KAKLTJK EIVEK RED -SALMON INVESTIGATION 



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the poor years have been getting poorer. There is clear evidence here of depletion, 

 although, fortunately, it has not become as serious as in some other localities. With 

 the present requirement of a minimum escapement of 1,000,000 fish, which has been 

 in force since 1925, it is hoped that the level of productivity may once again be raised, 

 but it will not be until the season of 1930 that the catch will be affected by this 

 regulation. 



Fig. 6.— Yearly catch of red salmon at Karluk since the beginning of the fishery in 1882 to 1926 



Table 1. — Catch of red salmon at Karluk and immediate vicinity from beginning of canning industry 



in 1882 



[For the period from 1882 to 1894, inclusive, the figures herewith are based on an estimate of 14 red salmon per case] 



Year 



Num- 

 ber of 

 can- 

 neries 



Number of 

 fish 



1906 



2 



3, 453,113 



1907. 



2 



2, 929, 886 



1908 



2 



1, 608, 418 



1909 



2 



923, 501 



1910 



2 



1, 492, 544 



1911 



2 



1, 723, 132 



1912 



2 



1, 245, 275 



1913 



2 



868, 422 



1914 



2 



540, 455 



1915 \. 



2 



828, 429 



1916 



1 2 



2, 343, 104 



1917 



2 



2, 324, 492 



Year 



Num- 

 ber of 

 can- 

 neries 



1918 



3 



1919 



2 



1920 



2 



1921 



4 



1922 



5 



1923 



3 



1924 



4 



1925 



4 



1926 



4 



Total. 









Year 



882 

 883 

 884 

 885 

 886. 

 887, 

 8S8 

 889 

 890 

 891 

 892 

 893 



Num- 

 ber of 

 can- 

 neries 



Number of 

 fish 



58, 000 

 188, 706 

 282, 184 

 468, 580 

 646, 100 



1, 004, 500 



2, 256, 100 

 2, 792, 930 

 2, 622, 396 

 2, 926, 588 

 2, 852, 458 

 2, 909, 508 



Year 



1894 



1895. 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 



Num- 

 ber of 

 can- 

 neries 



Number of 

 fish 



3, 349, 



1, 762, 



2, 650, 

 1, 865, 

 1, 102, 



991, 



1, 767, 



2, 841, 

 2, 485, 

 1, 109, 

 1, 638, 

 1, 787, 



Number of 

 fish 



1, 092, 775 

 1, 089, 809 

 1, 368, 526 

 1, 641, 758 

 658, 159 

 727, 730 

 890, 752 

 1,317,993 

 2, 131,616 



73, 561, 823 



1 Part of these fish were transferred to canneries of the Alaska Packers Association at Alitak, Chignik, and Kasilof. 



