hydro-electric
dams, irrigation, flood con
-trol, pollution due to pulp mill
operations and; mining opera
tions. • - '*
The ADF also conducts a
sport fishing program, hair
seal control, biological re
search and exploratory fishing
and aid to industry.
“In carrying out the wishes
of the Alaska Legislature the
Alaska Department of Fish
eries will carefully correlate
its various activities with
those of the Federal agency
to avoid duplication of effort
and working at cross pur
poses,” Anderson’s report
says.
He was scheduled to return
to Juneau yesterday.
Henry Wilcox, serviceman
. for the American Can Com
pany, was in Kodiak this
week. He has been on Kod ak
Island since May visiting
various canneries.
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