PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES/ 



By John N. Cobb. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 6 



The species of salmon and the runs 6 



Chinook, quinnat, or king; salmon '. 7 



Sockeye, blueback, or red salmon 8 



Silver or coho salmon 10 



Humpback or pink salmon 10 



Dog or chum salmon 11 



Steelhead trout 11 



Age of salmon at maturity 12 



Marking salmon 13 



Ocean home of the salmon 10 



Fishing grounds and history of the fisheries 18 



Washington ».. 18 



Columbia River 25 



Oregon 31 



California 34 



Alaska 37 



Soutiieast Alaska 37 



Prince William Sound and Copper River 49 



Cook Inlet 50 



Afognak Island 51 



Kodiak Island 52 



Chignik Bay 55 



Alaska Peninsula, south side 57 



Shumagin and Sannak Islands 57 



Bering Sea 58 



Kushagak River and Bay 58 



Kvichak River and Bay 61 



Naknek River 62 



Ugaguk River 63 



Ugaphik River 63 



Alaska Peninsula, Bering Sea side 65 



Kuskokwira River , 66 



Yukon River 66 



Miscellaneous places 67 



Arctic Ocean 67 



British Columbia 67 



Salmon fishing in the headwaters 74 



Apparatus and methods of the fisheries 75 



Gill nets 75 



Haul seines 76 



Diver nets 77 



a Appendix I to Ihe Keport of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1921. B. F. Doc. No. 902. 



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