65° N 



ITO'V,' 



150' 



130" 



Figure 1. — Three major herring fishing areas of Alaska 

 where statistics and biological data were taken be- 

 tween 1929 and 1966. 



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I34°W 



tended to concentrate in certain areas, (2) reg- 

 ulations restricted the geographic extent and 

 timing of commercial fishing within each dis- 

 trict, and (3) fishing tended to be more intense 

 near the reduction plants. As an example — 

 between 1939 and 1966, more than 40% of 

 the landings in southeastern Alaska came from 

 the vicinity of Larch Bay on southwest Baranof 

 Island (Figure 2) . This bay usually had large 

 concentrations of feeding herring in the late 

 summer, was one of the few locations where 

 the herring fleet enjoyed unrestricted entry, 

 and was relatively close to several reduction 

 plants. In all three districts, in years when 

 herring were not abundant in areas of nor- 

 mally high concentrations, the fishing fleet was 

 widely dispersed, and the total annual catch 

 was made up of small catches from many lo- 

 cations (Figures 2, 3, and 4). 



I I < 1,000 TONS 



ESna 1,000-10.000 TONS 

 10,000-50,000 TONS 

 50,000-200,000 TONS 

 > 200,000 TONS 



%i 



Figure 2. — Distribution of herring catches in south- 

 eastern Alaska, 1929-66. 



