SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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and Port Banks, small bays on the southern side of Whale Bay, could hardly have 
had much effect upon the catches in this locality. The first catch reported from 
Still Harbor was 190 reds in 1916; the second was 5,000 cohos in 1921; the third, 
1,243 cohos, 468 chums, 56 pinks, and 82 reds in 1924; and the last, 549 cohos and 
545 reds in 1925. The catches of cohos were probably made by trailers in offshore 
fishing who used this harbor as a base of operations and point of delivery to the 
packing companies. 
The situation at Port Banks is somewhat different as all species except kings were 
taken there in 2 years, 1924 and 1927. No salmon were reported from this locality 
in 1925 and 1926, but after the closing of the bay in 1927 the catch in that year was 
still equal to that of 1924. As a measure of conservation, the prohibition of fishing 
for salmon in Still Harbor and Port Banks would seem to be of doubtful value, as 
neither locality can support a commercially valuable run of salmon. 
Necker Bay is noted for its run of small red salmon. Moser reported in 1899 
that “the average number of fish per year taken from this locality by the cannery 
during the past 9 years is 40,000; the largest number in any 1 year was 105,572. 
They are fully matured, and run from 28 to 30 to the case, or an average weight of 
about 2K pounds per fish.” This is the only known record of the productivity of 
Necker Bay before 1906. Omitting the years from 1908 to 1910 and that of 1919, 
this bay has been a regular producer of red salmon, and while the catch was fairly 
consistent, and the average catch per year was considerably lower than that given 
by Moser for earlier years, there is no evidence in this extended record of red-salmon 
catches that the run has appreciably changed during the past 20 years. Other 
species are taken irregularly in Necker Bay but the catches are inconsequential. 
Redoubt Bay, into which Redoubt Lake empties, was one of the first fishery 
localities to be exploited in all Alaska. In the early days of Alaskan exploration and 
the founding of a settlement at Sitka, the Russians depended very largely upon the 
red salmon of Redoubt for a supply of fish. The stream was barricaded and fished 
unrestrictedly without the slightest regard for the preservation of the run of salmon. 
The inevitable result of this reckless fishing which continued and reached its height 
several years after Alaska was sold to the United States was the virtual destruction 
of the salmon runs. Even in 1889 and 1890 the supply of fish was insufficient for 
the profitable operation of a small cannery and as long ago as 1900 the production 
of salmon here had dropped almost to the vanishing point. After the approval of 
the act of Congress of 1906, making barricades in streams unlawful, and giving other 
protection to the salmon fisheries of Alaska, there was some slight improvement in 
the run at Redoubt, but with all the protection that was then given and has since 
been given to this stream, the run has not yet regained its former proportions. In 
1926 all fishing in the bay within 1,000 yards of the mouth of the stream was pro- 
hibited and thus put an end to fishing in that locality as no salmon have been reported 
from Redoubt since 1925. In view of its history it seems possible that, under careful 
control and wise measures of conservation, this stream may again become an 
important source of red salmon. 
Small catches, mostly of chums and pinks, were made infrequently in Hayward 
Strait, Mud Bay, and St. John Baptist Bay. Katlian Bay (which includes catches 
from “Katalina Bay” in 1920 and 1924 and from “Katlianski” in 1924), Nakwasina 
Passage, Old Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound (which includes catches from De Groff Bay 
in 1926), Cape Burunof, Olga Strait, Sukoi Inlet, and Whitestone Narrows in 1927, 
