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rest if there is any overfishing or depletion of the waters. As indi- 
cated in the foregoing, nearly 2,000,000 more salmon were caught 
by seines than by pound nets in Alaska waters in 1916. 
SaLMon TAKEN IN 1916, By SpEcIES AND APPARATUS, FOR EACH GEOGRAPHIC 
SEcTION OF ALASKA. 
Southeast | Central Western Total. 
Apparatus and species. Alaska. | Alaska. | Alaska. 
Seines: Number. Number. Number. Number. 
CHRONO SUDO. seam sock occa as docthi sees 351, 756 91, 461 1,174 444, 391 
Chum, OL KOUA easter ae ee ee eas accent eee eee eeses 2,940, 657 291,975 66, 405 3, 299, 037 
Humpback, OMpinke ioe. SSS ok ce LR REL E eee 9,430, 269 | 6,675,794 180, 609 | 16, 286, 672 
KAinewOT SPUP Meese tec ce rte coe towwees see stnc ee 7, 184 1,052 25, 412 33, 648 
RROGE OT, SOCKOV Omg She see eile ots eemicice =i 787, 480 | 3,454,378) 1, 420, 202 5 662, 060 
Rote sos seep akcttre Son see aac sc daceme seus ecie << 13,517,346 | 10,514,660 | 1,693,802 | 25,725,808 
Gill nets: } 
MONUTON SIL Ch etmacace ee ice ence st snes ce smacenes 228, 093 184, 390 286, 800 699, 283 
SEP ES ae a i ee ear aC 173, 859 4,336 | 1,279,600 1, 457,795 
Humpback, Op Uther pease ne ce aaee asec eee aee cee 99, 640 69, 212 153, 089 321, 941 
GION STLUG ss - oe ee Sl yaica ve wage che eben sek 34, 421 37, 874 103, 833 176, 128 
PECUMON SOCKOY Oats at cee ocean ce wc tae eot cokes! 501, 712 936, 446 | 17, 527, 212 | 18,965,370 
LNG hp SPR ee ec a i i pe a 1,037,725 | 1,232,258 | 19,350,534 | 21,620,517 
Pound nets: 
PHNOM OSV OR sea ser coc ciewn see codcns se eneseeasiovecs-s 811, 069 262, 947 22, 630 1, 096, 646 
CUNTNGA, aye LRT ee aR ae ec NSiRy 1, 783, 113 503, 761 335,942 | 2,622,816 
Humpback, ORR ithe oes tee ces esslpiars’ eine eieisinwainc,< hae 12,400,932 | 2,264,386 534, 032 15, 199, 350 
I EGR SDM ee sen oon eon cca susee seticcecin eels 21, 299 42, 967 22,199 86, 465 
ROU MONSOCKEVO ts s.2scpeceposieh. Gaekie oi dygraee i 1, 351 | 3,225, 446 640, 540 4, 977, 337 
Tora een eee eth Sachin 253 8 Fa oT! ke 222 16,127,764 | 6,299,507 | 1,555,343 | 23,982,614 
Lines: 
WONG TOT SIV OR sn oat ote conn enisnie Soci oe sae choc te ZUA OG ia en cameaniniae| Sele o se ecsinars 202, 097 
Chum, ORDERS fins bs etice s- -Epe-t noe weet tence ssa UA Beer Re Sara 54 1, 066 
King, COVES) 2) OVE cea el ee 379, 154s Eee estcen os |aeelc wee cuca 379, 154 
LLG HEU eek Bicester aE a ECPM T I Pl haat dee sap bak t= gba 582, 317 
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Dip nets: 
Coho, or silver... 10, 914 10, 914 
King, or spring... 5,325 5, 325 
Red, or sockeye .. 128, 476 128, 476 
Rafal Fsesaraas sb eae cease. aise seen || ee eee ae Ae Ee 144,715 144,715 
Total: 
CASTES) COT OSTTING 2) ape aera ia ea eee eo 1, 593,015 549, 712 310, 604 2, 453, 331 
SLAG Sis an ae ee ee eR 4, 898, 695 800,072 | 1,681,947 7, 380, 714 
Humpback, OE DUN Karsan tee cee eens eee 21,930,841 | 9,009, 392 ” 867, 730 31, 807, 963 
RSE ON Drinpsece ooo s oe oo Ren Cw ER RR Re Roan bay 442,058 87, 218 151, 444 680, 720 
ERGO MON SOCK OV Cran ce aasccc soc ceca nas tee ae ee 2,400,543 | 7, 744, 746 | 19, 587, 954 | 29, 733, 243 
(Ghai (0) Fae Ree ERR ET mets Sok ore eee 31, 265, 152 | 18,191,140 | 22,599,679 | 72,055,971 
SALMON CANNING. 
NEW CANNERIES. 
Fifteen new canneries were operated in Alaska in 1916—eight in 
southeast, three in central, and four in western Alaska. They were 
as follows: Southeast Alaska—Auk Bay Salmon Canning Co., Auk 
Bay; Beegle Packing Co., Northland Packing Co., and J. L. Smiley 
& Co., Ketchikan; Sanitary Packing Co., George Arm; Seattle Pack- 
ing Co., floating plant at Idaho Inlet; Tenakee Fisheries Co., Tenakee; 
and Union Bay Fisheries Co., Union Bay. Central Alaska—Clark- 
Graham Co., on Eyak River, near Cordova; Hoonah Packing Co., 
on Bering River, near Katalla; and the Carlisle Packing Co., Cordova. 
