ISS U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Relative importance of each district in the production of each species of 
salmon canned in 1926 










| | | Total, 
District Coho | Chum eae King | Red | all 
| | species 
Le | Ce J 
Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent 
Southeast Alaska. Soke es ee Sea eee 47.6 | 68. 5 64. 7 20. 4 8.1 46.0 
CentralvAlaskase > eo: eae eee 51.5 | 27.0 34.3 45.1 29. 2 32.2 
Western “Alaskaccoe3 238 Nii eee | +9 4.5 1.0 34.5 62.7 21.8 
otal SS ea a eee: See 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 | 100. 0 
| : | 
Average annual price per case of forty-eight 1-pound cans of salmon, 1916 to 










1926 
= i SS => —— ——— ; SSS 
Product 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 
Coho, or silver_._______! $5.34 | $8.76 | $9.15 |$11.27 | $9.13 | $5.63 | $5.47 | $5.74 | $6.83 | $9. 72 $8. 40 
Chum, or keta_-______| 3.34 | 6.14! 6.27) 6.82] 4.19] 3.68] 3.98] 4.65 | 4.68) 4.44 5. 01 
Humpback, or pink___| 3.64| 644) 6.58] 8.35) 5.47] 4.21] 4.34] 4.86] 4.93 | 5. 28 5. 39 
King, or spring_-______ 5.36 | 10.40 | 9.85 | 13.13 | 10.97 | 10.22} 8.08] 8.56) 8.89 | 11.91 | 10:37 
Red, or sockeye________ 6.04 | 9.48 | 9.44 | 12.98 | 13.05 | 8.96 | 9.24 9.27 || 92530), 1312 9. 89 


PACK IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS 
Statistics of the salmon pack are again presented for subdivisions 
of the three main districts of Alaska, and comparison is made with 
similar statistics for 1925. These districts are described as follows: 
Bristol Bay—The Bering Sea shore, east and north of the Ugashik 
River. 
Port Moller and Herendeen Bay.—Port Moller, Herendeen Bay, 
and Nelson Lagoon. 
Tkatan—Shumagin Islands—¥F alse Pass, Ikatan Bay, King Cove, 
and the Shumagin Islands. 
Chignik.—Canneries located at Chignik. 
Kodiak—Afognak Islands—Kodiak, Spruce, and Raspberry 
Islands. 
Cook Inlet—The shores of Cook Inlet. - 
Prince William Sound —Extends from Resurrection Bay to Point 
Whitshed, except that the pack of fish taken in the Copper River 
district by canneries at and near Cordova is omitted. 
Copper and Bering Rivers—Extends from Point Whitshed to 
Bering River and includes the pack by canneries at Cordova from 
fish not credited to Prince William Sound. 
Yakutat and Dry Bay—*Extends from Yakutat Bay to and includ- 
ing Dry Bay. 
Icy Strait Lynn Canal—West coast of Baranof and Chichagof 
Islands, the shores of Cross Sound, Icy Strait, Lynn Canal, and 
Stephens Passage, south to Taku Harbor. Only part of the pack 
at Taku Harbor is credited to this district, as some of it originated 
elsewhere. 
Chatham Strait—Frederick Sound—Includes part of the Taku 
cannery pack and the Petersburg Packing Co.’s pack, in addition to 
the packs of all canneries on both shores of Chatham Strait and its 

