BRISTOL BAY AND ALASKA PENINSULA SALMON STATISTICS 87 



AHCH POINT 



This locality is at present of minor importance and was first fished in 1927, when 

 a trap was driven. It seems probable that this locality will be included with the 

 rest of Pavlof Bay ultimately, but on account of the possibility that the catch might 

 prove to draw upon a difl'erent body of fish it was thought better to keep the data 

 separate for the present. 



BELKOFSKI BAY 



The fishery here has been spasmodic and of little importance up to 1924, when 

 a single trap was driven. Since then the catches of all species except kings have 

 been much larger. Previous to the installation of the trap the catch had been 

 chiefly of chums and pinks, but reds and cohos have appeared in noticeably larger 

 numbers since 1924. The pinks, as usual in this region, are taken in much greater 

 numbers in the even years. On account of the recent change in the character of the 

 fishery no further analysis is possible. 



COLD BAY 



Beach seines were operated in Cold Bay in most years since 1911, and one 

 trap was operated in 1915. The bay was closed to fishing in 1925 and 1920 but in 

 1927 was reopened to fishing after July 25. The most valuable element in the catch 

 has been the red salmon. The catch of this species has been subject to wide fluctu- 

 ations, which may have been caused by changes in the intensity of fishing. The 

 data appear to indicate that some depletion occurred previous to 1925, but this 

 is by no means certain on account of the irregularity in the fishery and the wide 

 fluctuations in the catch that have prevailed from the beginning. Much the same 

 thing may be said of the catch of pinks and chums. It is interesting to note, however, 

 that the largest catch of pinks (over 38,000) was made in an odd year (1915), con- 

 trary to the usual rule in this region. As this was the year in which the one trap was 

 operated, the large catch doubtless was due to this; but the fact that so large a catch 

 could be made in an odd year would indicate the presence of a considerable run of 

 this species. 



DEEE ISLAND 



Catches have been reported from Deer Island in four years only and were 

 confined virtually to pinks and chums. These fish are presumably though not 

 certainly of local origin. The fishing has been carried on irregularly, and the data 

 are too few to permit analysis. 



IKATAN BAY 



The red salmon of Ikatan Bay have been treated above. All four of the other 

 species show a somewhat similar history. The catches in general increased up to 

 1920, then fell off sharply in 1921 due to the economic conditions that have been 

 mentioned above frequently. Since 1921 all of these species have shown gradual 

 recovery, until at present the level of the catches is approximately the same as it 

 was in the years immediately preceding 1921, and in the case of cohos the level 

 is noticeably higher. The data are shown graphically in Figure 16. 



