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Table 19 . — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Stikine River district, 1895 to 1927 
King 
31, 438 
5,871 
14, 637 
l’ 600 
15, 997 
33, 233 
20, 713 
37, 070 
4, 450 
24, 400 
13, 652 
68, 104 
30, 777 
2 1, 386 
44, 618 
18,265 
17, 503 
15, 560 
3, 342 
7,104 
20, 996 
3,926 
16, 864 
8, 563 
5,027 
20, 403 
5,614 
9, 135 
5, 663 
1,596 
19 
1, 676 
2,502 
4,476 
24, 546 
5,475 
12, 010 
9,840 
1,570 
1,381 
3, 461 
4,071 
5,294 
7, 312 
1, 524 
15, 119 
2,331 
20, 575 
4, 643 
145, 109 
89, 902 
169, 473 
45, 107 
26, 291 
2,386 
15, 467 
906 
23, 972 
8,565 
12, 215 
3.269 
3,793 
181 
3,905 
9.270 
2,663 
14, 871 
17, 572 
22, 782 
23, 113 
34, 430 
25, 155 
30, 586 
11,247 
6,237 
4,853 
5, 414 
7,767 
66, 853 
4 , 518 
2,242 
1,379 
1,038 
925 
700 
1,130 
17,000 
10, 400 
18,800 
27, 650 
11,450 
10, 700 
3,400 
The total catch of salmon at the Stikine River from 1895 to 1927, omitting 1900, 
is given in table 19. Moser (1902) gives the catches of the companies at Wrangell 
in 1900, but makes no segregation of Stikine salmon, so that the data for that year 
can be used only in the general unallocated catch in southeastern Alaska. There is 
some doubt as to the reliability of the statistics respecting catches of chums and 
pinks, which in some years reached surprisingly large totals, particularly in view of 
the fact that the Stikine is generally understood to have only small runs of these 
species. The most plausible explanation of these irregularities is that the companies 
applied the term “Stikine River" to a larger area than that here described and 
included as Stikine River catches salmon taken from the adjacent waters of Sumner, 
Stikine, and Zimovia Straits. The catches of coho, king, and red salmon are more 
nearly correct as these species regularly enter the Stikine and are most heavily fished. 
There was very slight regulation of fishing in this district before 1925. Beginning 
in that year, a weekly closed period of 48 hours has been enforced. The length of gill 
nets was limited to 200 fathoms, but increased to 250 fathoms in the following seasons, 
and all fishing was prohibited from June 21 to July 5. In 1926 and 1927 the seasonal 
closing extended from June 10 to June 30, but it did not apply to trolling. 
Considering its size, the Stikine River is not a large producer of salmon, and its 
fishery value suffers by comparison with many smaller streams even in the same 
general region. Its chief importance lies in the king salmon fishery which, however, 
cannot be fully estimated without talcing into account the effect of trolling through- 
out the length of Sumner and Clarence Straits and along the west coast of Baranof 
and Prince of Wales Islands. It is also possible that Stikine king salmon approach 
the river through Chatham Strait and Frederick Sound, but in smaller numbers than 
through the southern approaches. In some measure the same conditions affect the 
