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or 77,065 fathoms in 1928; and 224 driven and 44 floating traps, as 

 compared with 2.32 and 43, respectively, in 1928. 



In western Alaska 13 seines, or 2,815 fathoms of webbing, were 

 used, a decrease from 1928 of 2 seines but an increase in webbing of 

 15 fathoms. There were 1,992 gill nets used, or an aggregate length 

 of 165,080 fathoms, an increase of 2 nets but a decrease of 37,206 

 fathoms of webbing. Two driven traps — -the same number as in the 

 previous year — were operated. 



Seines caught 26 per cent of the salmon taken in 1929, gill nets 21 

 per cent, and traps 51 per cent, while lines and wheels took the 

 remaining 2 per cent. 



Percentage of salmon caught in each Alaska district, by principal forms of apparatus 



The total catch of salmon in 1929 was 71,939,618, a decrease of 

 17,645,067, or 19.7 per cent, from the number taken in 1928. In 

 southeastern Alaska and western Alaska the decrease was 16,616,610 

 and 8,260,744, respectively, while central Alaska showed a gain of 

 7,232,287. The catch by species shows that cohos decreased 1,571,- 

 758, chums 738,534, pinks 7,086,726, and reds 8,359,615, while 

 kings increased 111,566. 



Salmon taken in 1929, by apparatus and species, in each geographic section of Alaska 



A))parattis and species 



Beines: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or kpta 



Pink, or humpback 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total-. 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



Traps: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total 



