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than originally specified. An improvement in the run during the last 

 week of the fishing season gave promise of a fair escapement for the 

 entire district, and one materially larger than in any other recent odd 

 year. 



A larger run of red salmon than usual entered the Copper River, the 

 main run appearmg from June 8 to 15. In Bering River the main 

 run was from June 20 to 26. Few fishing boats were engaged in 

 taking fish from the latter run, and stormy weather hampered opera- 

 tions for the first 3 weeks of the fishing season on Copper River. 

 Reports indicated that the escapement of reds and kings in the tribu- 

 taries of Copper River was the best it had been for several years. 



In the Resurrection Bay area red salmon were small and the run 

 was light, somewhat similar to the poor run in 1930. A fair run of 

 cohos began on September 11 and continued until the latter part of 

 the month. Stormy weather prevented fishing during this period, 

 and as a result there was a good escapement of this species. 



Cook Inlet. — In general the runs of all species of salmon in the Cook 

 Inlet area were later than usual, with the possible exception of chums. 

 Few king salmon were in evidence prior to the opening of commercial 

 fisliing on May 25, but the run held up well throughout the season, 

 reaching its peak between June 12 and 19. While the catch of king 

 salmon was the largest on record in the district, there was no notable 

 increase over former years in the number of this species observed on the 

 spawning grounds visited, mainly on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. 



The early run of red salmon was light, but a second run appeared 

 on July 24, much heavier than the first, with the greatest number of 

 fish centered near the mouths of the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. The 

 latter run continued in fair numbers until several days after the close 

 of the fishing season. An excellent escapement of red salmon was 

 observed on the spawning grounds of the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers, 

 particularly of the latter, where, with the exception of one stream all 

 tributaries were seeded to capacity. A good escapement also entered 

 the Kalgin Island stream. At Fish Creek, Knik Arm, the escapement 

 of red salmon was approximately 75 percent less than in the previous 

 year. The escapement at English Bay and Chinik Creek was dis- 

 appointing, particularly that in the latter stream, which was the 

 poorest since improvement was started on the falls at the mouth of the 

 stream in 1926. Prior to that time it was impossible for salmon to 

 ascend these falls, except during a short interval on the higher tides. 

 Since the falls were improved the salmon may enter this stream even 

 during the smallest tides. 



The pink-salmon run, while spotted, averaged good for the odd year. 

 In the Port Dick region, where the runs of pinks and chums were 

 heaviest, the escapement was very good. Streams on the outer coast 

 from Point Gore to Port Chatham had a fair seeding. There was also 

 a fair escapement of pinks at Seldovia Bay and Tutka Bay. In other 

 streams south of Anchor Point, including Kachemak Bay, the escape- 

 ment was light. 



Kodiak area. — Enormous runs of pink salmon entered Uganik Bay 

 and Uyak Bay, and this species was abundant also in other parts of 

 the Kodiak area, particularly in Alitak Bay and waters along the east 

 coast of Kodiak Island. A good escapement of pinks was observed in 

 all streams examined at the close of the season. The streams were well 

 supplied with water, and the salmon had no difficulty ascending to 



