Table 7. — Catch of king and chum salmon in the upper Yukon River for the 



years 1955 and 1956 



1 Data for 1955 known to be incomplete. 



Source: Progress Report No. Ill, 1956 Field Investigations, Fishery Re- 

 sources of the upper Yukon River Basin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Juneau, Alaska, 31 p. 



Fishing effort data for the upper Yukon 

 River for 1956 (table 8) show that gill nets are 

 the preferred type of gear, although fish wheels 

 are used to some extent. 



YUKON RIVER TO SEWARD 

 PENINSULA 



The coastal area extending northward from 

 the mouth of the Yukon River to the mouth of 

 the Unalakleet River contains small streams 

 of limited watersheds which are of minor im- 

 portance with respect to salmon resources. 

 The Unalakleet, Shaktolik, Ungalik, and In- 

 glutalik Rivers (locations shown in figure 4) 

 are the larger systems (table 2). Raleigh re- 

 ported catches from all, except the Ungalik 

 River. The Unalakleet River is the major chum 

 salmon stream in this area and is exceeded 

 in importance only by the Yukon, Kuskokwim, 

 and Kobuk Rivers. Pink salmon are also 



abundant. Knapp estimated a pink salmon 

 escapement in the Unalakleet River of 300,000 

 to 500,000 in 1958. 



Raleigh estimated the annual chum salmon 

 catches in excess of 67,000 (table 3). The 

 villages of Unalakleet and Shaktolik were rated 

 as high on salmon dependency. Stebbins and 

 St. Michael, which are not as advantageously 

 located on productive salmon streams, rated 

 as medium and low respectively. 



SEWARD PENINSULA FROM 

 KOYUK TO BUCKLAND 



The Seward Peninsula region has, in addition 

 to a large number of small rivers and streams, 

 two rather large river systems, the Koyuk and 

 Kuzitrin, on the Peninsula proper, and the 

 Buckland River entering from the mainland 



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