﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  Catch 
  op 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  73 
  licenses 
  issued 
  for 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Afognak 
  

   Reservation 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914. 
  Operations 
  were 
  conducted 
  in 
  11 
  

   different 
  locaUties, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  crews 
  of 
  fishermen, 
  numbering 
  from 
  

   four 
  to 
  seven 
  men 
  each, 
  moved 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   their 
  impression 
  as 
  to 
  th' 
  grounds 
  most 
  promising 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  catch. 
  

  

  The 
  run 
  of 
  sockeyes 
  appeared 
  in 
  May, 
  and, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  last 
  

   year, 
  the 
  wash 
  of 
  volcanic 
  ash 
  from 
  the 
  Katmai 
  eruption 
  of 
  1912 
  still 
  

   caused 
  the 
  streams 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  turbid 
  following 
  periods 
  of 
  rain, 
  which 
  

   undoubtedly 
  had 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  keeping 
  some 
  salmon 
  away 
  from 
  these 
  

   streams. 
  Conditions, 
  however, 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   volcanic 
  ash 
  are 
  improving, 
  and 
  before 
  long 
  this 
  annoyance 
  will 
  have 
  

   disappeared. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  

   this 
  year 
  was 
  practically 
  double 
  that 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  is 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  

   improvement 
  in 
  these 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  fishing 
  in 
  this 
  reservation 
  occurred 
  May 
  30, 
  at 
  Kaluda, 
  

   and 
  the 
  last 
  fishing 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  Little 
  Afognak 
  on 
  September 
  6. 
  

   The 
  best 
  grounds 
  for 
  sockeyes 
  were 
  at 
  Malina, 
  Eagle 
  Harbor, 
  and 
  

   Paramanof, 
  while 
  the 
  best 
  catches 
  of 
  humpbacks 
  occurred 
  at 
  Kaluda 
  

   and 
  Malina. 
  The 
  only 
  take 
  of 
  cohos 
  worth 
  mentioning 
  was 
  at 
  Little 
  

   Afognak, 
  and, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  last 
  year,, 
  practically 
  no 
  dog 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  taken. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  sockeyes 
  was 
  214,450; 
  humpbacks, 
  

   113,060; 
  and 
  cohos, 
  3,420; 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  330,930 
  salmon. 
  Malina 
  was 
  

   the 
  most 
  productive, 
  having 
  nearly 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  catch. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  total, 
  91 
  per 
  cent 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  haul 
  seines 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  by 
  

   gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Afognak 
  waters 
  

   for 
  1914 
  is 
  shown, 
  by 
  locality 
  and 
  species, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Catch 
  of 
  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Afognak 
  Reservation, 
  Season 
  of 
  1914. 
  

  

  Localities. 
  

  

  Sock- 
  

   eyes. 
  

  

  Hump- 
  

   backs. 
  

  

  Cohos. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Danger 
  Bay... 
  

   Eagle 
  Harbor.. 
  

  

  EliaBay 
  

  

  English 
  Bay... 
  

  

  Kaluda 
  

  

  Kizhuyak 
  

  

  Little 
  Afognak 
  

  

  Malina 
  

  

  Paramanof 
  

  

  SealBaj^ 
  

  

  Shuyak 
  Island 
  

  

  Total.... 
  

  

  2,423 
  

  

  2,167 
  

   39, 
  470 
  

   8,275 
  

   3,468 
  

   21,939 
  

   77 
  

   35, 
  179 
  

  

  111 
  

  

  2,956 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  349 
  

  

  2,460 
  

   45, 
  159 
  

  

  1,776 
  

  

  4,610 
  

   56,692 
  

   10, 
  399 
  

   14,481 
  

   102, 
  139 
  

   31,537 
  

   58, 
  652 
  

  

  3,025 
  

  

  214,450 
  113,060 
  3,420 
  330,930 
  

  

  Comparing 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  1913, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  gain 
  in 
  1914 
  of 
  about 
  113,000 
  sockeyes 
  and 
  65,000 
  hump- 
  

   backs, 
  while 
  cohos 
  fell 
  off 
  about 
  700. 
  

  

  