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wheels had caught 30 king salmon on that and the preceding day— 
the earliest a catch of this size has been taken there. 
The run of king salmon, however, was comparatively light during 
the season and reached its peak on June 16. The main run of chums 
started on June 17, and, like that of the kings, was rather irregular. 
The best catches of chum salmon were made the first part of July. 
Cohos began to appear on July 12, or about 2 weeks earlier than usual. 
Catches of both chums and cohos were unusually large, especially on 
the upper Yukon and Tanana Rivers. In some places a part of the 
season’s production of dried fish was damaged by rain. 
Products of the Yukon and Tanana fisheries, including the commer- 
cial output, were as follows: 190 cases of kings canned, 242 tierces of 
mild-cured kings, 10,900 pounds of kings, 4,115 pounds of cohos, and 
2,900 pounds of chums pickled; 9,600 pounds of kings dry-salted; and 
324 tons of chums and 40 tons of cohos dried. Apparatus consisted 
of 251 wheels, 119 gill nets of 2,318 fathoms, 3 motor vessels of 78 
tons, 2 power dories, 15 gill-net boats, and miscellaneous small boats. 
There were 11 whites and 350 natives‘engaged in the fishery. 
WEIRS FOR COUNTING SALMON ESCAPEMENT 
Eleven weirs for counting the escapement of salmon to the spawning 
grounds were operated in Alaska in 1936, the same number as in the 
preceding year, and in addition a count was made at Kalgin Island 
Creek without the use of a rack. One new weir was installed this 
season in Fish Creek, a tributary of Knik Arm at the head of Cook 
Inlet, while the Morzhovoi weir, which had been in operation in 1935, 
was not reestablished. 
Reports of the weir operations and the counts of salmon in 1936 are 
as follows: 
KLAWAK CREEK 
The Klawak Creek weir, placed in the same location as in previous 
years, was completed on June 10, and the first red salmon were counted 
through on the following day. The run gradually increased and held 
up well throughout July, although the largest escapement of red 
salmon for any one day was 2,843 on July 7. The pink salmon run 
began on July 29, but it was not until after August 6 that this species 
appeared in any appreciable numbers. The bulk of the escapement of 
pink salmon was tallied between August 10 and September 12, the 
peak of the run being on September 7, when 60,421 passed through 
the weir. No salmon were counted on the last 3 days of August, 
because of low water in the stream, nor again on September 8 and 9 
when the water was high. The total count of salmon at the Klawak 
weir during the season ending October 2 numbered 594,692 pinks, 
65,314 reds, 9,382 cohos, and 37,416 chums. 
Lloyd M. Johnson was weir foreman and Fred C. Thomas weir 
assistant, under the supervision of Warden Donald S. Haley. 
LITTLE PORT WALTER 
Through the weir in the stream at the head of Little Port Walter, 
which is maintained primarily to furnish information in connection 
with biological studies of pink salmon in southeast Alaska, 5,164 pink 
salmon, 55 chums, 40 cohos, and 14 reds were counted from August 24 
to September 19, inclusive. A few pinks and chums were below the 
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