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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Operations included only the salting of king salmon and the drying 

 of chums for dog feed. The amounts of these products were 16 

 barrels of pickled kings and 186 tons of dried chums. One white 

 fisherman and 137 natives were engaged in the fishery. Apparatus in 

 use consisted of 16 wheels, 130 gill nets of 5,500 fathoms, and mis- 

 cellaneous small boats. 



YUKON RIVER 



Fishing in the Yukon River is carried on for local food requirements 

 and to supply the market for dried salmon for dog feed throughout the 

 interior of Alaska, commercial fishing for export from the Territory 

 being prohibited in this area. Inspector C. F. Townsend and one 

 stream guard were again on duty at the fishing grounds throughout 

 the season. 



During July there was a large run of king and chum salmon in the 

 Yukon and Tanana Rivers, which lasted for more than three weeks. 



Fig. 3.— Salmon drying, Yukon River, Alaska 



Kwiguk Slough, which in former years always had large runs of kings 

 and chums, had no run in 1927. All the fish entered the river by the 

 Kwikluak and Apoon mouths, the latter containing the first large 

 run ever noted there by Inspector Townsend. At the time he made 

 a trip up the Yukon to Anvik in July, the racks in every camp were 

 full of fish. Although there was little rain during the month, several 

 severe wind storms occurred, which wrecked a number of the fish 

 wheels. Good catches of salmon were taken on the Tanana River, 

 in which the water was unusually low. 



Products of the Yukon and Tanana fisheries were as follows: 330 

 cases of kings canned, 31 barrels of king salmon and 19 barrels of 

 chums pickled, 3,000 pounds of kippered kings, 720 pounds of beleke 

 from kings, 7,000 pounds of dried kings, and 679,000 pounds of dried 

 chums. Apparatus consisted of 182 wheels, 66 gill nets of 661 

 fathoms, 2 launches, and a number of small boats. There were 18 

 whites and 242 natives engaged in the fisherJ^ 



