18 FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 



August he closed it entirely, and it was not reopened tluring the fish- 

 ing season. Salmon reached the head of Yes Lake in sufficient num- 

 bers to fill the present capacity of the hatchery, the take being 65,- 

 550,000 eggs, which was 7,340,000 more than in 1906. The last eggs 

 of the season were taken on September 28. About 2,000,000 more 

 eggs might have been secured at this time, but there was no large 

 excess of spawning fish beyond the demands of the hatchery, and 

 the closing of the bay had apparently proved a wise and necessary 

 measure. The commercial catch, together with the hatchery take, 

 shows that finally a substantial though not large run of redfish must 

 have entered Yes Bay. 



Kasaan Bay. — The Kasaan Lay cannery, which was destroyed by 

 fire at the end of the season of 1906, was rebuilt this year and made 

 some of the best catches of the region early in the season, securing a 

 full pack by the time it closed in the fall. Early in the season the 

 fishery in Karta Bay was thought to be a failure, for Karta Stream 

 has one of the earliest runs in southeast Alaska, and though heavily 

 fished was not producing well. The total catch from Karta Bay, 

 however, showed a substantial yield of redfish for the season. More 

 than 20 seines were operated in and about Karta Bay, belonging to 

 two outside canneries and the local. 



Lake Bay. — On July 20 all five species of salmon were represented 

 on the cannery floor. The kings were in small numbers and had been 

 taken in Bradfield Canal. Some dog salmon brought in later had flesh 

 of a pronounced pink color, deeper in hue than that of the hump- 

 backs. 



There are two salt lagoons between the bay and the fresh water, 

 which is about 10 miles distant, but redfish have been observed to 

 reach the latter early. About 1 ,000 were said to have been seen there 

 about July 1, and on July 21 there were a few in the stream, evidently 

 making their way slowly to the lake above. They had not yet taken 

 on the red color. It is believed by fishermen that these early fish 

 which disappear from, the stream return to salt water instead of pro- 

 ceeding on to the lake. 



Petersburg. — The Pacific Coast and Norway Packing Company pur- 

 chased this location and removed from Tonka last spring. Numer- 

 ous improvements have already been made and a new transporting 

 boat, fitted to burn oil, was put into commission this year. It is the 

 intention to install a cold-storage plant at an early date. There is 

 now a considerable resident population at Petersburg, largely engaged 

 in fishing and lumbering, and a town site was surveyed during the 

 summer. 



Lynn Canal. — Owing to the large falling off in recent years in the 

 run of red salmon in Lynn Canal and its two principal tributaries, the 

 Chilkat and Chilkoot rivers, the cannery men located in this section 



