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a small auxiliary weir was operated for about a month in Grouse 

 Creek near by. The total count of red salmon in those streams from 

 June 5 to July 16 was 32,399 in Bear Creek and 205 at Grouse Creek. 

 This escapement is considered satisfactory for proper seeding. The 

 Bear Creek Weir was closed after the run of red salmon had ended, 

 in order to prevent the ascent of other species that might disturb 

 the red salmon spawn. R. C. Johnson was in charge of the weir 

 work, under the supervision of Warden N. O. Hardy. 



A LIT A K BAY 



Weirs for counting the escapement of spawning salmon in the 

 Alitak Bay district were again operated in four streams tributary to 

 Olga Bay. Red salmon began to appear at the cannery station weir 

 on May 16, at the upper station weir on May 31, at Silver Salmon 

 Creek on July 4, and at Horse Marine Lagoon on July 10. All of 

 the weirs were removed by the close, of September 17, at which time 

 the total escapement of red salmon was 265,139, of which 182,941 

 were tallied at the upper station, 68,106 at the cannery station, 2,014 

 at Silver Salmon Creek, and 12,078 at Horse Marine Lagoon. In 

 addition, 19,213 pink salmon and 7,336 cohos were counted through 

 the weirs. About 4,000 reds were in the lagoon at the cannery sta- 

 tion and a good showing of cohos at all stations when counting was 

 discontinued. The reported commercial catch of red salmon was 

 167,480. As the escapement into Olga Bay was good considering 

 the size of the run, it was necessary to close the traps at the entrance 

 to Moser Bay for 1 week only, from July 31 to August 6. Dolly 

 Varden trout were not numerous in the Olga Bay tributaries during 

 the season, and a large percentage of those that entered the streams 

 were caught in traps near the w^eirs and were destroyed. The Bu- 

 reau's work at Alitak was in charge of Henry B. Looff, under the 

 supervision of Warden H. H. Hungerford. 



AYAKULIK OR RED RIVER 



A few red salmon and kings were noted passing upstream before 

 the completion of the Red River Weir, where the first count was 

 made on May 29. Throughout June and July the esca])ement of red 

 salmon was good, decreasing gradually after August 9. Beginning 

 on July 8, an unusually heavy run of pink salmon ascended, and 

 large numbers were still coming up the river wlien counting opera- 

 tions were discontinued at the close of August 17. High water and 

 the large number of spent salmon brought downstream made it neces- 

 sary to remove the weir at that time. The total count for the season 

 was 732,346 red salmon, 1,005 kings, and 2,990,505 pinks. Henry B. 

 Looff was in charge of opei-ations at this place, under the general 

 supervision of Warden H. H. Hungerford. 



UGANIK RIVER 



The count of salmon ascending Uganik River began on June 8 

 and continued through August 26, except for the period from June 

 19 to July 9, inclusive, when a freshet prevented the operation of 

 the weir. The total count for the season was 25,808 red salmon, and 

 it was estimated that there w^as an escapement of 10.000 of that 



