SOUTHEASTEBN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 445 
Table 1 . — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Yakutat district, 1902 to 1927 — Continued 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
1912. 
62 
12, 267 
13, 208 
771 
1,449 
426 
1, 954 
13, 38i 
Number Fathoms 
Number Fathoms 
1902. 
Total: 
1902. 
1904. 
1905. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
1912. 
1913. 
1914. 
1916. 
1916. 
1917. 
1918. 
1919. 
1920. 
1921. 
1922. 
1923. 
1924. 
1926. 
1926. 
1927. 
12,300 
160 
52,900 
12,300 
96,540 
80| 786 
100, 890 
46,324 
67,725 
164, 292 
158, 049 
127,283 
112, 210 
116,294 
156, 967 
2,111 
13. 679 
6,418 
ha, mo 
244, 218 
211, 153 
197, 748 
179, 618 
190, 319 
155, 278 
147, 685 
143, 538 
292,328 
6, 263 
2,224 
4, 156 
1,079 
35,000 
111,100 
45,229 
63, 249 
53,862 
54,073 
18, 461 
180] 749 
31,616 
46, 437 
6,620 
157, 367 
41, 434 
92, 757 
115, 931 
24, 123 
44, 431 
34,967 
72, 562 
294,425 
311,047 
103, 842 
245, 891 
100, 262 
6, 890 
'2,340' 
4,733 
4, 066 
11, 600 
9,176 
1,317 
16, 871 
12, 821 
13, 363 
24,299 
12,720 
9, 457 
16, 093 
20, 495 
20, 443 
18,992 
9, 974 
141.663 
266. 664 
296, 897 
331. 396 
430, 860 
483,095 
464, 963 
608, 329 
637, 519 
562,211 
643, 927 
433, 086 
435,062 
493, 348 
463, 722 
493, 758 
485, 827 
612,614 
376, 998 
369, 792 
395,082 
200, 601 
207.396 
241, 675 
5 
12 
6 
6 
5 
13 
13 
16 
13 
15 
12 
12 
12 
10 
9 
10 
7 
7 
13 
12 
480 
600 
1,200 
1,200 
1,800 
1,400 
1,800 
l! 728 
1,200 
1,200 
990 
1,000 
700 
700 
1,055 
1,120 
950 
720 
1,250 
1 
10 
2 
6 
14 
26 
20 
92 
110 
182 
95 
70 
60 
100 
200 
141 
83 
144 
70 
139 
161 
133 
119 
86 
48 
2,600 
2,000 
4.500 
6.500 
9, 100 
9,600 
3. 500 
4.200 
5,000 
20,000 
7, 050 
13, 275 
7.200 
12, 260 
7,275 
7,580 
7,160 
12,071 
7,860 
7,894 
Note.— N o catches were reported in the years not shown in any division of the table. 1 purse seine was reported as used in 
1905 and in 1912. 
Figures 2 to 8 are graphs of the catches of salmon at Ankau River and Slough, 
Situk River, Ahrnklin River, Italio River, Akwe River, Alsek River and Dry Bay, 
and Lost River. Figure 9 is a graph showing the catch of coho and pink salmon in 
the Yakutat district as a whole and figure 10 shows the catch and trend of the red- 
salmon fishery in the district, while the percentage fluctuations from the trend 7 for 
this species are presented in figure 11. 
A careful inspection of these graphs will show a number of interesting things 
relative to the salmon runs of the Yakutat district. In the first place there appears 
to be no correlation in size of catch of either cohos or reds (the two most important 
species here) between different streams, a fact which indicates that both the fisheries 
and the runs are quite independent. This is true both in respect of the general 
trends and of the minor fluctuations about these trends. Although graphs have not 
been made of the catches of the other species it is evident from an examination of 
the tables that these also show no correlation in the runs in different streams. 
Neither have we been able to discover any evidence of periodicity in the runs 
of any of the species to any of the streams. Even in the case of the pink salmon 
the fluctuations appear to be erratic and without significance. In many localities 
elsewhere the pinks show a definite 2-year cycle, a larger run occurring either on 
the odd or the even year. There is some slight indication of such a cycle in the 
7 See pt. I, pp. 61-63. 
