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FISHEKIES OF ALASKA, 1908. 



to the refusal of most of the cannery men to purchase hooked fish 

 caught by the fishermen on the Chilkoot River. 



The table shows also a large increase (2,437,433 fish over 1907 and 

 7,398,156 fish over 1906) in the catch of humpback salmon, also a 

 large increase (5,775,616 fish) in the catch of red salmon, a small 

 increase in the catch of dog salmon, and a decrease in the catch of 

 coho and king salmon. The decrease in the coho catch is due to the 

 lateness of the run of this species. Owing to the heavy run of other 

 species in southeast Alaska, most of the canneries had completed 

 their packs before the main portion of the coho run appeared. Nearly 

 all of the increases occur in southeast and western Alaska. 



Catch of Salmon in Alaska in 1906, 1907, and 1908, by Sections, Species, and 



Apparatus. 



