SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
577 
built and operated at Copper Harbor. No additional canneries have since been 
built in this district. 
Evidence of intensive fishing, except possibly at Hetta Inlet and a few other red- 
salmon streams in that general vicinity, was not apparent before the opening of the 
Hose Inlet cannery in 1912. In 1911 no traps were operated and only 8 purse seines; 
but in 1912, 3 traps were driven and 33 purse seines were used, thus showing the first 
important increase in the intensity of fishing. During the next 10 years the number of 
traps fluctuated from 1 to 6, the number of seines from 21 to 46, and gill nets from 0 
to 15. The last important change began in 1923, with the number of traps increasing 
to 8 and purse seines to 50, while gill nets dropped to 5. This change continued 
through 1927, the end of the period here reviewed. In 1924 traps numbered 14, 
seines 40, and gill nets 6; the number in 1925 was 18, 42, and 7, respectively, showing 
an increase in all kinds of fishing appliances ; in 1926 there were 23 traps and 50 seines 
and no gill nets; in 1927 traps increased to 36 and seines dropped to 26. Thus in 25 
years the character of fishing in this district changed from an almost exclusive use 
of seines to a preponderant use of traps, the last 4 years witnessing a progressive 
increase in the number of traps. 
Fishing in this district has been limited by the same general regulations as to sea- 
sons, gear, and distance interval between traps that were effective in the west coast 
of Prince of Wales Island district, description of which was given in detail in that sec- 
tion of this review and need not be repeated here. In addition, specific regulations in 
1925 and subsequent years closed Hetta Inlet north of the latitude of Eek Point; 
Kasook Inlet was also closed for 1 mile from the head of the inlet, and North Bay 
within 1,000 yards of all streams. In 1927 Nutkwa Lagoon was also closed. The 
closing of Hetta Inlet put an end to fishing at Hetta, Copper Harbor, Portage 
Bay, Sulzer, Deer Bay, and Eek Inlet, which together constitute one of the most pro- 
ductive fields in this section. 
Table 22. — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Cordova Bay district, 1887 to 1927 
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- 
oms 
Alder Grove: 
1921 
10 
189 
165 
2,207 
249 
768 
2,271 
45 
911 
168 
1,551 
1, 170 
1,267 
4,476 
1,865 
65. 866 
114, 286 
28, 062 
19| 166 
14, 525 
2,513 
18,932 
7, 524 
4, 545 
5,412 
7, 469 
367 
5,169 
2,279 
13, 731 
15, 076 
25, 175 
3,965 
11. 866 
6,927 
2 
777 
847 
713 
812 
198 
557 
76 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1925 
1926 
American Bay: 
1922 
Baldy Bay: 
1910 
1911 
405 
140 
16 
123 
6 
70 
347 
1,025 
809 
740 
3,467 
1,402 
1913 
1924 
2 
20 
174 
96 
71 
203 
1925 . - 
1926 
1927 
Blanket Island: 
1907 
1908 - 
1909 
15 
86 
1910 
1912 
4,262 
240 
163 
2,663 
131 
3,958 
1.805 
1919 
7 
1923 
61 
138 
1925 
168 
3 
10 
1927- 
Breezy Bay: 
1914 
151 
7 
1920 - 
