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Relative importance of each species of canned salmon within each district in 1927 



Relative importance of each district in the production of each species of salmon 



canned in 1927 



Average annual price per case of forty-eight 1-pound cans of salmon, 1917 to 1927 



Product 



1924 1925 



1926 



1927 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or kcta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockej'c 



$6.83 

 4.68 

 4.93 

 8.89 

 9.53 



$9.72 

 4.44 

 5.28 

 11.91 

 13.12 



$8. 40 

 5.01 

 5.39 



10.37 

 9.89 



$8. 51 

 5.47 

 5.87 

 11.25 

 12.08 



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 1926. 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. 



Ikatan-Shurnagin Islands. — False Pass, Ikatan Bay, King Cove, 

 and the Shumagin Islands. 



ChigniJc. — Three canneries located at Chignik, except that the pack 

 by the Alaska Packers Association of fish transferred from Alitak is 

 omitted. 



Kodialc-Afognalc Islands. — Kodiak, Spruce, and Raspberry Islands, 

 and includes the pack at Chignik from fish transferred from Ahtak. 



Cooli 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 WilUam 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 



