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fall fishing off the mouths of Bering River or Copper River and the 

 entire coho runs escaped to the spawning grounds. 



Cook Inlet. — There was a heavy run of red salmon to the Kenai and 

 Kasilof Rivers, and exceptionally good escapements were obtained. 

 The individual fish of this species were said to be of large size. These 

 rivers also had an ample seeding of pinks and kings. Very good escape- 

 ments of reds were observed in McNeil and Chinik Creeks in Kamishak 

 Bay. Fair seeding of all species was reported in Turnagain Arm and 

 Knik Arm in the northern part of the inlet. 



Kodiak area. — Good runs of red salmon appeared in Shelikof Strait, 

 and the spawning grounds of all important streams were well. seeded. 

 An exceptionally large escapement of this species was observed in 

 Uganik Bay. Spawning escapements of red salmon in other streams 

 throughout the district were satisfactory except in Kaflia Bay, where 

 a light run and small escapement were experienced. 



The pink salmon runs to Karluk and Red Rivers were heavy, and 

 on the south side of Kodiak Island the runs of this species were better 

 than had been anticipated. As a result, good escapements were 

 obtained. Light runs and escapements of pinks appeared in Danger 

 Bay, Buskin River, Kalsin Bay, and Uyak Bay and its tributaries. 

 The escapement of chums was generally fair. 



Chignik. — The red salmon run at Chignik was heavy during June 

 and July and resulted in a very satisfactory escapement. These fish 

 were reported to be unusually large in size. The spawning grounds 

 were fairly well seeded with pinks and chums, but the coho escapement' 

 was small. 



Alaska Peninsula. — The runs of all species in this region were nor- 

 mal, but because of the increased intensity of commercial operations 

 the spawning grounds of many streams were inadequately seeded. 

 A late run of pink salmon entering the bays after the close of fishing 

 was largely responsible for the escapement of that species in streams 

 along the south side of the peninsula. 



Bristol Bay. — The Kvichak, Naknek, and Egegik Rivers had excep- 

 tionally heavy runs of red salmon. The runs began in these rivers in 

 advance of the fishing season and continued at a relatively high level 

 until after the close of operations. Fish were so plentiful that many 

 of the canneries completed their packs before the end of the season. 

 Not only were the reds unusually abundant but they were also larger 

 than average in size. The escapements to these rivers were very large. 

 The run to Nushagak River was smaller in volume and later in appear- 

 ing than that in the Egegik and Kvichak-Naknek waters. Although 

 not large, the escape.ment was considered adequate. A run of satis- 

 factory proportions appeared in the Ugashik River, and the escape- 

 ment was considerably better than for many years. 



HATCHERIES 



Only one hatchery was engaged in the propagation of salmon in 

 Alaska in 1934. This was the privately owned hatchery on Hugh 

 Smith Lake, which was operated by the Pacific American Fisheries. 



From the 20,650,000 red-salmon eggs that were collected at the 

 Hugh Smith Lake hatchery in 1933 there were produced and liberated 

 in Alaska waters 20,030,000 salmon fry. A collection of 10,221,000 

 red-salmon eggs was made at this hatchery in 1934. 



