Rehabilitation of the currently nonreproductive pink and d'liun salmon streams in the 

 Cliignik area remains a serious problem. Correction requires intensification of enforce- 

 ment. 



ALASKA PENINSULA 



The Peninsula pink salmon pack hit an alltime low of 29,000 cases in 1957- 



Good abundance of chums, which had a pack of silmost 125,000 cases, compensated scme- 

 what for the pink shortage. Poor production during the summer season kept all canneries 

 and gear in the race for fall fish, the season for whicli commenced August 19. 



ISie Praise Pass seiners and traps caught few red salmon despite remarkably calm 

 weather. 



Even though a more liberal fishing time was granted, escapement was good into the 

 Bear and Sandy Rivers. It is felt that a continuous stationary patrol of the closed area 

 at the mouth of Bear River contributed materially to the good escapement. 



During 1957 the Fish and Wildlife Service conducted the first major research program 

 on the Alaska Peninsula in over 30 years. Pink salmon were tagged in the vicinity of the 

 Shumagin Islands for the purposes of learning migration routes, rate of movement, and 

 the tiirdng of the runs in relation to the fishing season. 



Although tag returns are incomplete, some of the more outstanding results of the 

 Shumagin tagging have become apparent. Of 5,500 pink salmon tagged, a recovery of about 

 35 percent is anticipated. The majority of the fish tagged were apparently destined for 

 local streams, since 9^ percent of the tagged pink salmon recaptured were taken within 

 the boundaries of the Peninsula district (fig. 26). Perhaps the most surprising result 

 is the easterly trend of the migration as shown by the eastward extent of the recovery 

 pattern and also by the fact that as yet no recoveries have been reported from the area 

 west of Pavlof Bay. 



PERCENTAGE OF RECAPTURES 

 BY REGULATORY DISTRICTS 



SHUMAGIN ISLANDS 



Figure 26. --Pink salmon tag recovery pattern 

 Shumagin Islands tagging - 1957 



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