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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FLSHERIES 



ACHERIDIN BAY 



So far as our records go, the fishery here has been very irregular. A catch of nearly 

 31,000 red salmon was made in 1912, but no other catch was recorded until 1922, 

 although since then reports have been received yearly. It is very probable, however, 

 that the fishery was fairly continuous between 1912 and 1922 and that for one reason 

 or another records have not been submitted. The fishery is mainly for red salmon, 

 but in 1923 a small catch of pinks and chums was made also. If our record be taken 

 as it stands and the catch of 1912 be considered as a fair indication of the abundance 

 at that time, it is clear that this locality has been seriously depleted. The available 

 data are too few to warrant a definite conclusion to this effect, however. 



Fig. 20.— Catch of red salmon at Orzinski 

 BALBOA AND IVANOF BAYS 



The fisheries in both these localities have been irregular so far as our reports show 

 and no analysis is possible. They have produced chiefly pinks and chums caught 

 by beach seines and presumably of local origin. 



ORZINSKI BAY 



This bay receives a small river that supports a run of red salmon that has formed 

 the object of a fishery for many years. Cobb states that a cannery was started here 

 in 1889 but operated only for two years. For these years we have no record of either 

 the pack or the catch. Cobb states further that a saltery was established here about 

 1905, but the earliest records available to us begin with 1908. Very few fish other 

 than red salmon had been taken here up to 1927, but in that year an unprecedented 

 catch was made of over 83,000 pinks. It seems possible that this was due to some 

 economic factor with which we are not acquainted. The catches of red salmon are 

 shown graphically in Figure 20. It is not apparent that there has been much change 

 in the yield, unless the poor catch recorded for 1927 is an indication of a fall. How- 

 ever, as this smaller yield of reds was accompanied by a greatly augmented yield of 



