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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Moira Sound and its many arms constitute an important fishing ground in the 
Clarence Strait district. Available data show that salmon were first taken there in 
1892 and that it has produced steadily down to 1927, omitting 6 years from 1898 to 
1903 when stream statistics were not collected. Several small streams provide runs 
of red salmon, the more prominent of which are those at Johnson and Kegan Cove. 
Both localities were fished exhaustively until measures of conservation were applied, 
first at Johnson Cove by prohibition of all fishing within 1,000 yards of the mouths 
of the salmon streams after January 1, 1926, and then at Kegan Cove by complete 
closure on January 1, 1927. South Arm and Frederick Cove were closed on January 
1, 1925, to conserve the runs of pink and chum salmon which were then being fished 
rather intensively and exhaustively. These fisheries do not show depletion as con- 
clusively as at some other localities in the Clarence Strait district. 
The Moira Sound catches include salmon reported from Black Point, North Arm, 
South Arm, and Nowiskay; those from Kegan Cove include fish from “Regan” 
Cove. 
Fair catches were made in Skowl Arm during the earlier years, but after 1915 
they fell off at an alarming rate. This led to the closing of the arm west of Old 
Kasaan Village and Khayyam Point on January 1, 1925. 
Three highly productive areas in this part of the district are Caamano Point, 
Cape Chacon, and Gravina Island, in all of which traps were used extensively. 
More salmon were taken at Cape Chacon in the 4 years, 1922-25, than in any 
other period of similar length in its history, but a tremendous drop in catches occurred 
in 1926, a year of exceptional production in many localities in this region, and 1927 
was an even poorer year. The small catches in 1926 are not understood, as traps at 
Cape Chacon have always been regarded as occupying advantageous positions for 
the interception of salmon entering Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance. The 
runs of salmon in 1927 were extremely small, a fact that easily accounts for the poor 
catches in that year. Data for this locality include all salmon that were reported from 
Landslide, Old Landslide, New Landslide, and Cape Shakan. 
Caamano Point at the southern end of Cleveland Peninsula is the northerly point 
of entrance to Behm Canal. Since 1912 the catches in this locality show wide 
fluctuations and a falling trend during a period that was marked by a directly opposite 
tendency in other localities in this same district. The significance of this is doubtful 
but it is likely that it is the result of changes in the allocation of catches, although 
it may be the result of depletion or the effect of increased fishing effort in localities 
past which the salmon must go in order to reach the northern entrance to Behm 
Canal. 
The west coast of Gravina Island shows very large catches during the last 15 
years due wholly to the intensive fishing with traps along that shore, which is fol- 
lowed closely by the salmon migrating northward in Clarence Strait. In addition to 
catches simply reported as from Gravina Island large numbers were caught at Dali 
Head, Nelson Cove, Grant Cove, South Vallenar Point, Vallenar Bay, and Vallenar 
Point. Only a small part of the fish captured in this region is presumed to be going 
to the small and relatively unimportant streams on Gravina Island. The catches un- 
doubtedly consist largely of fish that are bound to Behm Canal, Ernest Sound, and 
the northerly waters of Clarence Strait. The Grant Cove catches include fish reported 
from “Grant Creek” and from “Six Shooter Grant”; Vallenar Bay totals include 
catches at South Vallenar Bay and “Volmer Bay.” 
