SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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areas within 1,000 yards of all streams tributary to Whale Passage and the head of 
McHenry Inlet were closed on January 1, 1925, and on January 1, 1927, the waters 
within 1 mile of the head of Rocky Bay were also closed. It is not apparent that 
these closures reduced even slightly the catch in this section of the district. Good 
catches of all species have been made each year since the economic crisis of 1921. 
More pink salmon were taken in 1923 and 1925 than ever before, and the catch in 
1926 was the largest in any even year except 1918; it was also reported officially 
that the escapement of salmon into the streams in 1925 was exceptionally heavy and 
that it was satisfactory in 1926. Large escapements and large catches occurring at 
the same time are obviously indications of a favorable condition of the fishery. 
The table lists 71 localities in the southern part of the Clarence Strait district 
which have been reported as producers of considerable numbers of salmon. The 
most important one in point of early exploitation and production of red salmon is 
Karta Bay, an arm of Kasaan Bay, into which flows Karta River, a wonderful stream 
in several respects, being 4 miles in length and the outlet of a chain of lakes. For 
many years this fishery was claimed as a possessory right by the Indian chief Skowl 
who handed it down to Baronovich, his son-in-law, who operated a saltery at the 
mouth of the river. In 1888 the catch at this fishery was packed at the Loring cannery 
and from then on it is likely that the Karta Bay catches were used almost entirely 
at the canneries. Chum and pink salmon fisheries were also developed here. Cohos 
have been taken in limited numbers from the beginning of fishing at Karta. After 
1910 the catch of red salmon declined rather steadily, and a few years later chums 
and pinks fell off abruptly, although there was some recovery after 1921. Karta 
Bay was closed on January 1, 1925. 
Kasaan Bay, in addition to the fisheries of Karta Bay, has yet other important 
fisheries in the bay proper and in Twelve Mile Arm while Kina Cove and Coal Bay 
have produced sizable runs. Kuna Cove was fished for red salmon as early as 1896. 
The catch from the bay includes salmon reported from several minor localities, as 
follows: Daisy Island, Kasaan Point, High Island, Logging Camp, Long Island, 
Long Island Creek, Morgan Beach, Morgans Creek, Morgans Cabin, Morgan Cove, 
Mount Andrew, Patterson Island, Round Island, Salt Chuck, Sonihart Creek, Suni- 
hat Creek, Sunnyhart Point, and Trollers Cove. 
If the data correctly represent conditions at Coal Bay and Kina Cove these 
localities have been seriously depleted; but if the Kasaan Bay catches include fish 
from these places, which is not unlikely, there is no means of determining the true 
condition of the runs here. No catches were reported from Kina Cove after 1919 
and none from Coal Bay since 1925. Kasaan Bay as a single district, however, shows 
large catches of pink salmon in recent years and a fair production of chums. 
Cholmondeley Sound has been a large producer of pink and chum salmon, the catch 
in 1911 exceeding 1,500,000. Thereafter pinks were less abundant, but the yield of 
chums was well sustained until 1920 which year marks the beginning of a period of 
much smaller catches of all species, unmistakable evidence of depletion. This led 
to the closing of Dora Bay on January 1, 1925, and of Sunny Cove on January 1, 
1926. Included in the catches of the sound are salmon reported from the following 
localities: Chorniy Point, Divide Head, Hump Island, North Arm, West Arm, 
South Arm, Babe Island, and Skin Island. In addition, parts of the catches reported 
from “Behm Canal, Boca de Quadra, and Cholmondeley Sound” in 1911, from “Chol- 
mondeley Sound and Clover Bay” in 1907, and from “Cholmondeley Sound and Moira 
Sound” in 1919, were allocated to this locality. 
