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Relative importance of each species of canned salmon within each district in 1929 



Relative importance of each district in the production of each species of salmon canned 



in 1929 



Average annual price per case of forty-eight 1-pound cans of salmon, 1919 to 1929 



PACK IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS 



Statistics of the salmon pack are again presented for subdivisions 

 of the three main districts of Alaska, and comparison is made with 

 similar statistics for 1928. These districts are described as follows: 



WESTERN ALASKA 



Bristol Bay. — The Bering Sea shore, east and nurtli of the Ugashik River. 

 Port Moller and Herendeen Bay.' — Port Moller, Herendeen Bay, and Nelson 

 Lagoon. 



CENTRAL ALASKA 



Ikalan-Shumagin Islands. — ^False Pass, Ikatan Bay, King Cove, and the 

 Shuniagin Islands. 



Chignik. — Canneries located at Chignik. 



Kodiak-Afognak Islands.- — Kodiak, Spruce, and Raspberry Islands. 



Cook Inlet,.- — The shores of Cook Inlet. 



Prince William Sound.- — Extends from Resurrection Bay to Point Wliitshed, 

 except that the pack of fish taken in the Copi)er River district by canneries at 

 and near Cordova is omitted. 



Copper and Bering Rivers.- — Extends from Point Wliitshed to Bering River 

 and includes the j)ack by canneries at Cordova from fish not credited to Prince 

 William Sound. 



SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 



Yakutat and Dry Bay. — Extends from Yakutat Bay to and including Dry Bay. 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal — West coast of Baranof and Chichagof Islands, the 

 shores of Cross Scnind, Icy Strait, Lynn Canal, and Stephens Passage, south to 

 Taku Harbor. Only part of the |)ack at Taku Harbor, as well as of those at 

 Fuiiter Bay and Douglas, is credited to this district, as some of the fish were 

 taken elsewhere. 



