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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 27 . — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Nakat Bay district, 1906-1927 — 
Continued 
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 
;al: 
1906 
5, 040 
8, 260 
1 
1907 
114 
2, 405 
17, 043 
200 
1908 ... 
440 
2, 762 
102, 218 
30, 264 
3 
570 
1909 
502 
99, 277 
4, 648 
2 
355 
l 
1910 
95 
1,705 
4, 223 
28, 444 
2 
370 
1911 
4, 034 
5. 219 
287, 715 
4 
25, 565 
4 
700 
1912 
5, 621 
17, 944 
591, 947 
16, 271 
11 
2, 375 
5 
500 
4 
1913 
8, 800 
378, 328 
2, 009 
5 
750 
1914 
1,606 
14, 910 
144, 753 
4, 601 
1, 200 
4 
200 
1915. 
304 
15, 091 
493, 593 
14, 779 
15 
2, 480 
1916 
6, 324 
53, 673 
781, 447 
5, 993 
29 
5, 010 
2 
1917 
32,281 
298, 231 
1, 057, 386 
879 
36, 999 
21 
4, 250 
5 
1918 
15, 983 
192, 633 
912, 965 
568 
16, 160 
90 
4,445 
12 
1919 
20, 387 
122, 673 
542, 046 
1, 354 
64, 948 
16 
2, 875 
21 
1920 
191, 738 
438, 040 
615 
29, 706 
10 
2,200 
11 
1921 
90 
45 
5, 062 
12 
250 
1922 
17, 268 
57, 038 
943, 591 
206 
17, 039 
9 
1, 500 
g 
19, 835 
151, 008 
1, 273, 076 
340 
43, 709 
8 
1,400 
3 
1924:::::::::::::;:::::::;::: 
16, 766 
167, 300 
1, 707, 428 
231 
52, 029 
17 
1,985 
14 
1925 
21,325 
203, 044 
628, 490 
1, 257 
46, 680 
5 
1, 000 
22 
1926 
10, 347 
112, 409 
570, 345 
859 
59, 120 
11 
2, 045 
15 
1927 
4, 474 
34, 428 
184, 525 
876 
23, 145 
5 
930 
16 
Note. — N o catches were reported in the years not shown in any division of this table. 
Table 27 gives the entire catch in the Nakat Bay district. It lists 22 localities, 
11 of which have been fairly large producers of salmon. Here, as in other districts, 
certain combinations of catches seemed advisable; they are as follows: Cape Fox 
catches include salmon that were taken at Cape Fox Island; Fillmore Inlet was 
credited with half of the salmon reported jointly from “Fillmore Inlet and Nakat 
Inlet” in 1915, the other half being included with the fish from Nakat Inlet; Slim 
Island fish were added to those from Harry Bay ; Monday Bay salmon were counted 
in the catches at Nakat Bay; Portland Canal data include fish that were caught at 
Halibut Bay and at Breezy Point. The unallocated catches were increased further 
by the addition of all salmon that were reported from Nakat Island, Tongass Village, 
Sunday Bay, and Port Tongass. The entire catch in this district in 1913 was reported 
as coming from “Nakat, Hidden, Fillmore, and Willard Inlets” and is shown, there- 
fore, in the unallocated section of the table. 
There were three periods of marked development of these fisheries. The first 
period began in 1911 with the establishment of the Hidden Inlet cannery and reached 
a peak in 1912 when a cannery at Nakat Harbor was put into operation. During 
the next 2 years smaller catches were made. In 1915 the second period began and 
culminated in a much larger production of all species in 1917, the total yield being 
1,425,776 salmon. The catches of pink salmon dropped regularly in the next 4 years, 
but wide fluctuations occurred in respect of the other species. King and red salmon 
were taken in larger numbers in 1919 than ever before; chums dropped in 2 years 
but recovered in 1920; and cohos were more abundant in 1919, but not equal to the 
catch in 1917. The third period began in 1922 and progressed in the next 2 years 
until a total catch of 1,943,754 salmon was made, the increase being due to a greater 
number of pinks that were caught in 1924, a new high level for this species. Kings, 
cohos, and chums were taken in much smaller quantities than in 1917, the year of 
the second peak of production, but they reached comparable levels in 1925. There 
was a sharp falling off in the catches of cohos, chums, and kings in 1926, while that 
of pinks was far less severe. On the other hand, the take of red salmon increased 
