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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  feared 
  that 
  no 
  fish 
  might 
  appear. 
  On 
  July 
  7, 
  when 
  the 
  rack 
  across 
  

   the 
  stream 
  was 
  removed, 
  only 
  48 
  red 
  salmon 
  had 
  entered 
  the 
  lake. 
  

   Ordinarily 
  this 
  date 
  would 
  have 
  marked 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  running 
  sea- 
  

   son. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  salmon 
  attracted 
  to 
  Letnik 
  Bay 
  was 
  markedly 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  1912, 
  when 
  the 
  decHne 
  was 
  approximately 
  50 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   Figures 
  for 
  tliis 
  year 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  records 
  show 
  that 
  3,367 
  

   sockeyes 
  and 
  6,882 
  humpbacks 
  reached 
  the 
  spawning 
  grounds 
  covered 
  

   by 
  hatchery 
  operations. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  Afognak 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  for 
  1913 
  is 
  

   shown, 
  by 
  locahty 
  and 
  species, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  

   include 
  the 
  hatchery 
  fish 
  in 
  Letnik 
  stream 
  : 
  

  

  Catch 
  of 
  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Apognak 
  Reservation, 
  Season 
  of 
  1913. 
  

  

  Compared 
  with 
  1912, 
  the 
  foregoing 
  shows 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  about 
  18,000 
  

   sockeyes; 
  humpbacks 
  are 
  practically 
  the 
  same, 
  wliile 
  cohos 
  have 
  

   fallen 
  off 
  about 
  4,000. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  fished 
  show 
  a 
  larger 
  catch 
  

   of 
  sockeyes 
  than 
  in 
  1912. 
  Seal 
  Bay 
  leads 
  with 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  7,744; 
  

   Paramanoff 
  comes 
  second 
  with 
  6,693; 
  Little 
  Afognak 
  third 
  with 
  1,665; 
  

   while 
  Izhut 
  and 
  Danger 
  Bays, 
  where 
  no 
  sockeyes 
  were 
  taken 
  last 
  year, 
  

   produced 
  3,188 
  and 
  451, 
  respectively. 
  Malena 
  shows 
  a 
  faUing 
  off 
  of 
  

   1,154, 
  but 
  this 
  decline 
  may 
  be 
  only 
  apparent, 
  as 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  last 
  

   year 
  included, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  all 
  salmon 
  consumed 
  fresh 
  by 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  or 
  salted 
  by 
  them 
  for 
  winter 
  use, 
  whereas 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  no 
  

   similar 
  figures 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  localities 
  fished 
  for 
  humpbacks 
  were 
  Danger 
  and 
  Izhut 
  

   Bays, 
  and 
  only 
  at 
  these 
  places 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  relative 
  proximity 
  to 
  

   the 
  Kodiak 
  cannery. 
  The 
  superabundance 
  of 
  humpbacks 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  region 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  made 
  it 
  unnecessary 
  and 
  unprofitable 
  

   for 
  the 
  cannery 
  boats 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  distant 
  places 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

   Though 
  some 
  humpbacks 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  all 
  the 
  island 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  

   catch 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  fields 
  just 
  named 
  was 
  merely 
  incidental 
  to 
  

   the 
  operations 
  for 
  sockeyes. 
  Positive 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  run 
  was 
  

   good 
  in 
  all 
  localities 
  is 
  lacking, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  

   great 
  disparity 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  humpbacks 
  coming 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  

   streams. 
  

  

  This 
  condition 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  true 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cohos 
  

   selecting 
  tliese 
  waters 
  for 
  spawning 
  purposes. 
  Fishing 
  was 
  carried 
  

   on 
  only 
  at 
  Little 
  Afognak, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  was 
  Hmited 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  

  

  