ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 141 
Relative importance of each district in the production of each species of salmon canned 
in 1939 


Total, 
District Coho Chum Pink King Red all 
species 

Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent 
i 7.5 9.9 38. 

ebrmIGASLVAISSK A. 4 an ee eee 63. 6 47.0 58. 3 3 
MeutiaipAlaskae™ 22 s25 22 eet 36. 4 38.0 41.7 75.5 33.3 38. 2 
WirstenitAlaskar ©" -o-~ Tesi: 2) See .0 15.0 .0 17.0 56. 7 73) MI 
Wiirgeulentas eee See ck rn es! 100.0 100.0 100.0 | 100. 0 100. 0 100.0 







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Product 1929 | 1930 | 1931 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 
Coho, or silver__------- $7.59 | $8.26 | $6.51 | $4.12 | $5.20 | $5.23 | $6.40 | $6.51 | $8.14 | $6.29 | $6.77 
Chum, or keta_---_---- 5.35 | 3.60] 3.19 | 2.79 | 4.12 | 3.65] 3.83 | 3.58) 4.62.| 3.61 | 4.52 
Pink, or humpback-__--| 6.06 | 4.17} 3.46] 3.14] 4.52 | 4.10] 4.14] 3.94) 4.95] 3.86 | 4.95 
King, or spring-------- ASOD Neer 32. | eOs40u | On40 aol GuSon|) S(O) de9on|) On04 I 00) 9526 
Red, or sockeye- ------ 10.71 | 12.57 | 9.20) 5.61 Gail aleyGag2) | (92329) 8.38) 10012 |) Toa) 9518 



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 
statistics for 1938. Where the pack at a given cannery is made up of 
fish from more than one district, as in the case of that at certain Cor- 
dova canneries packing fish caught both in Prince William Sound and in 
the Copper River area or at several plants in the Kodiak area which 
at times obtain a limited supply of fish from the Chignik or Cook 
Inlet runs, due segregation has been made in order to credit each dis- 
trict with the pack from salmon caught therein. 
Insofar as the southeastern Alaska area is concerned, a change is 
being made to eliminate certain subdivisions. Except in the Yakutat 
region, the packs for the several districts did not represent the output 
of any clearly defined or independent runs, and it would seem that the 
use made of the data does not warrant a continuation of the work 
involved in their preparation, in view of the increasing practice of 
transferring fish from one district to another for canning. The pack 
figures for southeast Alaska, therefore, are shown for only 2 subdivi- 
sions, instead of 5 as heretofore. 
The various districts are described as follows: 
WESTERN ALASKA 
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. 
CENTRAL ALASKA 
Ikatan-Shumagin Islands.—False Pass, Ikatan Bay, King Cove, and the 
Shumagin Islands. 
Chignik.—Mainland shore from Castle Cape to Cape Kunmik. 
Kodiak- Afognak Islands.—Kodiak, Spruce, and Raspberry Islands. 
Cook Inlet.—The shores of Cook Inlet. 
Prince William Sound.—Resurrection Bay to Point Whitshed. 
Copper and Bering Rivers.—Point Whitshed to Bering River. 
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