STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE ALASKA SALMON FISHERIES 
PART IV: SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 1 
By Willis H. Rich, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, Stanford University, and Edward M. Ball, 
Assistant, Alaska Service 
CONTENTS 
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Introduction 437 
Yakutat 440 
Icy Strait 449 
Lynn Canal 474 
Chatham Strait 484 
Frederick Sound 502 
Stephens Passage 513 
West coast of Chichagof and Baranof 
Islands district 523 
Peril Strait 534 
Summer Strait district 538 
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Stikine River 553 
West coast of Prince of Wales Island dis- 
trict 557 
Cordova Bay district 575 
Clarence Strait district 587 
Ernest Sound district 617 
Behm Canal district 627 
Revillagigedo Channel district 639 
Nakat Bay district 651 
Unallocated 656 
Total southeastern Alaska 657 
INTRODUCTION 
This review deals with the salmon fisheries of southeastern Alaska in the same 
way that those of central and western Alaska were treated in parts I, II, and III. 2 
It covers statistically the history of these fisheries from the inception of the salmon 
industry in 1878 to the end of 1927, a period of 50 years. Data for the 26 years prior 
to 1904 were obtained from reports by Moser 3 and agents of the Treasury Depart- 
ment, 4 which then had supervision of these fisheries; for the remaining 24 years they 
were taken from formal statements of the operators now filed in the office of the 
Bureau of Fisheries at Washington. 
For the purpose of this review southeastern Alaska has been divided into 17 
districts, relatively distinct geographically and often with individual peculiarities 
such as seasonal variations in the appearance of the runs, the methods of fishing, the 
migration routes of the incoming salmon, the relative abundance of the several species, 
1 Approved for publication, Deo. 1, 1932. 
> Statistical Review of the Alaska Salmon Fisheries. Pt. X: Bristol Bay and the Alaska Peninsula. By Willis H. Rich and 
Edward M. Ball. Bulletin, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XLIV, 1928 (1929), pp. 41-95, 20 figs. Washington. 
Ibid— Pt. II: Chignik to Resurrection Bay. Bulletin, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XLVI, 1930 (1931), pp. 643-712, 11 figs. 
Washington. 
Ibid.— Ft. Ill: Prince William Sound, Copper River, and Bering River. Bulletin, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XLVII, 
1931, pp. 187-247, 10 figs. Washington. 
* The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska. By Jefferson F. Moser. Bulletin, U.S. Fish Commission, vol. XVIII, 1898 
(1899), pp. 1-178. Washington. 
Alaska Salmon Investigations in 1900 and 1901. By Jefferson F. Moser. Bulletin, U.S. Fish Commission, vol. XXI, 1901 
(1902), pp. 173-398. Washington. 
* The reports of the agents of the Treasury Department on the salmon fisheries of Alaska covered the period 1892 to 1904 (except 
1893) and appeared as Treasury Department, Senate and House documents. The authors were: 1892, Max Pracht; 1894 and 1895, 
Joseph Murray: 1896, G. R. Tingle; and 1897 to 1904, H. M. Kutchin. 
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