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Seines caught 37 percent of the sahnon taken in 1935, gUl nets 9 

 percent, and traps 52 percent, while lines and wheels took the remain- 

 ing 2 percent. 



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



The total catch of salmon in 1935 was 73,263,804, a decrease of 

 43,385,268, or 37 percent, from the number taken in 1934. There 

 was a decrease of 18,045,235 in southeast, 5,954,421 in central, and 

 19,385,612 in western Alaska. By species, the catch of chums in- 

 creased 1,306,886 and kings 240,838, while the catch of cohos decreased 

 408,027, pinks 22,819,074, and reds 21,705,891. 



Salmon taken in 1935, by apparatus and species, in each geographic section of Alaska 



Apparatus and species 



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 



Chum, or keta 



Pink, or humpback- 

 King, or spring 



Red, or sockeye 



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. 



Southeast 

 Alaska 



Central 

 Alaska 



229, 041 



2, 919, 154 



9,081,153 



22, 164 



429, 802 



12,681,314 



244, 335 

 84,311 



350, 703 

 18, 093 



408, 081 



1, 105, 523 



707, 554 



2, 079, 554 



20, 815, 292 



5,697 



1,054,851 



24, 662, 948 



578, 724 

 522 

 458 



595, 503 

 102 



1, 175, 309 



1, 759, 654 



5, 083, 541 



30, 247, 606 



641, 457 



1, 892, 836 



39, 625, 094 



55, 436 



1, 384, 510 



11,291,553 



2,212 



906, 757 



13, 640, 468 



180, 361 



204, 518 



378, 175 



59, 622 



1,113,442 



1,936,118 



302, 790 



1, 798, 977 



8,301,793 



35, 444 



2, 954, 321 



13, 393, 325 



1,440 



1,440 



540, 027 



3, 388, 005 

 19,971,521 



97,278 



4, 974, 520 



28,971,351 



Western 

 Alaska 



32, 342 



78 



977 



416, 842 



450, 240 



9,014 



535, 065 



34 



40, Oil 



3, 218, 014 



3, 802, 138 



394, 209 

 20, 772 



414, 981 



9,015 



961, 616 



112 



61, 760 



3, 634, 856 



4, 667, 359 



Total 



284, 478 



4, 336, 006 



20, 372, 784 



25, 353 



1, 753, 401 



26, 772, 022 



433, 710 

 823, 894 

 728,912 

 117,726 

 4, 739, 537 



6, 843, 779 



1, 010, 344 



3, 878, 531 



29,117,085 



41, 141 



4, 009, 172 



38, 056, 273 



580, 164 

 522 

 458 



595, 503 

 102 



1, 176, 749 



394, 209 

 20,772 



414, 981 



2, 308, 696 

 9, 433, 162 



50, 219, 239 

 800, 495 



10, 502, 212 



73, 263, 804 



