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Strait district this species appeared late in June, in the western dis- 

 trict about July '20, and in the eastern district about Aujrust 5. These 

 runs appeared to he nuuierically as stronp: as in 1982, but the indi- 

 viduals were of very small size. The pink salmon escapement in 

 these distiicts was below normal. The runs of reds and chums were 

 smaller than usual, and the escapement of these species was corre- 

 spondin*2:ly li<rht. 



In the Yakutat district the runs of all species were fjenerally 

 below averajire. The escapements of reds to Lost River, Situk River, 

 Ahrnklin River, and Italio River were good, and fair escapements 

 of other species were obtained. 



Prince WUl'mm Soimd and Copper River region. — The pink sal- 

 mon runs in Prince William Sound were smaller than usual and 

 because of the exceptionally dry weather and lack of water in the 

 streams very few fish reached the spawning grounds prior to the 

 close of commercial operations. From an inspection of some of the 

 streams in this region it was concluded that the spawning gravels 

 were fairl}^ well seeded except in the streams along the northwestern 

 coast, including Port Wells. There was a good escapement of red 

 salmon to Eshamy River, and also to Eyak and Copper Rivers, but 

 the runs of this species to Bering River were a failure. The escape- 

 ment of cohos was believed to be satisfactory. 



Cool- Inlet. — The escai)ement of red salmon was very large in the 

 more important, spawning grounds of Cook Inlet. Large numbers 

 were observed especially in the Kenai and Kasilof River systems, 

 and on the Fish Creek gravels. Inadequate escapements were re- 

 ported for Cottonwood Creek and English Bay and Kalgin Island 

 streams. The escapements into Chinik Creek and Susitna River 

 were considered satisfactory. The run of pink salmon was not large, 

 but was of sufficient size to adequately seed the streams of this region 

 as few of the fish were taken for commercial purposes. 



Kodiak area. — Pink salmon were abundant in all streams of this 

 region except those in Alitak Bay where the run was unusually light. 

 The red salmon runs were good in the early part of the summer but 

 were of short duration. The escapement of this species was below 

 average throughout the district, and especially in Karluk River, 

 where the run was small. The run of chum salmon was much belov? 

 normal and resulted in a proportionately small escapement. The 

 coho run was about two weeks later than usual but a good escape- 

 ment was obtained. 



ChigniJx-. — The red salmon run and escapement at Chignik was one 

 of the poorest on record, the total run being estimated at slightly 

 more than a million fish. Of this number it was estimated that about 

 535.000 were reserved for spawning purposes. Most of the streams 

 in the Chignik region had a fair esca}:»ement of other species. 



AJasla Pcni/hm/a. — A good escapement of j^inks and chums oc- 

 curred in j)i-actically all streams on the south side of the Alaska 

 Peninsula. Particularly good esca|)cments of these species were 

 noted in stn ams tributai-y to Ikatan and Morzhovoi Bays. In gen- 

 eral, the escapement of red salmon was below normal, although 

 spawning grounds in Thin Point, Alortensen, and Kinzarof Lagoons 

 appeared to be well seeded. 



Bristol Bay. — The red salmon run in Bristol Bay was one of the 

 largest on record and the escapements in Kvichak, Naknek, and 



