TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Description of vessels 2 



Gill net construction 3 



Operations 



Setting 3 



Hauling 5 



San^ling and preservation of salmon 5 



Catch data 5 



Length frequencies 



Catch by mesh size 15 



Catch by species 16 



Red salmon 16 



Chum salmon 17 



Pink salmon 18 



Silver and king salmon 18 



Vertical distribution of salmon catch 18 



Surface water temperatures and salmon catch 18 



Species other than salmon 19 



Literature cited 19 



Appendix 21 



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