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Chathavi Strait- Frederick Sound. — Both shores of Chatham Strait and its bays 

 from Point Augusta to Cape Ommaney, and through Frederick Sound and its 

 bays northward to Tal\;u Harbor, inckiding Kake. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance. — Southward from Petersburg and eastward from 

 Port Beauclerc to Cape Chacon and Dixon Entrance, and including all shores 

 along the mainland and intervening islands from the Stikine River to Portland 

 Canal. 



West coast, Prince of Wales Island. — Territory west and south of a line from 

 Cape Chacon to Point Baker and Cape Ommaney. 



Pack of canned salmon in Alaska in 1937, by districts ' 



' Pack reduced to the basis of 48 1-pound cans per case. 



Canneries operated in Alaska in 1937, by districts 



District 



Bristol Bay.. 



Port Moller and Herendeen Bay.. 



Ikatan-Shumagin Islands... 



Chignik 



Kodiak-Afognak Islands 



Cook Inlet.. 



Prince William Sound 



Copper and Bering Rivers.. 



Yakutat and Dry Bay 



Icy Strait-Lynn Canal 



Chatham Strait-Frederick Sound.. 



Sumner Strait-Dixon Entrance 



West coast. Prince of Wales Island 



Total (without duplication). 



' Number includes 2 floating plants that were operated in more than 1 district during the season. 



MILD CURING 



The production of mild-cured salmon in Alaska in 1937 increased 

 substantially over that for the previous year and w^as the largest since 

 1927. Except for a limited amount prepared by two operators on the 

 Yukon River, the entire output was put up in southeast Alaska. 



The registration of trolling boats in southeast Alaska by the Bureau 

 was again incomplete ; when this work was undertaken in May, many 



