are not herring but an eastern Siberian fish ( Coregonus sardinella) which is 

 quite common in coastal regions of northern seas and known locaiiy as "seld", 

 "zeld", etc. 



The commercially important herring in Bering Sea extends along the 

 eastern coast of KamcharJca to Korfo-Olytorsky Cape. The commercial 

 importance has increased in recent years and K.I. Panin reports the eastern 

 Kamchatkan herring catch to be 22, 000 hundredweight. 



Family Salmonidae 



4 . Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum) 



Distributed from Avacha Bay to Providence Bay in Chukchi peninsula. 

 Keta appeared in late July and early August; most of the catches being made 

 in Anadyr estuary. 



5 . Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum) 



The northernmost distribution is recorded from the settlement at Cape 

 Dezhnev and at Bering Strait. They occur in late July and early August m 

 Providence Bay. In a river flowing into Imatra Bay (North Deep Bay -N. 

 Gluboka) on September 11, we noticed gorbuscha that were spawning in shallow 

 water about 1/2 kilometer from the mouth. 



6 . Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum) 



We noticed nerka together with gorbuscha in Imatra Bay which were almost 

 ripe . However, they traveled only in slow currents in deep water over sandy 

 bottoms . 



7 . Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum) 



This species occurs in the fall in Avacha Bay (end of September) . It 

 occurs singly in Anadyr estuary after the fall migration of Keta. 



8 . Salvelinus malma (Walbaum) 



The northern limit of malma is Bering Strait (settlement at Cape Dezhnev) . 

 The local Chukchee insist that forms living in the shallow lagoons divided 

 from the sea by a narrow sand bar differ from the sea forms . 



