502 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
the next four years but fell off slightly in 1926, and in 1927 it declined more abruptly, 
touching a point that had been reached but twice in 27 years. This change is trace- 
able to the effect of the regulations which closed areas about the mouths of the most 
productive red-salmon streams in the district, and may bear no relation to the scarcity 
or abundance of red salmon at these localities. It is at least possible that, had these 
regulations not been imposed, the catch of red salmon would quickly have reached 
Figtjbe 22 — Catch of red salmon in the Chatham Strait district, 1890 to 1927. 
the level it had maintained through many years, although how much longer that level 
could have been maintained is problematical. 
Table 5. — Salmon caught by lines in the Chatham Strait district, 1911 to 1927 
Year 
Northern part 
Southern part 
Total 
Coho 
King 
Coho 
King 
Coho 
King 
1Q1 1 
3,274 
3,274 
1912 
74 
24, 941 
24 
24, 941 
1Q13 
152 
21, 499 
21,651 
16, 614 
1914 - 
614 
16,614 
614 
3,401 
58, 313 
3,401 
58, 313 
1916 - - 
1, 161 
154 
40,408 
107, 052 
41, 569 
107, 206 
4,054 
794 
67, 937 
109, 852 
71,991 
110, 646 
1918 - - 
1,999 
85, 933 
86, 845 
85, 933 
88, 844 
1919 - - - 
1,284 
18, 947 
97, 789 
189, 097 
99, 073 
208,044 
18, 750 
89, 459 
18, 750 
89, 459 
441 
58, 673 
174, 366 
58, 673 
174, 807 
4, 571 
25, 684 
74, 452 
25, 684 
79,023 
1923 - 
410 
35, 668 
127, 797 
35,668 
128, 207 
44, 116 
373, 427 
44, 375 
373, 427 
2,478 
1,861 
78, 568 
131, 457 
81, 046 
133, 318 
4,543 
858 
73, 963 
97, 845 
78, 506 
98, 703 
15, 124 
3,498 
39,731 
144, 124 
54, 855 
147, 622 
FREDERICK SOUND 
The Frederick Sound district covers the waters of southeastern Alaska east of a 
line from Point Gardner, the southern extremity of Admiralty Island, to Point Kings- 
mill on the northwest coast of Kuiu Island and south of a line from Point Pybus to 
Cape Fanshaw eastward to the north mouth of Stikine River and the south end of 
Dry Strait, together with all the waters of Keku Strait and Wrangell Narrows north 
