Table 2. — Estimates of fry production from Streams sampled in the southern 

 inside waters of Southeastern Alaska for 1957 and 1958. 



_!/ To make this figure comparable with 1957, Totem 

 Bay production for 1958 has not been included. 



Anan Creek and Naha River, produced a 

 greater number of fry in 1958, while an- 

 other large river, the Wilson, had an out- 

 migration in 1958 about one-half as large 

 as in 1957. Five of the seven smaller 

 streams showed declines this season, and 

 one was much improved. Figure 7 shows a 

 migrant fry station on one of the smaller 

 streams. Comparable data were not avail- 

 able for Totem Bay Creek. Although the 

 overall fry migration appeared to be slight- 

 ly greater this spring than last, and op- 

 timistic prediction for pink salmon adults 

 in 1959 cannot be fully justified in view 

 of the reduced cibundance in 1958 of young 

 fish in the majority of the smaller streams, 

 which are generally considered to be the 

 backbone of pink salmon production in this 

 region. Other factors to be considered are 

 the magnitudes of parent escapements and 

 fry survival until seaward migration. 

 Although survival from the spawning of 1957 

 was somewhat better than that of the pre- 

 vious year, it was not improved sufficiently 



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Figure 7. --Part of migrant fry station at Snake Creek, 

 showing men taking stream flows. 



