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Streams frequented are the Skeena, Rivers Inlet, Naas, Lowe Inlet 

 Dean Channel, Namu Harbor, Bella Coola, Smith Inlet, Alert Bay' 

 and Alberni Canal. 



In Alaska, where this fish is generally known as the red salmon, 

 it is abundant and runs in great numbers in all suitable streams^ 

 of which the following are the most important: In southeast Alaska' 

 Boca de Quadra, Naha, Yes Bay, Thorne Bay, Karta Bay, Nowiskay' 

 Peter Johnson, Hessa, Hetta, Hunter Bay, Klawak, Redfish Bay' 

 Stikme, Taku, Chilkoot, Chilkat, Alsek, Situk, ^inkow, etc.; in central 

 Alaska, Copper, Knik, Kenai, Susitna, Afognak, Karluk, Alitak 

 Chignik; and m the Bristol Bay region, the Ugashik, Egegik, Naknek, 

 K\achak, Nushagak, and Wood. It is also supposed to occur iii 

 small numbers in the Togiak, Kuskokwim, and Yukon Rivers, which 

 debouch into Bering Sea, and possibly occurs in the Arctic streams of 

 Alaska. The run in western Alaska begins usually early in June 

 and extends usually to the middle of August, the bulk of the run 

 occurring in the first three weeks of July. It begins earlier in Prince 

 William Sound, however, and sometimes extends into September in 

 southeast Alaska. The duration of the run averages about the same 

 in each section. 



SILVER OR COHO SALMON 



The silver or coho salmon {0. kisutch) is silvery in spring, greenish 

 on the upper parts, where there are a few faint black spots. In the 

 fall the males are mostly of a dirty red. The flesh in this species is 

 of excellent flavor, but paler in color than the red salmon, and hence 

 less valued for canning purposes. The maximum weight is about 30 

 pounds, ynih a general average of about 6 pounds. 



The silver salmon is found as far south as Monterey Bay, where 

 it appears during the month of July, and is taken by the trollers. 

 From Eel River, in California, north, it is found in most of the 

 coastal streams. It usually appears in July, and runs as late as 

 November, the time of appearance and disappearance varying some- 

 \vhat in different sections. Owing to its late appearance compara- 

 tively few, and they usually in the early part of the season, are packed 

 by the canneries, most of which shut down in August and September. 

 This fish also tarries but a short time about the mouth of the stream 

 it is to enter, and is wary of nets, which makes it rather unprofitable 

 to fish for the latter part of the season when it is running alone. 



HUMPBACK OR PINK SALMON 



The humpback or pink salmon {0. gorbuscha), the smallest of 

 American s])ecies, weighs from 3 to 11 pounds, the average being 

 a})out 4 ])ounds. Its color is bluish above, silvery below, the posterior 

 and up})er parts with many round black spots, the caudal fin always 

 having a few large black spots oblong in shape. The males in fall 

 are dirty red and are very much distorted in shape, a decided hump 

 appearing on the back, from which deformity the species acquires 

 its name. The flesh is pale, hence its canned name, *'pink" salmon. 

 ^ The southern limit of the fish is the San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz 

 County, but only occasional specimens are found here and in the 

 rivers to the northward until Puget Sound is reached. Here a large 

 run appears every other year, the only place on the coast where such 

 is the case. 



