Table 8. — Number of fishermen operating gill nets and fish wheels in the upper 

 Yukon River basin and the number of humans and dogs partially dependent upon 

 the salmon resources, 1956 



1 Data not available. 



2 An additional four fishermen at Minto could not be contacted. 



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

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

 31 p. 



(fig. 4). Fourteen of the 44 streams in this 

 area have been verified to contain stocks of 

 chum salmon. Six of these have estimated 

 annual catches exceeding 10,000 salmon (table 

 2). The major streams are the Koyuk, Kwiniuk, 

 Niuklik, Kuzitrin, Immacheuk, and Buckland 

 Rivers. Information was lacking for many of 

 the minor streams, some of which may produce 

 fair runs of fish. 



Raleigh estimated the annual chum salmon 

 catches for 18 villages to be approximately 

 200,000 (table 3). Eight villages were rated 

 as highly dependent on salmon, five as medium, 

 and five as low. He calculated salmon utiliza- 

 tion only for the native populations and did not 



consider the consumption by white residents, 

 which may increase the estimates some. The 

 locations of the villages are shown in figure 5. 



BUCKLAND TO POINT HOPE 



The area from Buckland to Point Hope con- 

 tains two major river systems, the Kobuk and 

 Noatak, and four smaller rivers, the Kauk, 

 Selawik, Wulik, and Kukpuk (table 2, fig. 4). In 

 addition, there are some 23 smaller rivers 

 and streams, but these have not been included 

 in the table and figure owing to their minor 

 importance or to the lack of information con- 

 cerning them. The Kobuk River was rated by 

 Raleigh as being exceeded only by the Yukon 



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