62 FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 
Smelt (Hypomesus olidus).—There is an annual run of smelt in 
most of the streams of western Alaska, especially the Yukon, where 
it is of considerable importance, but the fish is taken only for local 
consumption. The smelt enter Port Heiden, on the Bering Sea side 
of the Alaska Peninsula, in large numbers about October and remain 
until the early part of the following June. There is no information 
available as to what rivers, if any, they frequent in central Alaska. 
In southeast Alaska they are found quite generally distributed. In 
the fall there is quite a large run in Wrangell Narrows. In 1906 
one of the halibut dealers at this point made a trial shipment of 500 
pounds to New York City, with such success that the consignee tele- 
graphed for a carload, but as the run was over it was impossible to - 
comply. The smelt appears to frequent the waters of southeast 
Alaska from about October until the following June; it is frequently 
found in the stomachs of king salmon. 
Trout.—There are 5 species of trout known from Alaska—namely, 
steelhead, Dolly Varden, cut-throat, rainbow, and lake. Of these 
the Dolly Varden, rainbow, and steelhead are handled commercially, 
the latter being sold fresh, frozen, and pickled. The Dolly Varden 
trout is especially abundant throughout the greater part of southeast, 
central, and western Alaska. Several fishermen at Wrangell Narrows 
began catching and shipping Dolly Varden trout this summer, but the 
fishery authorities of Washington, classing it as a game fish, objected 
not only to the sale in that State, but also to the shipment into it, 
and the steamship companies consequently refused to receive them 
for shipment to Puget Sound. These trout are in such abundance in 
southeast Alaska that they have become a very serious menace to the 
salmon, many millions of whose eggs they consume each year, and 
if an outside market could be provided the salmon interests would be 
benefited, at the same time that a new industry would be created. 
Steelhead and Dolly Varden trout are reported as being found in Port 
Heiden, in Bering Sea. 
Other fishes.—In addition to the above, a number of species of fish are 
foundin Alaska, which form, in some instances, a very important portion 
of the foodsupply of the natives, and occasionally of the whites. Among 
the more important of these may be mentioned the following: Lam- 
preys (Lampetra aurea), which are quite abundant on the Yukon 
River; tomcod or wachna (Microgadus proximus), very abundant in 
Bering Sea; whitefish (Coregonus), of which 7 species are reported, 
mainly from the tributaries of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean; pike 
(Esox lucius); Arctic grayling (Thymallus signifer); the inconnu 
(Stenodus mackenzii), a very large fish; burbot or losh (Lota macu- 
latus); sucker (Catostomus catostomus); sculpins (Cottide); Atka 
mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius), an excellent food fish, with 
a flavor like mackerel; blackfish (Dallia pectoralis); Boreogadus sada, 
