ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Collection of statistics from 1946 through 

 1959 was financed by Bristol Bay salmon 

 packers, first through Alaska Salmon Industry, 

 Inc., and later through the Association of 

 Pacific Fisheries. This report is published 

 as a tangible result of their contributions. 



We wish to acknowledge the efforts of nu- 

 merous staff members who have played im- 

 portant roles in collecting and compiling data, 

 and in particular of John R. Gilbert, who was 

 responsible for collecting and analyzing much 

 of the spawning ground data. The IBM pro- 

 gram used for computing the length frequency 

 and age composition data from the catch and 

 escapement was written by Larry E. Gales 

 and executed by Kenneth J. Fischler. 



LITERATURE CITED 



DUNCAN, REA E. 



1956. Two measures of the length of red 

 salmon, Oncorhmchus nerka (Walbaum), 

 their relation and application in the study 

 of the catch and escapement in Bristol 

 Bay, Alaska. M.S. Thesis, University of 

 Washington, Seattle, Wash., 92 p. 



NELSON, MARTIN O. 



1960. Red salmon spawning ground sunreys 

 in the Nushagak District, Bristol Bay, 

 Alaska, 1959. Fisheries Research In- 

 stitute, University of Washington, Cir- 

 cular 119, 4 p. plus 6 tables. 



SIMPSON, ROBERT R. 



1960. Alaska commercial salmon catch sta- 

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 115 p. 



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