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showing appeared from July 26 to August 1, after which the run 

 declined gradually until September 1, when counting operations were 

 discontinued because high water made it necessary to keep the gates 

 open to prevent damage to the weir structure. During the season 

 there were counted 613,598 pink salmon, or nearly 50,000 more than 

 the escapement in 1930, the previous record year since the weir was 

 first operated in 1925. In addition to the pink salmon, 1,206 cohos, 

 42 kings, 31 reds, 27 chums, and 172 steelheads were counted. Several 

 thousand salmon, chiefly pinks, passed upstream after counting 

 ceased. Walter J. Larson was in charge of operations at this weir, 

 under the supervision of Assistant Agent S. A. Baker. 



CALDER CREEK 



Construction of the weir at Calder Creek was completed on July 5 

 at a point 150 feet downstream from the former location. Salmon 

 ascended the stream very late; and it was August 10 before the first 

 count was made, although large schools had been in the shoal water of 

 the bay for two weeks. Heavy rains occured on August 22, and the 

 bulk of the run passed upstream during the following week. Counting 

 was continued through September 23, when the total escapement 

 numbered 31,959 pinks, 17,125 chums, and 193 cohos. Approximately 

 12,000 salmon were in the creek below the weir at the time the struc- 

 ture was removed. Operation of the weir was in charge of Richard 

 Emery and supervised by Warden C. L. Olson. 



EAGLE CREEK 



Work of installing the weir at Eagle Creek was begun on July 1 

 and completed on July 4. A few red salmon were observed at the 

 mouth of the creek on June 29, but they did not begin to pass up- 

 stream until July 5. The first pink salmon w^ere observed off the 

 mouth of the creek on August 1 and began to pass through the weir 

 on August 7, although very few in number until August 19. The 

 heaviest run took place between August 23 and September 11, reaching 

 its peak on August 28, on which date there was an escapement of 

 61,110 pinks. The total count for the season numbered 532,678 

 pinks, 49,802 chums, 17,414 reds, and 3,313 cohos. In addition, it 

 was estimated that 50,000 salmon (45,000 pinks, 4,500 chums, and 

 500 cohos) passed upstream during the period of high water on 

 September 5 and 6, when no count was possible. Also, at the time of 

 the removal of the weir on September 29 there were approximately 

 22,000 pinks and 25,000 chums that had not ascended to the spawning 

 grounds. As in previous years, the count was made by J. A. Kelly 

 under the direction of Assistant Agent S. A. Baker. 



KLAWAK CREEK 



A weir for counting the escapement of spawning salmon in Klawak 

 Creek was established at the same location as in the preceding year, 

 construction being started May 31 and completed June 4. Red salmon 

 began to pass through the counting gates on June 5. While the run 

 of this species was never heavy, it was fairly steady throughout July 

 and August, and the total escapement was considerably larger than for 

 the past several years. The first pink salmon appeared at the weir 



