SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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The fisheries of Thorne Arm reached their highest productiveness in the four 
years from 1923 to 1926. Apparently there was some change in the character of the 
fishing, as this sudden increase in the catches and the evenness of the trend through 
these years indicate a considerable trap fishery in this locality in that period. 
The salmon fisheries of the Revillagigedo Channel district in its entirety appear 
to be in a flourishing condition as late as 1927. In fact there was no period in the 
complete history of the district when all species of salmon, except reds, were taken in 
larger number than in the five years from 1922 to 1926. Although this period was 
also fairly 7- productive of red salmon, this species was more abundant from 1900 to 
1908 than in any later period. The many restrictions that were applied to fishing in 
the shortening of the season, the closing of certain areas, and the limitation in size of 
nets did not appreciably reduce the catches, but they undoubtedly held the produc- 
tion down to lower levels than otherwise would have been recorded. The catches 
are shown graphically in figure 51. 
NAKAT BAY DISTRICT 
The Nakat Bay district covers the waters between Cape Fox and the head of 
Portland Canal, a narrow body of water which, with Pearse Canal, extends inland in 
a northerly direction approximately 90 miles and forms the boundary between the 
southeastern extremity of Alaska and Canada. (See fig. 52.) The streams of the 
district are small and tributary to Nakat, Willard, and Fillmore Inlets and Portland 
Canal southward from Tombstone Bay. These localities have been fished chiefly by 
seines, while the mainland shore between Cape Fox and Harry Bay and the southern 
shores of Sitklan and Kanagunut Islands were fished largely by traps. 
It appears from available data that fishing commenced in this district at Nakat 
Bay in 1906, at Sandfly Bay in 1907, and at Fillmore Inlet in 1908. All salmon from 
this district, except possibly some small lots that may have been pickled, were packed 
at plants in other districts until 1911, when a cannery was built on Hidden Inlet. 
Another cannery was opened on Nakat Harbor in 1912. Thereafter until both can- 
neries were destroyed by fire in 1920, the catches went mostly to these plants, but as 
these canneries were not rebuilt the catches in this district have since been packed 
elsewhere. 
Table 27 . — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Nakat Bay district, 1906 to 1927 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
(num- 
ber) 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Boat Rock: 
1920 
30,000 
4 , 326 
7,517 
16, 706 
8, 641 
3,609 
12 
103 
6,040 
1, 486 
7,238 
4, 518 
13, 403 
7, 912 
45 
4, 162 
7, 230 
16. 118 
2,000 
51, 769 
93, 192 
116, 272 
94, 264 
36, 846 
7,181 
16, 422 
6,382 
6,406 
42, 980 
33, 452 
131, 472 
109, 960 
88, 202 
5,062 
218, 411 
104, 182 
209. 981 
1,000 
459 
4, 704 
5, 549 
5,202 
8, 967 
1, 567 
406 
478 
890 
2,068 
1, 388 
2,966 
14, 945 
6,701 
12 
6, 620 
6,411 
13. 139 
1922 
1, 840 
2, 624 
2,042 
1,917 
811 
225 
1923 
35 
23 
65 
1924 
1925 
1926_ 
1927 
167 
Dixon Entrance: 
1912 
1924 
139 
299 
1, 461 
2 , 149 
2,827 
2,574 
90 
2 , 046 
4.992 
4 
1926 
Fox, Cape: 
1912 
1917 
123 
1918. 
1919- 
30 
14 
1920 
1921_ 
1922 
1923. 
1924 
150 
