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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



The Dora Harbor, Unimak Island, stations of the Alaska Codfish 

 Co. and the Union Fish Co. were established in 1897 and 1898, re- 

 spectively. While they were quite productive the first two seasons, 

 they have been steadily diminishing in importance ever since. The 

 Sannak Island station men are transferred to these stations in the 

 spring, after the cod have moved off into the deep water surrounding 

 Sannak Island, and are brought back again in the fall when the fish 

 have again returned to the shoal waters. 



About 1903 the Union Fish Co. built a station at Wedge Cape, 

 Nagai Island, and operated it intermittently as a summer station 

 until 1909, when it was abandoned. 



In 1903 the Union Fish Co. built a station at Eagle Harbor, on 

 Nagai Island, and operated it continuously up to and including 



Fig. 6. — The town of Unga, Alaska, with the Alaska Codfish C 



station in the foreground 



1909, since when it has been shut down owing to the difficulty of 

 securing enough men to work it. 



The first Puget Sound company to establish a shore station in 

 Alaska was the Seattle & Alaska Fish Co., of Seattle, which built a 

 station at Falmouth Harbor, on Nagai Island, in the spring of 1903. 

 As this proved to be too far from the fishing grounds, the station 

 was moved almost immediately to Squaw Harbor, on Unga Island. 

 In place of the dories used at other stations, this company equipped 

 the plant with Columbia River boats, two to four men going in each. 

 The station was worked intermittently until 1910, when the company 

 sold out to the King & Winge Codfish Co., which ultimately merged 

 into the Western Codfish Co. It has not been operated since, owing 

 mainly to its remoteness from the fishing grounds. It is now the 

 property of John H. Nelson. 



