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to the bay; traps were also operated at the point and caught all species of salmon some 
of which may have been Dundas River fish. Salmon Beach is in the same general 
locality; small catches in a few years have been taken at that place chiefly by seines. 
In 1926 and 1927, Dundas Bay was closed to all fishing for salmon north of 58° 21' 
north latitude, except with gill nets. 
Idaho Inlet indents the north shore of Chichagof Island just south of the Inian 
Islands. It has little importance as a fishing locality, although all species have been 
taken there. In 1918 a catch of 1,099 king salmon was reported in the inlet by one 
company, but this was unquestionably an error as there is little probability that this 
number of kings ever entered the inlet. Two other companies fishing in the same 
waters caught no Icings at all. In two years, 1917 and 1926, catches were reported 
from Shaw Island, at the west entrance to Idaho Inlet, representing the results of trap 
fishing at that point. To what extent these catches were composed of Idaho Inlet 
fish cannot be determined, but it is not likely that there was such a definite cleavage 
of runs at this island as to eliminate all except inlet fish. Inasmuch as the streams of 
the inlet are not known to be particularly productive it is entirely probable that fish 
from the Icy Strait run were taken at Shaw Island. 
Lemesurier Island lies in the center of the eastern end of Cross Sound. Its western 
and northern shores have been used as fishing grounds for traps in several years with 
fair results due to the fact that the runs of salmon touch these shores in their eastward 
migration. 
Glacier Bay, a deep indentation of the mainland, nearly 100 miles in length is the 
outlet of drainage from a wide field of active glaciers. During the annual period of 
greatest activity, icebergs and smaller blocks of ice are swept out of the bay into 
Icy Strait and become a real menace to the navigation of vessels passing through 
those waters. They have often caused damage to fishing by breaking down traps and 
wrecking seines operated in Cross Sound and Icy Strait. The bay, however, pro- 
duces few salmon although it has many tributaries which long ago 'lost their glacial 
characteristics and should now afford some areas for spawning grounds. Salmon have 
been reported from three localities within the bay — Bartlett Cove, Berg Bay, and 
James Bay, but at none of them has the catch of any species except reds exceeded 
6,000 in any year. The production of reds has been appreciably higher. 
As stated elsewhere in this review, a cannery was erected at Bartlett Cove in 
1889. The pack that year consisted of 4,300 cases of salmon, probably all reds, the 
first to be canned in the Icy Strait district. This plant was operated three seasons, 
1889 to 1891, and was then closed and eventually dismantled. About the time it 
closed, a saltery was opened at the cove and packed a few hundred barrels of salmon. 
Data are not now available showing the source of the salmon thus utilized, but it is 
highly probable that the greater part of the catch came from the stream at Bartlett 
Cove. It was due to the presence of redfish in this stream that the cannnery and salt- 
ery were located there, it being the custom at that time to establish the packing plant 
at the most important fishing ground. Catch records for those years are not known 
now. The earliest recorded catch at Bartlett Cove was made in 1905. From that 
year to 1918, inclusive, the catch of red salmon ranged from 7,514 to 21,191 ; from 1919 
to 1924, it was less than 3,000 each year catches were reported, there being no record 
of catches in either 1921 or 1922. These diminished catches are unmistakable signs 
of depletion as no regulation or restriction of fishing influenced the catch during that 
period. 
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