Figure 5. — Villages where estimates of annual average chum salmon catches were made. 



were established for the area defined. Although 

 chum salmon may be taken legally for com- 

 mercial use after August 1, the main runs will 

 have passed the areas of commercial fisheries 

 and thus will have been provided protection 

 until they have reached their spawning areas. 



Local use for subsistence needs is not affected 

 by the regulations. 



Utilization of chum salmon for native sub- 

 sistence has been rather extensive. L. G. 

 Wingard (Bower, 1923) estimated that 300,000 



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