ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1927 



115 



1,065 gill nets or 55,223 fathoms, as compared with 993 gill nets or 

 55,045 fathoms in 1926; and 178 driven and 43 floating traps, as 

 compared with 136 and 18, respectively, in 1926. 



In western Alaska 12 seines, or 2,600 fathoms of webbing, were 

 used, a decrease from the number operated in 1926 of one 200-fathom 

 seine. There were 1,773 gill nets used, having an aggregate length 

 of 220,561 fathoms, a decrease of 5 nets but an increase of 4,092 

 fathoms in quantity of webbing used. Three driven traps w^ere 

 operated, one less than in 1926. 



Seines caught 18 per cent of the salmon taken in 1927, gill nets 31 

 per cent, and traps 48 per cent, while lines and wheels took the 

 remaining 3 per cent. 



Percentage of salmon caught in each Alaska district, by principal forms of apparatus 



The total catch of salmon in 1927. w^as 48,222,671, a decrease of 

 48,684,956, or 50 per cent, from the number taken in 1926. South- 

 eastern Alaska showed a decline of 27,828,591, while central Alaska 

 declined 11,573,125, and western Alaska 9,283,240. The catch by 

 species shows that cohos increased 509,621 and kings 378,652, while 

 chums decreased 5,049,629, humpbacks 31,709,019, and reds 

 12,814,581. 



Salmon taken in 1927, hy apparatus and species, in each geographic section of 



Alaska 



Apparatus and species 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



Central 

 Alaska 



Western 

 Alaska 



Total 



Seines: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total- -.. 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



Traps: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total-- 



146, 470 



634, 682 



1, 143, 303 



905 



247, 219 



2, 172, 579 



308, 171 

 65, 536 



113, 154 

 21,914 



275, 388 



784, 163 



413,850 



1, 507, 856 



6, 760, 487 



25, 999 



925, 747 



159, 786 



852, 313 



4, 539, 036 



12, 641 



574, 669 



20 

 53, 783 



334, 575 

 11,172 



171, 669 



6, 138, 445 



571,219 



488, 724 

 85, 775 



380, 516 

 52, 004 



681, 303 



1,942 



619, 670 



3 



101, 234 



11, 671, 485 



1, 688, 322 



671, 278 



1, 590, 981 

 7, 979, 695 



90, 468 



2, 951, 671 



9, 633, 939 



13, 284, 093 



12, 394, 334 



104 

 33, 180 



5, 323 

 75, 693 



114,300 



306, 276 



1, 540, 778 



6, 016, 914 



24,718 



993, 557 



8, 882, 243 



798, 837 

 770, 981 

 493, 673 

 175, 152 

 12, 628, 176 



14, 866, 819 



1, 085, 232 

 3,132,017 

 14, 740, 182 

 121, 790 

 3,953,111 



23, 032, 332 



