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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Except for phenomenal catches of pinks in 1917 and 1918, Black Bay, which is 
credited with part of the catch reported from Slocum Arm and Black Bay in 1915, 
shows no marked change in the production of salmon since the runs in that locality 
were first exploited. Catches were about as good in 1927 as they were when fishing 
began in 1911. 
The fisheries at Cape Edward, if, indeed, any ever existed at that exposed point 
on the west coast of Herbert Graves Island, apparently have been almost exhausted. 
However, it seems improbable that the catches reported from this locality could 
actually have been made there. They may have come from Portlock Harbor and its 
tributary bays, but were designated as Cape Edward fish for the simple reason that 
little attention was given to exact allocation of catches when the fisheries of this 
region were first utilized. In the same way the cannery, which was built on Ford Arm 
in 1911, was long known as the Cape Edward cannery, although it was located several 
miles from the cape. 
Klag Bay appears to have been first fished in 1911, coincident with the opening of 
the Ford Arm cannery, as happened at several other localities on this coast. The 
catches from this bay include all salmon reported from Fish Camp and half of those 
from Fish Camp and Lake Anna and from Fish Camp and Sister Lake in 1915. 
While the total number of salmon from Klag Bay in 1926 and 1927 is somewhat less 
than the catch in several preceding years, there is no definite indication that the runs 
are failing. These smaller catches probably were due to a reduced fishing effort, as 
the Ford Arm cannery was not opened after 1924. 
Lake Anna, which is not a lake at all but is an arm of Khaz Bay, shows excep- 
tionally large production of pinks and a fair yield of chums in 1917, while the catch in 
1918 was almost nothing. No further catches were reported from this locality until 
1926 and 1927, and in both years only a few fish were caught. Why 187,059 pinks 
were taken in Lake Anna in 1917 and in all other years the catch was less than 
3,000 annually, is not explained by the available data, but is probably due to faulty 
allocation. 
Pinta Bay was fished so intermittently, or the catches, if any, were not always 
correctly reported, as to leave few data for comparative study. If the records as 
shown in the table are complete, this bay has never provided a valuable run of salmon. 
The catches were extremely poor in all years, except 1918 and 1922, and even the 
returns in these better seasons, especially that of 6,600 reds in 1922, are open to question. 
Porcupine Harbor has produced more red salmon than any other species, but the 
catches have not exceeded a few thousand fish in any year. It was one of the first 
places on the Chichagof coast to be fished, doubtless due to the presence of red salmon, 
but operations were evidently suspended just before and after 1918 for periods of 
two and three years respectively, indicating that the runs were seriously reduced by 
that time. No reds were taken after 1915 until 1922 and no cohos and pinks after 
1914 until the same year. The data, covering 18 years fishing, indicates that no 
important fishery can be established in this locality. 
In many respects, Portlock Harbor, apart from its tributary bays, is similar to 
Porcupine Harbor. Operations have been very irregular and catches small, although 
more chums and pinks were taken in 1925 than ever before. Data for Salisbury 
Sound cover 5 years. Exploitation of the fisheries of this locality since 1924 has 
resulted in the catch of several thousand salmon, mostly chums and pinks. In addition, 
the catch by a trap at Goloi Island in 1927 should also be included with fish from the 
