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Salmon traps operated in Alaska in 1938—Continued 





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Licensee | License Location 
No. 
Alaska Peninsula Area—Continued. 
Korovin Island Fishing & Canning Co____________ 38-300 | Korovin Island. 
Alaska Pacific Salmon Co_---------------____..__- 38-301 | Popof Island. 
Mrs. Helene R. Mellick__-_-___--____-____________ | 38-302 Do. 
Aleutian Fishing & Packing Co______--_---....__- | 38-358 | San Diego, west of Guillemot Id. 
LEO St 6 ae SS ee | 38440 | Popof Island. 

Summary of traps operated in Alaska in 1938, by districts 


District Number District | Number 
Southeast Alaskas = o_-2"_>-=-—----=-_- 286 | Central Alaska—Continued. 
SSS = Chipuilc Arena: er eget 8 
Central Alaska: | Alaska Peninsula Area__.___________ / 31 
Prince William Sound_-____________- | 42 es 
Cag inlets sas. set | 62 | Total, Central Alaska_________ icy 170 
Kodiak Area 222 = He | 27 | ————————— 
Grand totall== =.= > I 456 
Percentage of salmon caught in each Alaska district, by principal forms of apparatus 
Southeast Alaska Central Alaska Western Alaska 
Apparatus j 
| 1937 | 1938 1937 | 1938 1937 1938 
a | a 
Senrics ies ee ee 3 SE Pe 29 27 39 | 32 4 3 
Erle ee ee ts Co ee EY 3 | 2 | 8 10 95 | 96 
asap ee eas Sem UE eRe U 65 67 53 | Toy ees [See eee 
Earns. . aR eae aA By, 3 | “y| errs 7, ries ara ree 
Witcels_ se ere Se ee ee 222s ee 1 1 

The total catch of salmon in 1938 was 103,022,897, a decrease of 
6,092,026, or about 6 percent, from the number taken in 1937. There 
was a decrease of 4,852,027 in southeast and 5,755,644 in central 
Alaska, and an increase of 4,515,645 in the western district. By 
species, the catch of cohos increased 1,062,707 and reds 4,377 102; 
while the catch of chums decreased 410, 521, pinks 10,977,246, and 
kings 144,068. 
Salmon taken in 1938, by apparatus and species, in each geographic section of Alaska 

Southeast Central Western 




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Apparatus and species | Alaska Alaska Alaska Total 
Seines: | 
Sopigs casita So ares te eS | 242, 402 os i 341, 850 
Spt EE go ees | 2,433, 122 1, 153, 296 53,975 | 3, 640, 392 
Lye Minin Pie de Se eS Pee eee ee eee i 7, oe Sa) (Osea ee | 16, 430,935 
Lap eet Sl a eee | 21, 439 1, 252 5, 857 28, 548 
Redsor miekegess seman ti: it). Sire et Le ee. 610, 486 872, 245 837,342 | 2,320,073 
pe ee ns ee | 10, 766, 766 | 11, 097, 859 897, 174 22, 761, 799 
Gill nets: 
(Coalinga singer ora wee sees Fy hed) nd 8 257, 742 192, 940 6, 7: 457, 467 
Qi te TE os ge ee ee ee 25, 888 128, 868 972, 231 1, 126, 987 
aan innate ee ae | 85, 140 | 771, 686 1, 936 858, 762 
Aine On sprinc = ies ere Ge) eb ct) 2s Sete | 22, 702 50, 067 | 63, 545 136, 314 
bRGT AT Rie <7 i ae ae 2 | 528,428 | 2,369,431 | 25,469,437 | 28, 367, 296 
DS i i ie | 919,900 | 3, 512, 992 | 26,513,934 | 30, 946, 826 
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