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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
along this shore are not bound to any particular section of the sound but disperse 
in all directions. 
PORT WELLS DISTRICT 
In this district are embraced all waters of Prince William Sound north and west 
of a line from the south entrance of Port Nellie Juan to Point Eleanor on Eleanor 
Island and thence to the southernmost point of the peninsula between Esther Passage 
and Eaglek Bay. Thirteen localities in this district are given individual consideration 
in this analysis. The following combinations of data have been made : A catch made 
at Beattie in 1917 was included in the catch at Betties Bay; a catch at Surprise Cove 
in 1920 was added to the Cochrane Bay catch; Coghill River figures include catches 
reported from Coghill Bay in 1919, 1926, and 1927; from Coghill Lake in 1919, and 
from College Fiord in 1919, 1920, and 1924; Culross Passage catches are combined 
with those from Culross Island in 1925 and 1927, from Colms Passage in 1919, and 
from Goose Bay in 1919 and 1922; Pigot Bay catches include salmon reported from 
Pichet Bay in all years; Port Wells catches include fish from Hobo Bay in 1918, 
from Passage Canal, sometimes called Portage Bay, in 1918 and 1919, from Blackstone 
Bay in 1918, 1919, and 1920, from Blackstone Glacier, Entry Cove, and Harrisons 
Lagoon, also called Hearigans Lagoon, in 1920, from Wells Passage in 1920 and 1924, 
from Culross Bay in 1925, and from Perry Passage in 1927. 
Betties Bay . — This bay is a small tributary of Port Wells, indenting the mainland 
about midway between Point Pigot and Point Pakenham. Salmon of all species 
have been taken here but only pinks in quantities. Catches were made in seven 
years covering the period from 1918 to 1927, with the exception of the three years 
from 1921 to 1923. The most productive season, 1918, shows a catch of 119,656, 
chiefly pinks, but in 1919 the catch dropped to 391 salmon, consisting of chums, 
pinks, and reds. Since then, wide fluctuations have occurred and the catch has dwin- 
dled from the large total of 1918 to 14,460 chums and pinks in 1927. These fluctua- 
tions are doubtless due, at least in part, to faulty records, but the development of 
an important fishery in this locality is quite unlikely. The source of the fish taken 
here is probably local. 
Cochrane Bay . — This locality, like Betties Bay, has been fished seven years. Small 
catches of chums, pinks, and reds were made in 1918 and 1919, but in 1920 the catch 
of pinks increased to 216,000. In the next three years, no catches were reported 
from this bay; however, in 1924, the catch was 450,000, chiefly pinks. In 1925 the 
catch declined to 50,000, while in 1926 and 1927 it was again relatively high, giving 
some assurance that a profitable fishery may be maintained in this locality. 
Coghill River . — This river is the outlet of Coghill Lake; it enters College Fiord, 
the northernmost arm of Port Wells, at Coghill Point. Fishing has been somewhat 
irregular and was first carried on in 1914 for the red salmon obtainable there. Further 
exploitation began in 1917 by the operation of a trap directly at the mouth of the 
river, and a fair catch of reds and pinks was made in 1918 and 1919. Notwithstand- 
ing the fact that no fishing was done there during 1921 to 1923, the catch in 1924 
was again poor. No catches were reported from this locality in 1925, and since then 
only chums and pinks have been caught. In 1925 waters within 2,000 yards of the 
mouth of the river were closed to all commercial fishing for salmon, a regulation 
which has been continued to the present time and undoubtedly accounts for the 
failure to take red salmon at this locality since 1924. The catches of chums and 
pinks were made in College Fiord at some distance from Coghill River. 
