PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, COPPER AND BERING RIVER SALMON STATISTICS 227 
species. The reduced yield in 1926 and 1927 presumably resulted from the closing 
order referred to in the discussion of Sunny Bay. 
Viewing the Port Fidalgo district as a unit, it is obvious that pink salmon con- 
stitute its most valuable fishery resource. Other species are taken, chums leading 
but far below the level of the pinks. Table 7 gives a graphic picture of the salmon 
catches of the district down to 1927. The interesting feature is the upward trend 
in recent years for all species, particularly pinks. The small catch in 1922, 
following a year of no fishing, and the upset condition of trade in the salmon market 
from 1920 to 1924 were undoubtedly the causes of the reduced production for a few 
years beginning in 1919. It does not reflect the condition of the fisheries at the 
time but rather shows a material slackening of the fis hin g effort in that period to 
which may be due the larger runs of subsequent years. 
Table 7. — Graphic table showing the catch of salmon in the Port Fidalgo district of Prince William 
Sound, 1913-1927 
[Each letter represents the following number of fish: Reds, 1,000; pinks, 60,000; chums, 20,000; and cohos, 2,000] 
Year 
Reds 
Pinks 
Chums 
Cohos 
1913 
1914 
1915 
mm 
mmm 
1916 
mm 
1917 
m 
mmmmM 
mm mm 
mm 
1918 
mmmmMmm 
mmirimM mmmmMmm 
mmmm MmmmmM 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMm 
mm 
1919 
nrmm 
mm 
mmmm 
1920 
mmmm Mmmm 
mmmmM 
1921 
1922 
m 
1923 
in 
mmm 
m 
1924 
mm 
mmmmM 
mmmmMm 
mmm 
1925 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMmm 
mmmmMm 
mmmmMm 
mmmm 
1926 
mmmmM 
mmmm M mmmm MmmmmM mmmm 
1927 
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PORT GRAVINA AND ORCA BAY DISTRICT 
This district includes all waters of the sound within a line from the southern 
boundary of Port Fidalgo district, described above, to a point 1 mile north of Shelter 
Bay on the west coast of Hinchin brook Island, thence across the island to Point Steele 
on the east coast, and thence to Point Whitshed. Port Gravina and Orca Bay with 
their tributaries are by far the largest producers of pink, chum, and coho s alm on 
of all the districts of Prince William Sound. Sixteen localities of recognized impor- 
tance are found in the district. The following combinations were made in preparing 
the tables: Orca Bay includes catches reported from Orca Inlet in 1925, 1926, and 
1927; from Government Rock in 1924, from Hinchinbrook Island in 1917, 1926, and 
1927; from Hawkins Island in 1912 and 1916; from Nelsons Lagoon in 1917; and from 
Sheep Point in 1925. Port Gravina includes catches reported from Hell Fire Creek 
in 1914; from Bear Cove in 1915; from Toms Bay in 1914, 1915, and 1916; from 
Comfort 'Cove in 1915, 1917, and 1918; from Gravina Island in 1918; from Hells 
Hole in 1917 and 1918; from Devils Cove in 1918; from Tom Thumb Bay in 1918; 
and from Red Head in 1927. Anderson Bay includes a catch from Big Fred Bay 
in 1917; Simpson Bay, a catch from Bomb Point in 1927; and St. Matthew Bay, 
catches from Black Bay in 1915, 1916, 1918, and 1922. 
Anderson Bay . — Two bays indent the north coast of Hinchinbrook Island, the 
westernmost being Anderson Bay. Pink salmon only were taken here in 1917, the 
year fishing began, but in 1918 all species except kings were taken, although there 
