30 THE FISHEEIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 



red salmon were sent to the company's cannery at Chignik. It was 

 the expectation of the superintendent at this time to have his whole 

 outfit of 55,000 cases, with the exception of several thousand flat 

 cans, for which his machinery proved to be unsuitable, packed within 

 a very few days. The principal fishing grounds frequented by the 

 Uyak fishermen are Karluk Beach, Red River (Ayaluku River), 

 Little River, and Ugonic. 



Alitak. — But one cannery is located here, and that is owned by the 

 Alaska Packers' Association. It was outfitted for 35,000 cases, of 

 which 29,000 cases were left over from last year's disastrous season, 

 and 6,000 cases taken from the Karluk outfit. The cannery was 

 somewhat hampered in its operations by the fact that its ship had not 

 left San Francisco at the time of the earthquake and fire, and its 

 cannery crew was thus broken up. Of the original 80 Chinese who 

 had signed, but 30 could be found when the ship sailed. Enough 

 Indians were subsequently secured on Kodiak Island to fill their 

 places. 



All of the fishing is carried on in Olga Bay, from the cannery to the 

 head of the bay. The first fish, a red salmon, was taken on July 3. 

 The fish usually begin to run heavily about July 15, but this year 

 they did not arrive in numbers until about July 29. On August 17 

 they were still running near the head of Olga Bay, and as nearly 

 30,000 cases of the outfit had then been packed, the canners hoped to 

 finish fishing in about a week. Not all of the salmon packed at this 

 cannery were caught by its fishermen, however; about 8,940 cases 

 were packed from fish sent to Alitak by the Karluk canneries of the 

 same association. Quite a few humpbacks were to be seen in the bay. 

 Theu- favorite spawning grounds are said to be in Horse Marine 

 Lagoon and Big Stream. No use is made of them at the cannery. 

 Cohos begin to run the latter part of August, about the time the 

 cannery closes. They are said to run mainly into Silver Salmon 

 Bay, which is about 3 miles above and on the same side as the can- 

 nery. A small and short stream, with a lake at its head, empties into 

 this bay. The cannery people state that king salmon do not run in 

 this bay. A few steelheads are seen in the spring. 



CJdgnik. — Two canneries were operated on Chignik Bay and 

 Lagoon — one owned by the Alaska Packers' Association and the other 

 by the Northwestern Fisheries Company. 



The fishery conditions at this place were very far from satisfactory. 

 For years these two canneries, and another which was in operation 

 for a time, fought each other fiercely, with the result that the lagoon 

 and bay were full of trap nets, as many as 28 having been in use in 

 1904. In 1905 the two canneries then operating came to an agree- 

 ment and the number of traps was reduced to 8, 4 for each. In 1906 



