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This region also had a good run of red salmon. Other red-salmon 

 streams that had good escapements were those tributary to Salmon 

 Bay and Lake Bay. Barrie Creek had a meager escapement of both 

 reds and pinks. The runs of chums and cohos were light throughout 

 the Wrangell district. 



The run of pink salmon was very late on the west coast of Prince 

 of Wales Island, not appearing in any volume until the middle of 

 August, and then the run was irregular. At no time was there a 

 steady run in any locality. Pink salmon began striking into the bays 

 and inlets of the South Prince of Wales Island district about August 29. 

 During the stream examination in September if was found that the 

 run had increased and as a result of the heavy rains the fish immedi- 

 ately entered the streams, assuring a fair escapement of this species. 

 The northern part of Prince of Wales Island, however, including 

 tributaries of Sumner Strait, and streams of Tuxekan Passage, El 

 Capitan Passage, Calder Bay, Sea Otter Sound, and Davidson Inlet, 

 had a very poor escapement of pink salmon, and of other species as 

 well. There was a fair escapement of red salmon in Sarkar Lake, in 

 Klawak Creek, and in various red-salmon streams in the South Prince 

 of Wales Island district. The runs of cohos and chums were very 

 disappointing all along the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. 



In the Icy Strait district salmon were not plentiful during the first 

 part of the season; but the run increased gradually, reaching its peak 

 about July 20 and holding up fairly well until the end of the season. 

 In the eastern and western districts there was a poor showing of salmon 

 until August 4 and a good run thereafter until the close of the season. 

 The run in Stephens Passage was one of the heaviest in years. Reports 

 of stream guards indicate that red-salmon streams of these districts 

 were fairly well seeded, and that the pink-salmon escapement was 

 good in some areas and poor in others, being ample in the Icy Strait 

 district as a whole, fair along the west coast of Admiralty Island south 

 of Killisnoo, poor along the coast north of Killisnoo, and satisfactory 

 throughout the eastern district. An excellent seeding was obtained 

 in the mainland streams of Stephens Passage. The escapement of 

 chums and cohos was about average in all three districts. 



The curtailment of commercial fishing because of stormy weather 

 in certain parts of the Yakutat district assured a better than average 

 escapement. There was a fair escapement from a rather light run of 

 king salmon in Alsek River and also a satisfactory escapement of reds 

 and cohos. Good escapements of reds and cohos were also secured in 

 Italio River and Ahrnldin River, and of all species in Situk River. 

 The runs and escapements in Lost River and Ankau Inlet were fair, 

 and Humpback Creek had the best escapement of pink salmon it has 

 had for several years. 



Prince William Sound and Copper River region. — The run of pink 

 salmon in Prince William Sound as a whole was unusually late and 

 very light during the commercial fishing season. This was particularly 

 true on the eastern and southern sides, where the run was poor in most 

 localities. On the western side the run began earlier and in some sec- 

 tions held up fairly well until the close of commercial fishing. The 

 best showing in the sound was along the Chenega shore and in the 

 Port Wells area, and the escapement there was good. Because of 

 the generally light run a supplementary order was issued closing Prince 

 William Sound to commercial fishing on August 2, or 3 days earlier 



