42 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
Considering Alaska in its entirety, there was an increase over 1917 
of 33 per cent in the number of fathoms of seines operated in the sal- 
mon industry; the number of fathoms of gill nets decreased 2.9 per 
cent; and pound nets increased 17 per cent in number. 
Of the total catch of salmon in Alaska in 1918, 41 per cent were 
taken by pound nets, 30 per cent by seines, 28 per cent by gill nets, and 
1 per cent by lines, dip nets, and wheels.. In 1917 seines caught 32 
per cent of the salmon taken in Alaska, pound nets 39 per cent, gill nets 
28 per cent, while the other appliances caught the remaining 1 per 
cent. The catch by pound nets in 1918 increased 2 per cent, but the 
catch by gill nets remained the same asin 1917. The catch by seines 
decreased 2 per cent from that of 1917. The following table shows 
the proportionate catch by districts according to the principal kinds 
of apparatus used: 
PERCENTAGE OF SALMON CAauGHT IN EacH District BY PRINCIPAL FoRMS OF 
GEAR. 


Southeast Alaska. Central Alaska. Western Alaska. 
“Apparatus. SS SS 
1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 
¥ Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
Seines: Ft ae Fee Ne pee ES at 41 38 48 39 2 4 
IPOUNG NiGtesee eee eee a tees coe eee tee 55 58 38 48 4 4 
Gill NBES | Fee Ae See ee ie eh 2 2 12 11 94 90 
~The total take of salmon in Alaska in 1918 was 101,454,688, as 
against 92,600,495 in 1917, an increase of 8,854,193. There was a 
decrease of 2,109,110 salmon in southeast Alaska, and an increase of 
8,534,072 in central Alaska, and 2,429,231 in western Alaska. Fur- 
ther comparison of the catch of Alaska as a whole with that of 1917 
shows that chums increased 5,633,240, humpbacks 3,441,091, cohos 
807,428, and kings 131,416. Reds declined 1,158,982. 
In this connection it appears of interest to record that a total of 
838 seines used in the salmon fisheries of Alaska took 29;986,747 
salmon, an average of 35,783 per seine; a total of 552 pound nets used 
in the same fisheries caught 41,725,505 salmon, an average of 75,589 
per pound net. The relative efficiency of the two forms of gear was 
at the ratio of 7 to 15 in favor of pound nets. 
SaLtMon TAKEN IN 1918, By SPECIES AND APPARATUS, FOR EACH GEOGRAPHIC SECTION 


oF ALASKA. 
Apparatus and species. Southeast Neath seen Total. 
Seines: Number. Number. Number. Number. 
Coho; orsilver-.).2he. sce ce ecere ce eee. 373, 266 91,161 3, 909 468, 336 
Chum ior: ketasn- cee sne ee ee eee en 5, 313, 484 1, 904, 905 218, 056 7, 436, 445 
Humppack,'Or pink=cecessn se cnoee eee enon 13, 443, 548 4,903, 845 110, 876 18, 458, 269 
King, or Spring siscavs eet REE eee eee 16, 765 1, 468 439 23, 672 
ROG, OL SOCKOYO <= eee adeno acer 795, 843 1, 905, 680 898, 502 3, 600, 025 
Total jan stajee. teases Lecce ace tee eee 19, 942, 906 8, 807, 059 1, 236, 782 29, 986, 747 
Gill nets: han fret hens) a PST... 
Coho for/Silver ti) 325.02 soo. roe eee. 249, 249 459, 584 127, 194 836, 027 
Chin OF Olas 6.4 - ss icicccema 8 di aeeee bones 198, 720 274, 962 682, 493 1,156, 175 
HM pPPACK Om pINKe Wt ~.- cones ook ee eae 91, 385 29, 597 221, 498 342, 480 
Keine sorispring ss. U Seck cee ies BES, 20, 935 90, 145 92, 764 203, 844 
REG) OrSOGb Ovi. aa cteeo ee - ca. nen cdeoad 516, 721 1, 737, 758 23, 420, 020 25, 674, 499 

Mobal Aico tai. else lS, sco tewauck 1,077,010 2,592,046 | 24,543, 969 28, 213, 025 
