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TROUT AND SALMON 



whole Pacific coast to Bering Strait, and down the Asiatic 

 coast to China. In 1912 there were landed at Seattle 2,664,- 

 066 pounds of "King Salmon," valued at $234,075. 



THE QUINNAT SALMON. 



THE BLUEBACK SALMON, 1 also called Sockeye, Nerka, 

 Redfish or Red Salmon, is the most abundant species, and in 

 flavor and general importance it stands next to the pre- 

 ceding. In Alaska it is of greater value than all other species 

 combined. Its flesh is of a rich red color, full of oil and of 



1 On-co-rhyn'chus ner'ka. 



