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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
the catches at Soda Bay and Soda Harbor are given under the name of the latter; 
and an arbitrary division of the catch reported from “Klawak, Sakar Cove, Tonowek 
Bay, and Hetta Inlet” in 1912 was divided so that one fourth of the catch was credited 
to Hetta Inlet. 
Almost nothing is known of the movement of salmon into these waters, whether 
they come from the north through Tlevak Narrows or from the south through Dixon 
Entrance. If the location of traps in the district can be accepted as a safe criterion, 
it may be assumed that the largest body of salmon enters from the south and 
strikes for the streams of Prince of Wales Island. The greater number of traps are 
located along that shore and at the southern entrance to the straits between the 
larger islands. If the bulk of the runs came from the north, it is reasonable to assume 
that fishing would be concentrated at Tlevak Narrows, that more traps would be 
located in the northern part of Tlevak Strait than 30 miles south of it, and that the 
Figure 39— Catch of salmon in the Cordova Bay district, 1887 to 1927. 
largest catches would be made in that region. The absence of these is at least negative 
evidence that the incoming salmon do not enter through Tlevak Narrows in any 
considerable numbers. 
Figure 39 shows graphically the catch of all salmon, except kings, in this district 
as far as data were available. The curve of production for each species has its own 
peculiarities. In respect of red salmon, the apparent extraordinary yields in five 
years (1896 to 1900), may be due in part to faulty data, as it would seem likely that 
if these large catches were possible when the district was but slightly developed, 
similar ones would be made again as the fishing effort kept step with the increase in 
canneries and the greater demand for salmon, considering the undeveloped condition 
of the district at that time and during the next 10 years. Although there has been 
no startling change in the trend of the red-salmon catches since more intensive fishing 
began in 1912, the curve is steadily downward. This species, however, is not an 
