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FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 

 Products op Alaska Fisheries in 1908 — Continued. 



a Represents 109,200 gallons. 

 b Represents 27,300 gallons. 

 c Represents 164,380 gallons. 

 d Represents 850 bushels. 



e Represents 8,800 crabs. 

 / Represents 1,280 skins. 

 g Represents 31,712 skins. 

 h Represents 1,333 skins. 



i Represents 32 skins. 

 ;' Represents 15,430 skins. 

 * Represents 6,472 skins. 



THE SALMON INDUSTRY. 



As a whole the season of 1908 was the best ever known in the 

 Alaska salmon industry. There were, however, marked fluctuations 

 in the various regions as compared with previous years. 



In central Alaska the season was fair, but not so good as in 1907, 

 the catch of red salmon falling off from 6,637,860 fish in 1907 to 

 5,507,615 fish in 1908. The run in the Chignik was excellent, as 

 usual, but the Karluk run was later in arriving and smaller in quantity 

 than in 1907. The runs in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet 

 were fair in size. 



In western Alaska, with the exception of the Ugashik River, the 

 Bristol Bay region had a very large run of red salmon, especially in 

 Nushagak Bay and the Kvichak and Naknek rivers. From these 

 rivers fish were transferred to canneries on Nushagak Bay and to 

 Ugaguk and Ugashik; 2,597 king salmon and 132,286 red salmon 

 were lost in transit between the Kvichak River and Nushagak Bay 

 and 86,070 red salmon were lost in transit from the Kvichak River 

 to Koggiung. On the Naknek one cannery's boats were on limit for 

 twenty days continuously, the limit remaining until the close of fish- 

 ing. Fishing boats often procured their maximum in two hours' 

 fishing. 



The cannery of the Alaska Packers' Association at Coffee Creek, 

 burned in 1906, was in process of rebuilding during 1908 and will be 

 ready for operation in the season of 1909. Machinery will be installed 



