518 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 10. — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Stephens Passage district, 1904 to 1927 — 
Continued 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
(num- 
ber) 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
Unallocated —Continued. 
9, 033 
41, 389 
457 
47, 000 
10 
1, 131 
1,574 
626 
6, 071 
146, 785 
4 603 
81, 516 
1918 
5,362 
185, 235 
468, 988 
6, 078 
4, 288 
1919 
21, 305 
141, 710 
97, 922 
4, 687 
16, 126 
1920 
13, 149 
78, 489 
290, 015 
2, 129 
9, 018 
1921 
29, 829 
44, 647 
128, 062 
20, 000 
17, 607 
1Q22 
46, 505 
61, 231 
135, 900 
1, 305 
10, 364 
1923 
32, 318 
71, 642 
233, 960 
39, 070 
1924 
10, 478 
16, 104 
30, 210 
V 2 , 347 
4, 404 
1925 
10, 489 
105, 333 
94, 178 
2,951 
8, 732 
1926 
1,790 
59, 017 
282, 117 
821 
12, 294 
1927 - 
4,225 
31, 191 
74, 702 
381 
6, 331 
Total: 
1904 
24, 290 
63, 340 
182, 058 
85, 673 
1 
2 
43 
3 
1905 
33, 488 
68, 690 
71, 936 
24’ 270 
140, 226 
5 
4 
56 
7 
1906 - 
40, 449 
39, 374 
204, 447 
20, 166 
3 
3 
21 
6 
1907 
41, 981 
44, 770 
215, 820 
18, 701 
36’, 737 
2 
150 
2 
325 
5 
1,000 
1908. 
46, 094 
46, 693 
263, 707 
18, 208 
106, 492 
1 
150 
175 
10 
1, 750 
5 
1Q09 
53, 449 
6, 562 
120, 145 
16, 417 
130, 389 
5 
1910 
78, 663 
77, 625 
187, 000 
20, 054 
125, 784 
2 
150 
2 
325 
4 
1911 
40, 824 
38, 865 
32, 911 
45, 017 
34, 885 
4 
410 
2 
250 
102 
20, 000 
9 y 
1912 
209, 348 
633, 903 
9, 608 
76, 443 
7 
1,000 
1, 500 
31 
2,700 
6 
1913 
43, 896 
48, 924 
358, 951 
12, 331 
47, 329 
3 
600 
7 
1,080 
30 
2,400 
6 
1914 
73, 540 
121, 390 
288, 405 
18, 130 
41, 252 
7 
1, 165 
52 
9, 360 
4 
1915 
61, 337 
84, 833 
490, 242 
12, 480 
71, 202 
4 
825 
4 
1916 
101, 751 
249, 633 
304, 607 
13, 265 
14 
2, 435 
88 
9 800 
1917 
63, 451 
319, 065 
2, 497, 167 
13, 685 
117^ 742 
21 
3, 100 
115 
21’, 000 
11 
1918 
35, 621 
652, 869 
2, 074, 337 
14, 523 
43, 858 
15 
1,520 
42 
7, 605 
92 
18, 200 
13 
1919 
57, 374 
371, 215 
259, 228 
14, 711 
26 
3,570 
45 
9, 090 
90 
18, 000 
20 
1920 
53, 401 
295, 328 
600, 006 
24,503 
51, 665 
21 
3, 325 
34 
5, 966 
90 
18,000 
23 
1921 
87, 240 
63, 589 
205, 110 
30, 098 
41, 987 
1 
50 
10 
1,925 
91 
18, 100 
5 ' 
1922 
85, 658 
232, 499 
697, 325 
7,850 
47, 591 
9 
1,250 
28 
4, 570 
59 
8, 550 
9 
1923 
66, 323 
166, 045 
802, 092 
30, 038 
57, 884 
17 
3, 150 
17 
2, 550 
10 
1924 
59, 922 
309, 581 
1, 989, 561 
39 
6, 825 
21 
3, 150 
17 
1925 
53, 804 
328, 490 
359, 399 
19* 308 
33’, 799 
18 
3, 020 
4, 600 
17 
1926 
34, 113 
467, 077 
1, 889, 245 
Q fiOO 
76, 063 
36 
6, 525 
49 
9, 340 
10 
1927 
47, 620 
103, 294 
284, 211 
8’, 824 
27, 256 
42 
6, 680 
16 
Note. — No catch was reported in the years not shown in any division of this table. 
Table 11. — Catch of coho and king salmon, by lines, in the Stephens Passage district, 1904 to 1924 
[Included in table 10] 
Year 
Coho 
King 
Year 
Coho 
King 
1904 
2,454 
1,907 
17, 470 
8,000 
2,465 
7,600 
9, 163 
10, 930 
2, 371 
1913... 
125 
1905 _ 
1916 
300 
400 
570 
1906 
3, 000 
1918 
6, 600 
4,475 
2,094 
1, 012 
880 
1907 
1919 
1QOS _ _ 
1920 
1909 
1922 
1910 
1911 
1924 
1912 --- 
The most important salmon river in the district is the Taku, a large glacial 
stream and the outlet of several lakes in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Much 
of its importance is due to the presence of good runs of king and red salmon, which 
runs are also important factors in the Icy Strait fisheries. The river enters the head 
of Taku Inlet, a long narrow indentation of the mainland just north of the fifty-eighth 
parallel of north latitude, and one of the principal arms of Stephens Passage. The 
