shorter than 30 feet in length and fished at 

 least 100 yards from any other set net or any 

 tributary stream. Regulations for taking fish 

 from salt water for personal use were not 

 changed in 1959. 



The effect of the personal-use fishery on 

 king salmon runs is unknown because no 

 registration of nets or report of catches was 

 required. During the 1958 season an effort 

 was made to learn the magnitude and locations 

 of the personal-use fisheries. Areas where 

 personal-use fisheries were known to exist 

 were surveyed from the air; and the number of 

 nets in the water, identified as personal-use 

 from their length, were counted (table 4). Oc- 

 casionally it was possible to land at a net site 

 and interview the owner on the spot. Additional 

 catch data were obtained from owners of 



personal-use nets living in the Anchorage area. 

 Extrapolations from the data taken in the in- 

 terviews led to an estimated total catch of 

 3,025 fish. Based on the 12-year average of 

 3.18 fish per case, this amounts to 951 cases 

 of salmon, equivalent to one-sixth of the 1958 

 commercial pack. 



SPORT FISHERY 



The sport fishery has grown in Alaska as 

 population and transportation facilities have 

 increased. The areas near population centers 

 are subject to heavier fishing pressure each 

 year. Roads into the Matanuska Valley, into 

 parts of the Susitna River Valley, and on the 

 Kenai Peninsula have been built or improved 

 in recent years. Private airplanes are in- 

 creasing in number and are being used to 



Table 4, -- Nets observed and estimated king salmon caught in 

 Cook Inlet personal-use set gill net fishery, 1958 



1/ Catch estimated by native residents. 



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