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counted, 297,618 were tallied at the upper station, 29,100 at the 

 cannery station, 1,351 at Silver Salmon Creek, and 12,167 at Horse 

 Marine Lagoon. In addition, 17,013 pinks, 7,129 cohos, and 31 chums 

 were counted through the racks. All weirs were removed on Sep- 

 tember 25, when there were showing very few salmon other than 

 cohos, which were reported quite abundant in Olga Bay. The total 

 reported catch of red salmon in commercial fishing was 226,326. 



The bureau's work at Alitak was in charge of Henry B. Looff, under 

 the supervision of Warden H. H. Hungerford. 



CHIGNIK RIVER 



The site of the Chignik weir was 6 feet below its location the pre- 

 vious season, the river at this point being about 445 feet wide and from 

 2 to 6 feet deep. Construction was started on April 29 ; and by May 4 

 all tripods had been set and the stringers put on, ready for fencing 

 with pickets. At that time, however, ice began coming down the 

 river and continued for two weeks in such quantities that every effort 

 was required to prevent damage to the unfinished weir structure. 

 Work on the weir was resumed on May 19, but on the 22d it was inter- 

 rupted by a freshet which washed out five tripods and broke some of 

 the stringers. It was not until July 1 that the water had receded 

 sufficiently to permit further work on the weir. On July 10 the river 

 was closed so that no fish could pass, and counting at one of the gates 

 was begun on the following day. When completed, the weir had six 

 22-inch counting gates and one 76-inch gate to permit the passage of 

 small boats up and down the river. 



Prior to June 15 the salmon run at Chignik was light, and from 

 June 16 to July 18 it was fair. The best run of the season occurred 

 from July 19 to August 3, reaching its peak on July 22, when 68,906 red 

 salmon were counted through the weu- and 1,342 were caught commer- 

 cially. The run continued fair throughout August, after which there 

 was a gradual decline to the end of the run on October 7. The total 

 count of red salmon was 605,352. In addition, it was estimated that 

 107,600 reds passed upstream before the rack was installed, making a 

 total escapement of 712,952 reds. There were also tallied at the weir 

 27,630 cohos, and 1,343 kings. 



The red salmon of the Chignik run were large in size this season, and 

 fewer grilse were observed than in the preceding year. An excep- 

 tionally good migration of salmon fingerlings was noted; the first were 

 seen going downstream on Alay 14, and the migration continued in 

 good numbers to August 15. 



Five traps for the capture of salmon were operated in Chignil^ Bay 

 and Lagoon by the three canneries that have engaged in the industry 

 in this district during previous seasons. The first trap to be operated 

 was brailed on June 8 and the last on September 16. The total catch 

 of red salmon was 637,974. Operations at the Chignik weir were in 

 charge of Warden Charles Petry. 



AYAKULIK OR RED RIVER 



The Red River weir was completed on May 24, and on the following 

 day 356 red salmon and 18 kings were tallied. Very few of the latter 

 species were in the river at that time, as most of the run had passed 

 upstream before the weir was installed. The capture of predacious 



