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American Fisheries Society 



The following statement gives the entire pack of sockeyes 

 in American and Canadian waters of the Fraser River system 

 for the years 1891 to 1919, inclusive : 



SocKEYE Salmon Pack of Fraser River System, 1891 to 1919 Inclusive 



The foregoing table gives a complete record for six four- 

 year cycles and for the first two years of the present cycle. 

 The outstanding features therein shown are: (1) The great 

 packs made every fourth year; (2) the comparatively small 

 packs made in the three intervening years; (3) the gradual 

 but pronounced decline in the runs in the small years; and 

 (4) the startling decline in the pack in the last big year, 1917. 



As far back as written records exist, a phenomenally big 



