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per cent as many fish. It appears probable that these fluctuations in catch per unit 
of gear are due at least in part to the disturbing effect of competition between the 
units of gear and do not at all reflect corresponding fluctuations in actual abundance 
of fish. 
Table 12. — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Bering River district, 1896 to 1927 
1900.. 
1904. 
1900. 
1912. 
1913. 
1914. 
1915. 
1916. 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
1925. 
1926. 
24,723 
80, 030 
57,018 
52, 668 
Number Fathoms Number 
23, 980 
39| 383 
27, 072 
106, 167 
123, 400 
54, 074 
41, 023 
38, 519 
10, 202 
105, 614 
141, 278 
163, 357 
173, 021 
139, 792 
162, £“ 
120, 667 
131, 179 
192, 361 
87, 114 
52, 632 
37,424 
1. 250 
50 
1.050 
7,740 
11, 325 
13,400 
6. 650 
5.650 
4,200 
13, 210 
7.250 
4.050 
5,150 
Note. — The catch of red salmon from 1896 to 1900 was taken from Moser’s report for 1900 and 1901 and represents the number of 
salmon caught by the Alaska Packers Association only. Another company was operating in the Bering River district but we have 
been unable to find any records of the catches made by it. 
The table includes 14,032 cohos reported from Okalee River in 1919 and 12 kings and 15,233 reds from Controller Bay in 1922. 
No catches were reported in the years not shown in the table. 
Table 13 shows graphically the catch of reds at Bering River from 1912 to 1926. 
Data for the earlier years were not included as the record was not continuous. 
Beginning with the intensive exploitation of this fishery in 1915, the catch increased 
steadily until 1918. This gradual rise was followed by mild fluctuations, the catch 
dropping in the odd years and ascending in the even years until 1923 when it reached 
its highest level. The smaller catch in 1921 can be traced to economic conditions 
which resulted in the temporary closing of the Bering River cannery so that the 
lower level of production in that year does not reflect the true condition of the 
fishery. In the next three years, it declined progressively to the lowest level reached 
in 12 years, due undoubtedly to the stringent regulations which were then enforced. 
There is no clear evidence of depletion in these data. 
Table 13. — Graphic table showing the catch of red salmon in the Bering River district, 1912-1926 
[Each letter represents the following number of fish: Reds, 10,000] 
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1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
1925. 
1926. 
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