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for wildlife, with the highest values for the watersheds 

 draining into Shakan Bay, Dry Pass, Tokeen Bay, and Shipley 

 Bay. The area is important to the residents of Port 

 Protection, Point Baker, Cape Pole, Edna Bay, Craig, and 

 Klawock for the harvest of fish and wildlife. 



There are many productive streams in the area supporting 

 pink, chum, and coho salmon and rainbow, steelhead and 

 cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden. Shipley and Sutter 

 drainages also support sockeye salmon. The combined peak 

 escapements for the more important streeuns in the area is 

 680,000 pink and 14,000 chum salmon. Herring spawn in 

 Labouchere Bay. Dungeness crab rear in the area. Harbor 

 seals are abundant and haulout in the Barrier Islands. 

 Sitka black-tailed deer and black bear occur throughout the 

 area in moderately high density. Black bears and migratory 

 waterfowl concentrate on the estuarine sedge-grass flats at 

 the head of Calder Bay. Bluff Island is a seabird colony 

 and a harbor seal haulout. Protection Head is a seabird 

 colony. Waterfowl concentrate in Dry Pass, Shakan Strait, 

 and Tokeen Bay. 



Residents of Point Baker, Port Protection, Cape Pole, 

 Edna Bay, Klawock, and Craig use the area for the harvest of 

 deer, salmon, furbearers, geoducks, crab, waterfowl, and 

 other resources. Shipley Creek is intensively fished by 

 Port Protection residents for sockeye salmon. Point Baker 

 residents gillnet salmon in Shakan Strait. Residents of 

 Klawock trap throughout Tokeen Bay. Commercial salmon 

 fishing and crabbing occurs throughout the area. 



Karta River 



The Tongass Land Management Plan rated the Karta watershed 

 as the highest value for fish. The ADF&G considers the 

 Karta drainage to be one of the most productive anadromous 

 fish systems on Prince of Wales Island, as well as having 

 the highest values for wildlife. The area is very important 

 for fishing and hunting to local residents as well as 

 non-resident sport fishers. 



The peak recorded escapements to the Karta River are 136,000 

 pink, 42,000 sockeye, and 41,000 chum salmon. The dc^inage 

 also supports rainbow trout, spring and fall runs of 

 steelhead, cutthroat trout, and Dolly Varden. The Karta 

 River watershed is an extremely productive and diverse area. 

 Black bear, furbearers, waterfowl, and other birds are 

 abundant. There are moderate populations of deer, wolves, 

 bald eagles, and marine mammals. The area is important for 

 Trumpeter swans in the winter. The estuary is a rearing 

 area for shrimp and dungeness crab and a herring spawning 

 area. 



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