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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1910. 



the number of fathoms of gill nets of 4 per cent, and an increase of 

 14 per cent in the number of pound nets. In 1919 seines took 36 

 per cent of the total catch of salmon in Alaska; pound nets 42 per 

 cent; gill nets 19 per cent; and lines, wheels, and dip nets the remain- 

 ing 3 per cent. The catch, b}^ apparatus, in 1918 was as follows: 

 Semes, 30 per cent; pound nets, 41 per cent; gill nets, 28 per cent; 

 and other appliances, 1 per cent. There was an increase in the 1919 

 catch by seines of 6 per cent, by pound nets of 1 per cent, and a 

 falling off in the catch by gill nets of 9 per cent. The following table 

 shows the proportionate catch by districts according to the prmcipal 

 kinds of apparatus: 



Percentage of Salmon Caught in Each Alaska District by Principal Forms 



OF Apparatus. 



Alaska produced 58,172,665 salmon of all species in 1919 as com- 

 pared with 101,454,688 in 1918, a falling off of 42^ per cent. The 

 decrease in southeast Alaska was 12,095,965, or approximately 23^ 

 per cent; in central Alaska, 12,681,153, or 56 per cent; and in western 

 Alaska, 18,504,905, or 67 per cent. This is the largest shrinkage from 

 a previous season in the yield of salmon ever reported for Alaska. 

 In 1919, the decrease by species was 481,835 cohos, 1,981,698 chums, 

 22,421,386 humpbacks, and 18,637,334 reds. Kings increased 

 240,230. 



Salmon Taken in 1919, by Apparatus and Species, for Each Geographic 



Section op Alaska. 



Apparatus and species. 



Seines: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 

 King, or spring. . . ., 

 Red, or sockeye — 



Total 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or kcta 



Humpljack, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye — 



Total 



Pound nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or kcta 



Humpback, or pink 

 King, or sprin;,' . . . 

 Red, or sockoyo . . 



Total 



Southeast 

 Alaska. 



414,341 



0,001,747 



10,459,348 



y, 516 



1,087,011 



18,032,503 



Central 

 Alaska. 



91,317 



090, 139 



730,062 



2,070 



1,491,915 



3,018,109 



335,739 



249, 133 



93,092 



19,053 



401,501 



1,099,178 



794,053 



3,08;5,063 



13, 700, 123 



43, 903 



1,725,587 



19,407,389 



01,869 

 87,432 

 58,049 

 17,646 

 1, 580, 002 



1,805,598 



338,929 

 1,180,484 



045, 287 



34, 803 



2,004,659 



4, 804, 222 



Western 

 Alaska. 



800 



98,499 



13, .343 



4,820 



130, 793 



248, 201 



103,419 



580, 190 



29,011 



2.34,782 



7, 232, 274 



8, 180, 270 



325 



49,902 



2,081 



20,944 



349,074 



428,980 



Total. 



506,458 



0,856,385 



11,209,353 



16, 418 



2,710,319 



21,298,933 



501,027 

 922, 755 

 181,352 

 271,481 

 9, 214, 437 



11,091,052 



1, 133, 307 



4,314,109 



14, 408, 091 



105,770 



4,079,320 



24,640,597 



