THE SALMON INDUSTRY. 



STATISTICS AND NOTES ON THE INDUSTRY. 



As a whole the season of 1906 was a very fair one to the fishermen, 

 so far as the salmon catch was concerned, while financially it was 

 especially favorable to the packers of the cheaper species. In Bris- 

 tol Bay there was a good run of humpback salmon. Such a run, 

 according to the fishermen, usually occurs every fourth year. In 

 Southeast Alaska the run of cohos was exceptionally good, this, the 

 fishermen say, being the case every third or fourth season. 



CATCH. 



The number of salmon taken and the apparatus used are shown 

 below: 



Table showing, by Species and Apparatus, the Catch of Salmon in 1906. 



Apparatus and species. 



Seines: 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 



King 



Sockeye, or red 



Total 



Traps: 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 



King 



Sockeye, or red 



Total 



Gill nets: 



Coho, or silver 



Dog, or chum 



Humpback, or pink 



King 



Sockeye, or red 



Total 



Lines: 



Coho, or silver 



King 



Total 



Spears: 



Sockeye, or red 



Grand total 



Only five forms of apparatus — seines, traps, gill nets, lines, and 

 spears — were employed, and of these gill nets caught but a few more 

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