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weir. P]fforts to repair the damage were unsuccessful and the struc- 

 ture was removed on Auij;ust 24. The count of salmon numbered 

 167,865 reds, 157,633 pinks, 3,559 kings, and 47 cohos. A con- 

 servative estimate of the number of rod salmon passing upstream 

 after the weir count was discontinued, together with the actual 

 count through August 10, ])laces the total escapement of rods at 

 not less than 200,000. Operations at this weir were under the 

 supervision of Warden Harry A. Pryde. 



KARLUK RIVER 



In 1929 a counting weir was erected on the Karluk River at about 

 the same location as in previous years. Work was begun on May 3 

 and completed a week later. The first salmon wore counted on 



Figure 4.— Whale Passage weir established in 1929 



May 19, when both kings and reds began to ascend, and counting 

 was continued through October 7. The total escapement during 

 this period was 900,320 reds, 27,051 cohos, 11,584 pinks, and 8,307 

 kings. A few salmon, principally cohos and steelheads, were still 

 in the lagoon w^hen the weir was removed on October 14. 



Because of the poor showing of red salmon commercial fishing in 

 the Karluk region did not start until June 19, and on July 1 fishing 

 by beach seines from Cape Karluk to Cape Uyak was stopped and 

 no fishing was resumed there during the remainder of the season. 

 The entire Karluk area was closed to commercial fishing after Aug- 

 ust 10. The commercial take of red salmon from the Karluk run 

 w^as 182,708, indicating that 17 per cent of the total run was caught 

 and 83 per cent escaped to the spawning grounds. 



A large run of migrating red salmon fingerlings was noted this 

 season and as usual 50,000 of them were marked. Some 10,800 trout 

 were caught and destroyed. 



