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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The following table shows the relative importance of different 

 species within each district In 1916 the red or sockeye salmon v/as 

 the most abundant, but in 1917 the humpback had usurped this place 

 b}^ a small m rgin. 



Relative Importance of Different Species Within Each District." 

 |Per cent which each species is of total pack by districts.] 



a Report of the Federal Trade Commission: Op. cit , p. 33. 



The following table shows the relative importance of districts in the 

 production of each species in 1916 and 1917. Southeast Alaska leads 

 in each year, with 35.1 and 38.1 per cent, respectively. Western 

 Alaska was second in 1916, but was forced down to third place by 

 Puget Sound in 1917. In 1916 Central Alaska produced 21 per cent 

 of the humpback pack, but in 1917 this was reduced to 4.1 percent. 

 Puget Sound advanced from 0.1 per cent of the humpback pack in 

 1916 to 30.7 per cent in 1917. Humpbacks run in this district only 

 every other year. 



Relative Importance of Districts in Production of Each Species. « 

 [I'er cent of total amount of each species packed in various districts.] 



o Report of the Federal Tiade Commissioa: Op. cit., p. 34. 



