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in order to land the fish, while fre(|uent, storms badly hamper the 

 operations of purse seines, other operators have been unable to 

 accomplish much; and this is no more than right, as the original 

 operators were put to much ex])ense to clear the beach and adjacent 

 bottom area for seine hauling. The decrease in the number of salmon 

 entering Karluk of recent years has led the Government to discourage 

 an expansion of operations here. 



Alitak Bay. — AHtak Bay, or the "South End", as it is termed 

 locally, is a deep indentation, with several arms, on the southwestern 

 end of Kodiak Island, about 65 miles from Karluk. The seine and 

 trap are the principal apparatus used here. 



In 1889 the Arctic Packing Co. built a cannery in the southwest 

 bight of Olga Bay, which is a branch of Alitak Bay and is connected 

 with it by a long, narrow passage. In 1893 it entered the Alaska 

 Packers Association. 



In 1889 the Kodiak Packing Co. built a cannery at Snug Harbor, 

 a cove in the passage connecting Olga Bay with Alitak Bay, and op- 

 erated it in 1889 and 1890. Its quota of fish was packed by the Arctic 

 Packing Co. in 1891. In 1893 it joined the Alaska Packers Association 

 and the same year was dismantled. 



In 1918 the Alitak Packing Co. built a cannery on Alitak Bay. 



Uyak Bay. — Uyak Bay is on the northwestern side about the 

 middle of Kodiak Island and is a considerable body of water with 

 ramifying arms. On the western shore, near the entrance and about 

 18 miles from Karluk, is Uyak Anchorage. The harbor is formed by 

 the main shore of the island and Bear and Harvester Islands, and is 

 frequently used as an anchorage by cannery ships and the steamers 

 from Karluk during bad weather. As there are no red salmon streams 

 in Uyak, fishing is carried on elsewhere. Most of it is at Karluk 

 Spit. 



In the spring of 1897 the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. and Hume 

 Bros. & Hume built canneries on the main shores at Uyak Anchorage. 

 In 1901 both plants became a part of the Pacific Pacldng & Naviga- 

 tion Co. and were operated by it. In 1905 the Uyak plants were 

 purchased by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., and the same year one 

 of the plants was destroj^ed by fire and was not rebuilt. The remain- 

 ing plant has been operated each year since, except in 1927. 



Five miles southeast from Uyak Anchorage is a narrow arm called 

 Larsen Bay. It is 4 miles long. Immediately within the entrance 

 on the northern shore is the site of the cannery of the Arctic Pack- 

 ing Co., which was built in 1888, and operated in that year and 1889 

 and 1890, since which date it has been closed. In 1893 it became a 

 part of the Alaska Packers Association and in 1896 it was dismantled. 



As the association had lost several ships while loading at Karluk, 

 it finally decided to move its plants from that place, and in 1911 a 

 cannery was built at the old site on Larsen Bay, and from that time 

 all cannery operations formerly carried on at Karluk have been per- 

 formed at this plant. 



Uganik Bay. — This bay is next to the eastward of Uyak. For 

 several years a saltery was operated here by Oliver Smith, who sold 

 it to the Alaska Packers Association in 1896. The same year the 

 latter built a cannery on the bay. It made a pack in 1896 and a 

 partial pack in 1897. This cannery was abandoned in 1900. 



