PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, COPPER AND BERING RIVER SALMON STATISTICS 225 
Table 6. — Graphic table showing the catch of salmon in the Valdez Arm district of Prince William 
Sound 1917-1927 
[Each letter represents the following number of fish: Reds, 2,000; pinks, 50,000; chums, 10,000; cohos, 1,000] 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
1925. 
1926. 
1927. 
Year 
Reds 
Pinks 
mmmmMmmmmM 
mmmmMmmmmM 
mmmmMmmmmM 
mmmmMmmmm 
mmmmMmmm 
mmmmMmmmm 
mmmmMmmmmMm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMm 
mmmmM 
mm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmm 
mmmmM 
mmm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMm 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmm 
mmmmMmmm 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
1925. 
1926. 
1927. 
Year 
Chums 
Cohos 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmmM 
mmmmMmmmm 
mmmmM 
m 
mm 
mmmmMmmmmMm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmmmMm 
mmmmMmmmmMm 
mm 
mmm 
mm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmMmmmmMmmmmMm 
mmmm Mmmmm MmmmmMm 
mmmmMmmmm Mmm 
m 
mm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmM 
mmm 
PORT FIDALGO DISTRICT 
This district covers the fisheries of the east coast of the sound from Bidarka 
Point southward to a point on the mainland approximately 1 mile north of Knowles 
Head, including Goose Island. Six localities are listed separately in this district in 
addition to Port Fidalgo itself. 
Bidarka Point . — This point on the north side of the entrance to Port Fidalgo was 
occupied by a trap in 1919 and 1920 and again from 1925 to 1927, inclusive. The 
break in continuity of operations, covering a period of four years, 1921 to 1924, makes 
any attempt at analysis impossible. It appears probable from these meager statistics 
that relatively large numbers of pink salmon pass this point as the catch in 1926 was 
221,361, and the catch in 1927 was also comparatively good. Fewer reds were taken 
in each successive year, chums fell off 50 per cent in two years, while the unimportant 
catch of cohos and kings was variable. 
Port Fidalgo . — These data include catches reported from Boulder Bay in 1918 
and 1925; from Goose Island in 1919, 1925, and 1927; from Landlocked Bay in 1917, 
1918, 1919, 1925, and 1926; from Two Moon Bay in 1917 and 1918; and from Snug 
Corner Cove, which in turn includes Anchor Cove, in 1917 and 1927. 
In the records of fishing in Prince William Sound from 1913 to 1927 are found 
many catches of salmon that were reported as coming from Port Fidalgo without 
reference to a stream or tributary bay. Part of these catches are accounted for in 
the operation of traps between Two Moon Bay and Snug Corner Cove and at the 
point on the east side of the entrance to Landlocked Bay. Some years were ap- 
parently good, others were poor. After 1924, fishing in Port Fidalgo was materially 
restricted by regulation, yet two of the largest catches in that locality were reported 
in 1926 and 1927, indicating that these fisheries have undergone no unfavorable 
change in a decade or more. The catches consist largely of pinks and chums with 
cohos next in importance and reds and kings negligible. 
