54 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
In 1911 the Seldovia Salmon Co. built a cannery at Seldovia and 
operated it continuously to date. Late im 1915 the company went 
into the hands of areceiver. In 1916 it was reopened by the Colum- 
bia Salmon Co. 
In 1912 the Fidalgo Island Packing Co., which already operated a 
cannery at Ketchikan, in southeast Alaska, built a cannery at Port 
Graham, at the lower end of the Kenai Peninsula. A pack was made 
that year and each year since. 
The same year Libby, McNeill & Libby built a cannery at Kenai 
and operated that year and each subsequent year. 
In 1915 the Deep Sea Salmon Co., which operates a cannery in 
southeast Alaska, built a plant near Knik, on the west side of Cook 
Inlet, and made a small pack. 
AFOGNAK ISLAND. 
Afognak Island lies to the northwest of Kodiak, and it is separated 
from it by a narrow strait. 
In 1889 the Royal Packing Co. built a cannery at the head of 
Afognak Bay and operated it in 1889 and 1890. It became a mem- 
ber of the Alaska Packers Association in 1893. It has not been 
operated since 1892. 
The Russian-American Packing Co. in 1889 built a cannery imme- 
diately above that of the Royal. It was operated in 1889 and 1890. 
In 1893 it became a member of the Alaska Packers Association. It 
has not been operated since 1890. 
In accordance with an.act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, the 
President, by proclamation of December 24, 1892, set aside the whole 
island and within 1 mile from the shores thereof as a fish-cultural re- 
serve for the use of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisher- 
ies. As a result of this action both canneries were forced to move 
from the island entirely. 
KODIAK ISLAND. 
This island has been the scene of some of the best fishing in Alaska. 
The Russians early settled here, one of the most fertile spots in the 
usually sterile soil of Alaska, and undoubtedly they must have 
prosecuted the fisheries from an early date, although but little data 
are extant showing their operations in this line. 
Karluk River and Lagoon.—One of the greatest salmon streams in 
the world is the Karluk River, and although extensive fishing opera- 
tions have been carried on for many years, it still produces, annu- 
ally, a large pack of canned salmon, and has the distinction of 
having produced more salmon than any other river in Alaska. An 
exceptionally heavy run occurred in 1916. 
