no 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Relative importance of each district in the production of each species of salmon canned 



in 1937 



Average annual price per case of 48 1-pound cans of salmon, 1927-37 



PACK IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS 



Statistics of the salmon pack are again presented for subdivisions 

 of the three main districts of Alaska, and comparison is made with 

 similar statistics for 1936. Wliere the pack at a given cannery is 

 made up of fish from more than one district, as in the case of that at 

 certain Cordova canneries packing fish caught both in Prince William 

 Sound and in the Copper River area or at various plants in south- 

 eastern Alaska which draw for their supply on the catch of more than 

 one district, due segregation has been made in order to credit each 

 district with the pack from salmon caught therein. These districts 

 are described as follows: 



WESTERN ALASKA 



Bristol Bay. — The Bering Sea shore, east and north of the Ugashik River. 

 Port Moller and Herendeen Bay. — Port MoUer, Herendeen Bay, and Nelson 

 Lagoon. 



CENTRAL ALASKA 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands. — False Pass, Ikatan Bay, King Cove, and the 

 Shumagin Islands. 



Chignik. — Mainland shore from Castle Cape to Cape Kunmik. 

 Kodiak-Afognak Islands. — Kodiak, Spruce, and Raspberry Islands. 

 Cook Inlet. — The shores of Cook Inlet. 



Prince William Sound. — Resurrection Bay to Point Whitshed. 

 Copper and Bering Rivers. — Point Whitshed to Bering River. 



SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 



Yakutat and Dry Bay. — Yakutat Bay to and including Dry Bay. 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal. — West coast of Baranof and Chichagof Islands, the 

 shores of Cross Sound, ley Strait, Lynn Canal, and Stephens Passage, south to 

 'Taku Harbor. 



