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Table 3 . — 1926 samples 1 
Date 
Num- 
ber of 
sam- 
ples 
Num- 
ber in 
sam- 
ples 
Locality 
Apparatus 
Remarks 
1926 
Apr. 12 
22 
1 
1 
161 
233 
Halibut Cove lagoon (Kachemak Bay)-. 
Gill net of 3-ineh mesh„ 
Beach seine, fine mesh - _ 
27 
1 
47 
___do 
29 
29 
1 
250 
_.do - 
1 
41 
Gill net of 3-inch mesh.. 
May 12 
15 
18 
1 
125 
Behind McDonald Spit (Kachemak 
Bay). 
Homer Spit in lagoon (Kachemak Bay)-- 
Hands 
Caught while spawning. 
Do. 
1 
100 
Dip net 
1 
10 
Gill net of 3-inch mesh.. 
June 25 
26 
1 
100 
Purse seine 
4 
200 
do 
27 
1 
75 
do 
28 
1 
100 
do 
30 
30 
1 
120 
do 
1 
75 
Prince of Wales Passage (Elrington Pas- 
sage). 
do 
July 1 
2 
4 
175 
do 
2 
150 
do 
8 
1 
50 
do 
18 
1 
60 
do 
Impounded since July 15. 
Do. 
30 
1 
52 
do 
Aug. 5 
12 
1 
22 
do 
1 
115 
Old Harbor (near Three Saints’ Bay) 
02 McDonald Spit (Kachemak Bay) 
Salmon trap 
Thin spents. 
19 
25 
1 
1 
100 
168 
Gill net of 3-inch mesh.. 
Purse seine 
27 
1 
100 
do 
28 
1 
100 
do 
29 
1 
100 
30 
1 
100 
do 
Sept. 12 
18 
1 
75 
1 
150 
Eshamy Bay 
do. 
19 
1 
100 
do 
20 
1 
150 
do... 
21 
1 
50 
Taken from tender in Evans Bay, 
poor condition. 
Full to throat. 
Oct. 25 
1 
324 
Golovin Bay, Norton Sound 
Beach seine 
Dec. 13 
1 
408 
Gill net 
Part very ripe, part of them devel- 
oping, with small gonads. 
Recently spent, poorly preserved. 
Well preserved. 
r i 
456 
Simeonof Bay (Shumagin Islands) 
do 
Summer 
I i 
107 
Beach seine 
1 AH measured while fresh except the following: Golovin Bay, Simeonof Bay, and Chignik Lagoon, salted; San Diego Bay in 
formalin. 
Table 4 . — 1927 samples 
Date 
Num- 
ber of 
sam- 
ples 
Num- 
ber in 
sam- 
ples 
Locality 
Apparatus 
Remarks 
Preserva- 
tion 
1927 
Feb. 3 
1 
25 
Yakutat (wharf) 
Dip net 
All very small, immature 
Formalin. 
Fresh. 
Do. 
17 
1 
100 
(?)■_ 
Apr. 25 
May 4 
11 
1 
100 
Halibut Cove (Kachemak Bay) 
Beach seine 
1 
25 
do 
do 
Do. 
1 
50 
do 
do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
1 
75 
Purse seine 
Impounded from May 29 to 
June 6. Pound covered 
with spawn. Very thin. 
13 
1 
130 
Macleod Harbor . _ 
do 
16 
2 
100 
Prince of Wales Passage (Elrington Pas- 
sage). 
Naked Island . _ 
do 
16 
1 
100 
do 
From same pound as June 12. 
17 
1 
50 
Prince of Wales Passage (Elrington Pas- 
sage). 
do 
do 
21 
1 
100 
do__ 
25 
i 
100 
Elrington Passage. 
do 
25 
i 
45 
Procession Rocks (Elrington Passage) 
do.. 
Do. 
28 
1 
75 
do 1 
do 
Do. 
Do. 
July 1 
2 
i 
100 
Macleod Harbor 
do. 
1 
50 
Procession Rocks (Elrington Passage) 
do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Formalin. 
Do. 
5 
2 
100 
do 1 1 
do 
6 
1 
50 
do. 
do 
9 
1 
50 
Macleod Harbor 
do 
13 
1 
285 
Tebenkof Bav (Chatham Strait) 
do 
13 
1 
181 
Larch Bay (Chatham Strait)...’. 
do. 
13 
1 
190 
Point Gardner (Chatham Strait) 
do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
14 
1 
168 
Surprise Harbor (Point Gardner) 
do 
14 
1 
211 
Shuyak Strait... 
do 
16 
1 
198 
Outside north arm Pillar Bay (Chatham 
do 
Well preserved.. 
19 
1 
199 
Strait). 
Tebenkof Bay (Chatham Strait) 
do 
do 
Do. 
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