26 U.S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



CHINIK CREEK 



The counting weir in Chinik Creek was erected on June 8, at which 

 time a few red salmon were observed outside in the inlet. They 

 began to collect at the mouth of the stream on June 19, the numbers 

 increasing until the waters at high tide within one-half mile of the 

 falls were teeming with salmon. From July 1 to July 24 there 

 passed through the weir 53,012 red salmon, the peak of the run 

 being on July 11. James A. Hart was the weir operator, under the 

 direction of Capt. R. L. Cole. 



CHIGNIK RIVER 



The Chignik Weir was erected at about the same location as in 

 1922 and was ready for operation on May 18. The red-salmon run 

 began to pass upstream on June 2, gaining rapidly in volume there- 

 after and reaching its peak on June 22, when 237.212 fish were 

 counted at the weir. By the end of June the escapement was more 

 than 2,300,000. Counting was continued through September 29, at 

 which time the total escapement for the season was 3,185,926 red 

 salmon, 23,531 cohos, and 2,223 kings. This is by far the largest 

 escapement that has been recorded at the Chignik Weir. No count 

 was made of the pink and chum salmon, as most of these species 

 spawn in streams emptying into the bay and lagoon below the weir. 

 Pink salmon were more abundant than in any other year since 1926, 

 but the run of chums was light and the fir.i were small. The sea- 

 ward migration of young salmon during tlie season was light. 



The three canneries that have operated at Chignik for a number 

 of years combined operations in 1932, putting up their entire pack 

 at one plant. A new operator entered the district and erected a 

 small cannery on the west side of Chignik Lagoon, which was in use 

 during the latter part of the season. The total reported commercial 

 catch of red salmon from the Chignik run was 1,501.677. Warden 

 Charles Petry was in charge of the Bureau's work at Chignik. 



ORZENOI RIVER 



From June 25 to August 15, inclusive, 25,706 red salmon were 

 counted through the weir in Orzenoi River, the peak of the run being 

 on July 11, when 2,239 salmon passed upstream. The weir was 

 operated by Roy A. Buck, under the direction of Capt. J. J. 

 O'Donnell. 



MORZHOVOI BAY 



The Morzhovoi Weir, on the salmon stream emptying into Middle 

 Lagoon, was put into operation on June 26. The run began on June 

 30 and continued through September 8, when the total count num- 

 bered 40,306 red salmon. Harry PTegman had charge of this weir, 

 under the direction of Capt. J. J. O'Donnell. 



BEAR niYER 



The weir in Bear River, on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, 

 was ready for operation on May 18. Before the salmon run began, 

 54,820 i)redatory trout were taken in a trap above the weir. The 

 first salmon ascended on June 5, but it was not until June 24 that 



