SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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was made in 1913, and 1917 saw one of the best catches ever made in this locality. 
It has been pointed out above, however, that the catch of chums is, in general, affected 
by numerous economic factors so that the fluctuations here noted may have no bio- 
logical significance. 
The coho fishery is not especially important. The largest catches were made in 
the years from 1907 to 1912. Since 1917 this fishery has produced less than 2,000 
cohos annually, except in 1926, when 3,442 were taken. 
Carroll Inlet produces fair runs of pink and chum salmon and small numbers of 
the other species. All species were more abundant in the 6-year period from 1922 to 
1927 than in any earlier period of similar length in the history of the fisheries here. 
Figure 51.— Catch of salmon in the Revillagigedo Channel district, 1892 to 1927. 
The earlier records are, however, incomplete, as no data were available for 1909 and 
1912, which may occasion some doubt as to the productiveness of the respective 
periods, but, be that as it may, the Carroll Inlet fisheries appear to have suffered no 
depletion in the 23 years that they have been exploited. 
George Inlet was fished as early as 1892 for its red salmon. The catch, always 
small, was consistent until 1916, when it fell off to less than half the previous figures, 
and has not increased subsequently, except in 1919, when the catch approached the 
level of the best years in the early development of this fishery. The catch in 1919, 
however, is open to question, as in the same year 392 king salmon were reported from 
this locality, although in all the earlier years of fishing in the inlet kings apparently 
