ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 
, 1926 269 
UGASHIK SALMON COUNT 
A salmon-counting weir was erected in the Ugashik River in 1926. 
Agent Dennis Winn selected the site in the previous season, and the 
weir was constructed about 50 miles up the river, a short distance 
below the outlet of the first Ugashik Lake. At this point the river 
is 770 feet wide, with an average depth of 3 feet. The bottom is 
gravel, and the water is perfectly clear. The largest tides from 
Bristol Bay barely reach the weir. Immediately below the weir site 
the river widens into a shallow mud-bottomed lagoon, below which 
the water is too badly discolored to permit counting the fish. 
The weir consists of a picket fence on stringers, supported by 
tripods for about 360 feet across the main current of the river, with 
a 6-foot wire-netting fence, about 370 feet long, to the eastern bank 
and another about 40 feet long to the west bank, with a wing to 
permit the passage of boats up and down the river along the west 
bank. Six counting gates were built in the weir for the passage of 
salmon. ; 
The first red salmon passed through on June 15, although not all 
of the counting gates were erected until June 20. The run con- 
tinued through August 12, when the dismantling of the weir was 
begun. The total count of salmon was 786,775 reds, 278 chums, 17 
humpbacks, 46 kings, and 27 cohos. 
Henry McFadden was in charge of operations at this weir during 
the season. 
ANAN SALMON COUNT 
In 1926 a weir for the counting of salmon was again installed in 
Anan Creek. It was completed May 12, and a few steelhead trout 
made their appearance at that time, but the run of humpback salmon 
did not begin until June 12. From that date until August 31 a total 
of 121,780 humpbacks passed through the weir. In addition, 106 
kings, 586 reds, 835 cohos, 75 chums, and 647 steelhead trout were 
counted during the time the weir was operated. 
Walter J. Larson was in charge of the erection of the weir as 
well as of counting operations. 
SALMON TAGGING 
With a view to throwing further hght on migration routes and to 
develop other information, the tagging and releasing of adult salmon 
was again undertaken in southeast Alaska in 1926. The total number 
tagged was 13,530, of which 13,082 were from traps and 448 were 
troll-caught fish. 
The numbers of salmon tagged and released from traps, and the 
localities where operations were carried on, were as follows: Tree 
Point, 650 fish; Kanagunut Island, 844; Gravina Island, 659; Point 
Colpoys, 1,036; Cape Bendel, 3,297; Marble Bluffs, 999; Inian 
Islands, 2,000; Stephens Passage, 1,499; Cape Chacon, 500; and Cape 
Muzon, 1,598; a total of 13,082. Of these, 2.297 were red salmon, 
820 chums, 614 cohos, and 9,351 humpbacks. Warden A. J. Suomela 
was in immediate charge of this work. 
In order to secure data in respect to the trolling industry, Hugo 
W. Frederickson, a temporary employee, was engaged to tag and 
