REGULATORY DISTRICTS 

 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 



in 1957. The total for all species was 

 approximately 58,000, including 12,000 pink, 

 4,000 chum, 1,800 coho, and 230 king salmon. 

 A satisfactory escapement occurred in Lake 

 Bay. 



The Portland Canal gill net fishery 

 produced about 125,000 salmon, of which 

 85,000 were chum, 30,000 pink, 5,000 red, 

 4,000 coho, and 240 king. All of the Alas- 

 kan tributaries to Portland Canal had satis- 

 factory escapements. 



The Lynn Canal gill net fishery was 

 active throughout the season (June 23 to 

 October 10). The red salmon catch of 90,000 

 fish was equal to the average of the past 

 ten years, while the chum salmon catch, ex- 

 cept for the unusual take in 1957, exceeded 

 that of any recent season. Escapement of 

 both species was satisfactory. 



The Taku River production of approxi- 

 mately 20,000 red salmon was the lowest 

 since 1946. A catch of about 15,000 king 

 salmon was the best since 1954, and the coho 

 and chum catches were about equal to those 

 of last year which were considered average. 

 The pink salmon catch of 65,000 was the 

 largest since 1951 when 75,000 fish were 

 taken. The king salmon combined escapement 

 of 16,000 into both the Inklin and Nakina 

 Rivers -' , tributaries of the Taku, was the 

 best since 1951. Escapement of pink salmon, 

 while not believed to be equal to 1951, was 

 considered good. Coho and chum esccipements 

 were fair, and red salmon escapement was 

 poor . 



Snettisham catch and escapement were 

 short in all species this year. 



The Stikine catch of 25,000 red, 

 10,000 king, 50,000 coho, 30,000 chum, and 

 19,000 pink salmon is in excess of any of 

 the last four years, except for the king 

 SEilmon production, which was down about 

 3,000 fish from the average. Escapement of 

 king salmon in the Little Tahltan River —, 

 a tributary of the Stikine, appeared to be 

 equal to that of 1956, which was consider- 

 ably better than 1957. Surveys of red salm- 

 on, which were limited to one observation 

 per stream, showed the escapement to be 

 about half that of 1957. 



Figure 5. — Geographical regions of Southeastern 

 Alaska referred to in text. 



1/ Estimates by Alaska Department of Fish 

 and Game. 



