492 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
Considering Alaska in its entirety, there was an increase over 1917 
of 33 per cent in the number of fathoms of seines operated in the sal- 
mon industry; the number of fathoms of gill nets decreased 2.9 per 
cent; and pound nets increased 17 per cent in number. 
Of the total catch of salmon in Alaska in 1918, 41 per cent were 
taken by pound nets, 30 per cent by seines, 28 per cent by gill nets, and 
1 per cent by lines, dip nets, and wheels. In 1917 semes caught 32 
per cent of the salmon taken in Alaska, pound nets 39 per cent, gill nets 
28 per cent, while the other appliances caught the remaining 1 per 
cent. The catch by pound nets in 1918 increased 2 per cent, but the 
catch by gill nets remained the same asin 1917. The catch by seines 
decreased 2 per cent from that of 1917. The following table shows 
the proportionate catch by districts according to the principal kinds 
of apparatus used: 
PERCENTAGE oF SALMON CAauGHT IN Eacu District By PRINCIPAL FORMS OF 
GEAR. 
Southeast Alaska. Central Alaska. Western Alaska. 
Apparatus. a 
1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 
Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
Series! . £35... S? soe ee ee 41 38 48 39 2 4 
Peund nets. Go22Asck Som ew Seas eee 55 58 38 48 4 4 
Gallinets 4 8 Stee sence. ~ ccc oseetet eee: 2 2 12 il 94 90 
The total take of salmon in Alaska in 1918 was 101,454,688, as 
against 92,600,495 in 1917, an increase of 8,854,193. There was a 
decrease of 2,109,110 salmon in southeast Alaska, and an increase of 
8,534,072 in central Alaska, and 2,429,231 in western Alaska. Fur- 
ther comparison of the catch of Alaska as a whole with that of 1917 
shows that chums increased 5,633,240, humpbacks 3,441,091, cohos 
807,428, and kings 131,416. Reds declined 1,158,982. 
In this connection it appears of interest to record that a total of 
838 seines used in the salmon fisheries of Alaska took 29,986,747 
salmon, an average of 35,783 per seine; a total of 552 pound nets used 
in the same fisheries caught 41,725,505 salmon, an average of 75,589 
per py net. The relative efficiency of the two forms of gear was 
at the ratio of 7 to 15 in favor of pound nets. 
SaLMon TAKEN IN 1918, By SPECIES AND APPARATUS, FOR EAcH GEOGRAPHIC SECTION 
oF ALASKA. 
Apparatus and species. Southeast Central Nysstem Total. 
Seines: Number. Number. Number. Number. - 
Cohe JOMsuvel -.soecoe ea ene eres a. oe 373, 266 91,161 3, 909 468, 
(hunt; or ktias esc. 538.0 s ee ose 25 24 5, 313, 484 1, 904, 905 218, 056 7, 436, 445 
Humpback, or pink.-..-- 222 2.2-.2222-2---- 13, 443, 548 4, 903, 845 110, 876 18, 458, 269 
Kine JOP Springsses cect s  seeee ee sees cee 16, 765 1, 468 5, 489 23, 672 
Red; "on sockeyewc: Cl) ep aeseesessi ce ee 795, 843 1, 905, 680 898, 502 3, 600, 025 
otal: Ss LER ISeL EL sok SER eee ese: 19, 942, 906 8, 807, 059 1, 236, 782 29, 986, 747 
Gill nets Eas aE i). ee, Se bee 
(OHO; Or SVer - 5.- .. ons cndsee eemocetecet ser 249, 249 459, 584 127,194 836, 027 
Obumy Or ketal 5 caecedos. Sesteae ade 198, 720 274, 962 682, 493 1, 156, 175 
Humpback, or pink. «226 .s<s0e4 s.ctece to. 91, 385 29, 597 221, 498 342, 480 
anevorspring --. 7 ee eee 20, 935 , 145 , 764 203, 844 
Red, or sockeye-.......... bso. Se aS gs 516, 721 1, 737, 758 23, 420, 020 25, 674, 499 
Motil’ h.-) 2ARG Le Brey 1,077, 010 2,592,046 | 24,543, 969 28, 213, 025 
