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sound, although it is kept separate in the table for future use. To what extent these 
catches are made from runs to the streams of Peril Strait or the west coast of Baranof 
Island is not known, but it may be presumed safely that not all of the salmon caught 
in the sound come from local runs. The streams tributary to the sound are small and 
doubtless provide comparatively few salmon, as no large catches were made there 
before 1925. 
The most important fisheries of the west coast of Chichagof Island are found in 
Slocum Arm, including the connecting bays at Ford Arm, Falcon Arm, and Waterfall 
Cove. Their development began apparently in 1911 with the opening of the Ford 
Arm cannery and continued through 1927, although no catches were reported in 1919 
and 1921. Pinks and chums are the predominant species while reds and cohos are 
present in about the same proportions as in most all localities on the Chichagof shore. 
The catch of pinks apparently has fluctuated widely, the largest yield being recorded 
in 1917. Good catches were also made in 1918, 1923, and 1926, while the intervening 
years were far less productive, 1927 being next to the poorest year in the history of the 
fishery. The catch of chums has been more regular than that of pinks, but has dropped 
markedly since 1925, the year of largest production. 
Three localities of minor importance in the Chichagof section, Dry Pass, Salt 
Lake and Sister Lake, were small producers of all species of salmon except kings. 
The unallocated catch of salmon along the Chichagof shore came from Hearst 
Cove in 1911, 1912, and 1913; Deep Bay in 1927; Stag Bay to Ogden Passage in 
1913; Sea Level in 1924; Imperial Passage in 1925; Leo Anchorage in 1915 and 1923; 
and from Ogden Passage and Small Arm in 1923. In most cases the catches were 
small and the localities were rarely fished more than one season. 
The west coast of Baranof Island has never been a large producer of salmon, 
although it was one of the first districts to be developed in southeastern Alaska, due 
to the location of a cannery at Sitka and later at Redfish Bay. The streams are 
comparatively small, yet some of them have been steady contributors to the catch 
of salmon through many years. Among these are Redoubt, Necker, Redfish, and 
Whale Bays. Redfish Bay became better known than the others, probably for the 
reason that a cannery was erected on its shore in 1891 after the original site of this 
plant at Redoubt Bay was abandoned. This move brought the cannery nearer to 
the better fishing grounds on the west coast of Baranof and also made more accessible 
some important streams tributary to Chatham Strait. 
No available records indicate the composition of the packs at Redoubt Bay in 
1889 and 1890 or give any information as to the localities where the fish were obtained. 
Presumably they were mostly red salmon and were taken at the streams already men- 
tioned. Similar information is also lacking in regard to the packs at the Redfish 
Bay cannery from 1891 to 1898. In 1899 Moser reported the catch at the Re dfi sh 
Bay stream for several years as given in table 14. 
Table 14. — Catch of salmon at Redfish Bay from 1890 to 1897 
Year 
Catch 
Year 
Catch 
Year 
Catch 
1890 
24, 367 
i 53, 310 
48,000 
1893 . 
26, 434 
69, 553 
1896 
15.000 
20. 000 
1891 
1894 
1897 
1892 
1895 
1 Includes a few cohos. 
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