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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
were used such as “Wrangell and vicinity.” As the industry became stabilized and 
the requirements of law in such matters became better known and understood, these 
faults were in large part corrected. Not all of them disappeared, however, as even 
down to the present time errors of this kind persist. In other cases much of the 
purse seining in later years was done in the wider waters of the district, such as Ernest 
Sound and Bradfield Canal, and it was therefore impracticable to make more exact 
allocation of these catches. It was also deemed proper to combine the insignificant 
catches at Ham Island with those from Blake Channel, those from Bradfield Canal- 
Aere Creek with Bradfield Canal, those from Snake Bay with Snake Creek, and those 
from Bear Creek with Union Bay fish. The unallocated catches of the district com- 
prise all salmon reported from Ernest Sound and several small catches from the 
following localities: Midway Bay, Boulder Cove, Alelof Bay, Buster Bay, Ham and 
Deer Islands, Smiths Bay, Jobs Inlet, Smoky Bay, Bobs Cove, Winchester Bay, Pats 
Creek, Thenis Bay, Emerald Island, Campbell River, Ulaf Bay, Ole Bay, Fogus Bay, 
Clay Creek, Sanco Bay, Canadastee, and Andrews Creek. 
The table lists 36 localities as productive fishing areas of the Ernest Sound 
district. A few places may be regarded as unimportant, although they may have some 
value in showing that there are certain localities which have produced only limited 
numbers of salmon; yet others were trap locations which were occupied but a few 
seasons and then abandoned as being outside the migration route of the incoming 
salmon. In some cases the data were limited to catches in 2 or 3 years, covering lo- 
calities whose importance as productive centers can only be determined by subsequent 
events. For that reason these catches have been kept separate. 
Am ong the more important streams the most outstanding is Anan Creek, which 
in all probability produces a large percentage of the pink-salmon catch in the entire 
district. Anan is famed in the annals of Alaskan salmon lore and occupies a position 
in southeastern Alaska similar to that of Karluk River in the whole of Alaska. The 
data in table 24 show no exceptional returns from Anan, but when one includes the 
catches from Point Warde and from Bradfield Canal, a large proportion of which 
belonged to the Anan runs, the figures become impressive. Even then the real mag- 
nitude of these runs is not comprehended without making some allowance for the 
number of Anan salmon that are captured by fishing appliances along the shore of 
Cleveland Peninsula between Union Bay and Point Warde. Anan Creek is not a 
large stream, being much smaller than several other tributaries of Bradfield Canal and 
Blake Channel, but what it lacks in size is more than offset by other features, such as 
exceptionally fine areas for spawning fish, thus giving it unusual prominence as a 
salmon stream. Due to the ease of fishing at Anan Creek, the runs of salmon were 
relentlessly attacked. It became evident that the permanency of this valuable fishery 
might be jeopardized in a few years unless special protection were given to the runs 
of salmon. Accordingly an order was issued, effective January 1, 1913, closing Anan 
Creek, its lagoon, lakes, and tributary waters, together with the area within 500 yards 
of the mouth of the stream. On January 1, 1926, another order became effective, 
prohibiting fishing within 1 mile of the mouth of the creek, thus eliminating a trap 
which had stood for years close to the 500-yard line and obstructed the movement 
of fish into the stream. Since then no catches have been reported from Anan, but 
the Anan runs continue to make material contributions to the catches of the district 
through the operation of appliances in the lower waters of the sound. 
