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Cove, was disproportionately small, owing to very intensive com- 

 mercial fishing in these waters. 



Late pink salmon rims of smaller than average proportions were 

 reported in the Icy Strait, western, and eastern districts. This species 

 continued to appear after the close of fishing operations, and fair 

 escapements were observed in the western and eastern districts. The 

 escapement of pinks in the Icy Strait district was unsatisfactory. The 

 runs of reds, chums, and colios also were below normal, although the 

 red salmon runs in the western and eastern districts were somewhat 

 better than in 1934. 



Good runs of reds in the Yakutat district were associated with 

 satisfactory escapements of that species. The runs of king and pink 

 salmon were exceptionally small for this district, and only a fair run 

 of cohos was observed. Chums are not an important species in the 

 Yakutat region. 



Prince William Sound and Copper River region. — ^The pink salmon 

 run began in Prince William Sound in a small way at the opening 

 date for fishing and increased in volume as the season progressed, but 

 dropped oft' abruptly after the close of fisliing. Throughout the season 

 fish were much more abundant on the west side of the sound than on 

 the east side. The escapement was irregular, the streams tributary to 

 the east side with few exceptions being poorly seeded, wliile those in 

 the northern and western parts of the sound were generally better 

 supplied with spawning fish. 



Labor trouble prevented operations during most of the red and king 

 salmon runs to Copper River, and most of these fish escaped to the 

 spawning grounds. A small run of reds was anticipated, and this 

 beneficial escapement undoubtedly will be reflected in related runs of 

 the future. The fall run of cohos was good, and as fishing was volun- 

 tarily limited the escapement was satisfactory. In Bering River the 

 run of reds was below normal and, although most of the run reached 

 the spawning grounds, the seeding was not adequate. 



Cook Inlet. — -The run of red salmon was comparatively small, but 

 because of protective regulations and interruption of fishing operations 

 by unfavorable weather conditions the escapement of this species 

 was fair. The king salmon run and escapement were good. As 

 anticipated, the pink salmon run was almost a failure, and so inade- 

 quate was the spawning that only another poor run can be expected 

 to develop from it. Chmns were less abundant than usual but the 

 escapement, especially in the lower part of the inlet, was fair. Prac- 

 tically the entire run of cohos, which was of normal proportions, was 

 allowed to spawn, as there was but little commercial interest in this 

 species. 



Kodiak area. — The runs of pink salmon were heavy in all parts of 

 the Kodiak area and the escapement was uniformly large. Good runs 

 of red salmon occurred in Karluk and Red Rivers, wliile in Alitak 

 and Uganik Bays the runs of this species were below average. The 

 runs and escapements of other species were fair but somewhat smaller 

 than in 1934. 



Chignik. — Throughout the season the run of red salmon was light 

 and the escapement was correspondingly small, being slightly more 

 than 50 percent of the run. The run of pinks, for an off year, was fair, 

 as was the escapement also. The chum run was better than for seveml 

 years, but the escapement was smaller than in 1934. The coho run 

 and escapement were light. 



