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that is still in force. No catches were reported in the years 1923 to 1925, inclusive; 
but the bay was fished again in 1926, although only small catches of chums, pinks, 
and reds resulted from the operations. Nothing in the available data indicates that 
a valuable salmon fishery can be established here; in fact, the conservation of the 
local run even if fully rebuilt, will be of little material benefit to the fisheries of the 
sound. Continued closure of this locality appears to be a conservation measure of 
very limited value. 
Cape Cleare . — Although this locality (the southwestern extremity of Montague 
Island) was certainly fished in earlier years, the only definite records are of moderate 
catches made in 1926 and 1927. In the earlier fishing, gill nets or seines were prob- 
ably used, but the recent catches were made by a trap. All species of salmon were 
taken, which, named in the order of their numerical value were pinks, cohos, kings, 
reds, and chums. A catch of 9,463 cohos and 935 kings seems to throw some light 
on the question of the origin of the runs which are intercepted at this point. They 
may be strictly Prince William Sound fish but there is a possibility that the run, 
particularly of kings, is bound for some other region, since no tributary of the sound 
is known as an important king-salmon stream. 
Glacier Bay . — Data for 1926 and 1927 only are available for this locality which is 
a shallow indentation on the west coast of Montague Island about midway between 
Cape Cleare and Montague Point. This too is a trap fishery of recent development. 
The larger catch, including all species, occurred in 1926, due to the phenomenal run 
of that year. Inasmuch as the streams of Glacier Bay are comparatively unimpor- 
tant, these catches may be regarded as coming from the general runs of Prince 
William Sound that have been shown to enter through Montague Strait. 6 
Hanning Bay . — Like other places on the west coast of Montague Island, Hanning 
Bay is a new field the exploitation of which had not been attempted before 1920 
when experimental fishing was begun by a company operating a cannery at Seward. 
A trap was driven in the bay and made an encouraging catch of all species of salmon 
in the first year it was operated. It is possible that this locality was prospected in 
1919 but no catch was recorded under the name of Hanning Bay until 1920. Appar- 
ently it was then neglected for several years as the next recorded catch in this local- 
ity was made in 1924. Thereafter the bay was fished regularly and produced sub- 
stantial catches of pinks, a few hundred kings, and several thousand cohos, chums, 
and reds, thus giving it prominence as one of the best fishing localities in the Mon- 
tague Strait district. As Thompson has shown (loc. cit) the traps at Hanning Bay 
in all probability merely intercept a part of the main run of salmon entering the 
sound through Montague Strait. The streams of Montague Island can not be large 
on account of the nature of the island and they consequently provide very limited 
areas for spawning. It is doubtful also that all species of salmon spawn in these 
streams. 
Macleod Harbor . — According to available records, Macleod Harbor was not 
fished regularly before 1920 although 1,500 pink salmon were taken there in 1918. 
In 1920, the commercial catch was larger than that of any other locality in the 
Montague district and ranks fourth in size among the localities of the sound. 
Records for the next three years show no catches in this bay, yet it is probable that 
some salmon were taken here but not allocated to the waters where caught, as often 
happened. Fishing was resumed in 1924 and continued through the next three years 
•Salmon Tagging Experiments in Alaska, 1929, by Seton H. Thompson. Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XLVI 
1930 (1931). Document No. 1084. 
