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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The Beginning and Ending of Commercial Fishing for Red Salmon at Various Fishing 

 Stations in Alaska, 1900 and 1904-1906 — Continued. 



Waters. 



Southeast Alaska— Continued. 



Clarence Strait — Continued. 



Tongass Narrows— Ward Cove. Revii- 

 lagigedo Island 



Cholmondeley Sound 



Dora Bay, Prince of Wales Island. . 

 Peter Johnson Stream (Dolomi). Prince 



oi Wales Island 



Moire Sound — 



North Ann. Prince of Wales Island. 

 Shalclair, Prince of Wales Island.. . 



Browns, Prince of Wales Island 



South Arm— 



Kegan Si ream, Prince of Wales 



Island 



Nowiskay Stream, Prince of 



Wales Island 



Old Johnson Stream, Prince of 



Wales Island 



Nichols Passage— 



Bostwiek Inlet, Gravina Island 



Tain, Annette Island 



Tamgas Harbor, Annette Island 



Reviilagigedo Channel: 



George Inlet. Reviilagigedo Island. 



Carroll Inlet, Reviilagigedo Island 



Thornc Arm, Reviilagigedo Island 



Hassler Harbor, Annette Island 



Duke Island 



Hni:l ill' <,Hl;ii]r;l .. 



Kah Shakes Cove -. 



1904. 



1905. 



Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing 

 began — ended — began — ended — began — ended — 



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July 



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Aug. 28 

 July it; 

 July 9 



Sept. 3 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 27 



July 12 



Sept. 1 



1906. 



Fishing Fishing 

 began — ended- 



Julv 23 

 Julv 30 

 July 11 



June 30 



July 13 



Julv 11 



July 13 



July 11 

 July 10 



July 6 



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Although the red salmon run is somewhat later than that of the king, the two species are sometimes 

 found together. "Writing of his observations in 1S90, Dr. Gilbert says: 



It appeared constantly associated with the king salmon. It was taken by trolling in Departure 

 Bay, Vancouver Island, May 10 to 13; was seined in small numbers at Unalaska May '24 to 27. and was 

 abundant there June Hi. It had not begun to run at Nushagak June 3. but the young with parr marks 

 still evident . ranging in size from 95 to 115 mm., were very abundant. These were doubtless descending 

 the rivers to the sea and were probably about 20 months old. On July 5. young averaging slightly 

 larger than the above were taken in salt wafer at Herendeen Bay, Alaskan Peninsula. These ranged 

 from 120 to 130 mm. in total length. The color is deeper and less silvery than in the Nushagak examples 

 and the parr marks have almost wholly disappeared. 



The beginning of the run in any given stream is fairly constant, the variation being within narrow 

 limits. The duration of the run is for a shorter period in the northern region than it is farther south. 

 In Bristol Hay and Central Alaska it lasts only six weeks or less, while in Southeast Alaska it continues 

 about two months. 



The number of red salmon running in any given stream is constant from year to year only within 

 rather wide limits. It is believed by most fishermen and canners that every fourth year any given 

 stream is apt to have a larger run than in any of the three other years of the series. In a general way 

 this belief seems to be borne out by statistics: when specific cases an- examined, however, the rule 

 appears of doubtful application. Fur example, the catch of red salmon in the Ugashik River for the 

 last six years has been as follows: 7(19.002 fish in 1901: 1,640,973 in 1902; 1,703,536 in 1903; 564,492 in 

 1904; 432,779 in 1905; and 152.140 in 1900. As the run was large in 1902 it should have been large in 

 1900, but it was the smallest ever known. Judging from the run of 1903. that for 1907 ought to be a 

 large one. Information regarding it will be awaited with interest. 



In Nushagak Bay and Wood River the run was very large in 1905, four traps in Wood River furnishing 

 over 800,000 fish, while many thousands more were turned loose. In 1900 these same traps produced 

 only about 200,000 fish, and three additional traps operated in the same region produced about 100,000 

 more, giving a total for Wood River for 1900 of about 300.000 as against more than 800,000 for 1905. 



