100 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Percentage of salmon caught in each Alaska district, by principal forms of apparatus 



The total catch of salmon in 1937 was 109,114,923, a decrease of 

 20,211,280, or nearly 16 percent, from the number taken m 1936. 

 There was a decrease of 18,048,736 in southeast, 1,121,180 in central, 

 and 1,041,364 in western Alaska. By species, the catch of cohos 

 decreased 806,538; chums, 3,121,124; pinks, 11,809,300; and reds, 

 4,651,984; while the catch of kings increased 177,666. 



Salmon taken in 1937, by apparatus and species, in each geographic section of Alaska 



Apparatus and species 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



Central 

 Alaska 



Western 

 Alaska 



Total 



Seines: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total. 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total. 



Traps: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Total. 



Lines: 



Coho, or silver. , 

 King, or spring. 



Total 



Wheels: 



Chum, or keta.. 

 King, or spring. 



Total 



Total: 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback. 



King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



Grand total . 



133, 710 



2, 777, 621 



9, 942, 232 



3,390 



496, 763 



79, 530 



979, 080 



13, 627, 623 



1,626 



1, 358, 588 



65, 089 



186 



1,316 



737, 887 



13, 353, 716 



16, 046, 447 



804, 478 



106, 000 

 78, 935 



607, 209 

 21, 791 



363, 982 



167, 744 



101, 676 



684, 427 



74, 036 



2, 141, 922 



2,191 



697, 368 



50 



63, 067 



21, 315, 278 



3, 169. 805 



22, 077, 954 



520, 517 



2, 699, 454 



24, 616, 946 



8,146 



1, 326, 446 



318, 367 



1, 230, 091 



16, 696, 651 



35, 745 



3, 218, 875 



29, 171, 509 



21, 499, 729 



639, 527 

 846, 151 



213, 240 



3, 821, 790 



23, 570, 041 



6,332 



2, 593, 238 



30, 204, 641 



275, 935 



877, 979 



1, 291, 686 



158, 894 



23, 821, 182 



26, 425, 676 



838, 884 



3, 929, 545 



41, 313, 597 



43, 891 



4, 545, 321 



60, 671, 238 



639, 527 

 846, 151 



1, 485, 678 



1, 485, 678 



311,200 

 16, 490 



311, 200 

 16, 490 



327, 690 



327, 690 



1, 399, 754 



5, 556, 010 



35, 166, 387 



879, 478 



2, 187, 191 



45, 188, 820 



565, 641 



2, 310, 847 



31, 008, 701 



111,407 

 6, 719, 385 



40, 715, 981 



2,191 



1, 073, 657 



236 



80, 873 



22, 053, 165 



1.967,586 

 8, 940, 514 



66, 175, 324 

 1, 071, 758 



30, 959, 741 



23, 210, 122 



109, 114, 923 



