STREAM CATALOG OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 

 REGULATORY DISTRICTS NOS. 5, 6, 7, and sU 



Edited by 

 Carl Rosier and Norm Johnston 

 Alaska Department of Fish and Game 

 Juneau, Alaska 

 and 

 R ussell F. Orrell 

 Fisheries Research Institute 

 University of Washington 

 Seattle, Washington 



ABSTRACT 



Information about part of Southeastern Alaska salmon 

 streams is cataloged from the voluminous records of the Alaska 

 Department of Fish and Game; the Alaska Salmon Industry; the 

 Fisheries Research Institute of the University of Washington; the 

 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; 

 and other agencies. Stream descriptions, maps, and historical 

 records of salmon escapement data are compiled for 130 salmon 

 streams in Southeastern Alaska Regulatory Districts Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 

 8. Each stream is locoted geographically by latitude and longitude 

 and by orientation to prominent landmasses. A standard numbering 

 system, number designations formerly in use, and common names of 

 each stream are listed. Physical descriptions are presented for the 

 intertidal zone and the upstream area of each stream. Available 

 records of weather, virater temperatures, and information useful to 

 ground and aerial stream surveyors are presented in brief form. The 

 species of salmon utilizing the spawning grounds and estimates of the 

 escapements each year for many years are given. 



INTRODUCTION 



The pink salmon of Southeastern Alaska are 

 an important fishery resource. Millions of these fish 

 are captured annually by the commercial fishery 

 during their spawning migration. There are more 

 than 1, 100 known spawning streams, plus himdreds 

 of small, individually unimportant ones, scattered 

 along the 9, 000 coastal miles of Southeastern 

 Alaska. 



For many years, management and research 

 agencies of the Federal, Territorial, and State gov- 

 ernments, Alaska salmon canners, and the Fisheries 

 Research Institute of the University of Washington, 

 have independently conducted stream surveys of the 

 salmon spawning grounds. A vast amount of valuable 

 information has been accumulated and has been, in 

 the main, kept on file in the offices of the various 

 organizations. 



1/ Contribution No. 193, College of Fish- 

 eries, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. It 

 is the fourth catalog of salmon streams of South- 

 eastern Alaska. Previous catalogs cover areas as 

 follows: Reg. Dist. No. 1, SSR--F 305; Reg. Dist. 

 No. 2, SSR--F453; Reg. Dist. Nos. 3 and 4, 

 SSR— F465. 



To make full use of all these scattered ma- 

 terials, records from the various sources have been 

 gathered together and methods of stream surveying 

 have been studied on a comparative basis. This in- 

 formation has been consolidated into a standard 

 form which is presented here as a stream catalog. 



This catalog has been compiled under a con- 

 tract given to the Fisheries Research Institute by the 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The material 

 contained herein includes 130 major and numerous 

 minor streams of Regulatory Districts Nos. 5, 6, 

 7, and 8. 



Information on each stream is presented by 

 a stream description and, when available, a map, 

 and escapement record. Information pertinent to 

 the identification of each stream by name, number, 

 and location is given, and further physical features 

 are described where necessary for positive identifi- 

 cation. Descriptions of each stream are given as 

 completely as available information allows. The 

 catalog format is so designed that future surveys by 

 various agencies can be recorded and conducted ac- 

 cording to a uniform style. 



As a handbook of salmon streams, this cat- 

 alog is expected to serve as an aid to conservation 



