SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
657 
TOTAL SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 
Although southeastern Alaska includes many regions in which the salmon runs 
are more or less distinct and which have been treated separately above, it is of in- 
terest to look at the district as a whole and to try to form some idea of the develop- 
ment and present tendencies of its salmon fisheries. The data are presented in 
tables 29 and 30. 
Table 29. — Total catch of salmon in southeastern Alaska, 1883 to 1927 
King 
^Year 
JS 
1883. 
1884. 
1885. 
1887. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
1895. 
1896. 
1897. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
1902. 
1903. 
1904. 
1905. 
16, 267 
11,246 
43,915 
23,744 
15, 371 
256, 817 
347, 400 
609, 156 
241, 405 
267, 739 
291, 509 
280, 679 
297, 555 
281, 440 
235, 461 
653, 569 
517, 856 
398, 981 
27, 732 
7,000 
32, 952 
358, 378 
1, 660, 981 
8,197 
186, 994 
628, 634 
605, 847 
1, 629, 819 
3, 372, 564 
1, 561, 301 
2, 912, 474 
4, 321, 349 
7, 525, 090 
8, 100, 699 
5,528,547 
5, 178, 207 
3, 060, 358 
12, 747 
18, 739 
25, 235 
16,929 
37, 039 
16, 734 
17, 361 
11, 664 
42, 474 
37, 118 
68, 613 
107, 800 
143, 000 
26, 400 
118, 724 
298, 491 
436, 257 
738, 146 
886, 734 
943, 559 
784, 959 
744, 225 
719, 845 
893, 316 
1, 572, 687 
1, 129, 474 
1, 237, 451 
1, 550, 811 
2, 049, Oil 
1, 363, 825 
2, 076, 647 
2, 060, 581 
3, 416, 470 
2, 610, 549 
1906. . 
1907.. 
1908.. 
1909. . 
1910.. 
1911.. 
1912.. 
VIS- 
ION.. 
1915.. 
1916.. 
1917.. 
1918.. 
1919.. 
1920.. 
1921.. 
1922.. 
1923.. 
1924.. 
1925.. 
1926.. 
1927.. 
659, 220 
502, 646 
457, 860 
332, 376 
646, 065 
901, 838 
1, 099, 442 
677, 189 
914, 809 
870, 535 
1, 587, 607 
1, 469, 396 
1, 629, 366 
1, 804, 005 
1, 148, 051 
911,568 
1, 258, 885 
1, 342, 071 
1, 214, 898 
1, 211, 862 
1, 184, 658 
1, 284, 537 
1, 374, 459 
1, 354, 929 
1, 824, 637 
699, 381 
1, 996, 840 
2, 784, 721 
5, 342, 331 
2, 459, 777 
5, 444, 154 
3, 593, 040 
4, 741, 634 
6, 851, 774 
9, 352, 573 
9, 268, 489 
8, 613, 368 
1, 846, 832 
3, 728, 616 
3, 912, 562 
7, 266, 500 
8, 188, 085 
6, 105, 808 
2, 219, 770 
7,036,374 
11, 973,899 
13, 692, 326 
9, 497, 508 
9, 425, 310 
21, 408, 907 
22, 011, 191 
25, 295, 606 
12, 567, 376 
30, 351, 380 
19, 940, 350 
40, 327, 465 
39, 287, 711 
24, 330, 891 
18, 121, 431 
7, 735, 444 
24,001,889 
39, 879, 249 
30,029,343 
28, 246, 398 
32, 193, 383 
8, 163, 332 
89, 149 
101, 160 
113,886 
175, 604 
147, 168 
405, 780 
353, 110 
339. 004 
281, 962 
256, 082 
327, 292 
411, 435 
579, 921 
351, 789 
446, 310 
344, 852 
790, 461 
836. 004 
600, 102 
452, 920 
627, 201 
2, 620, 860 
2, 201, 071 
2, 544, 671 
2, 791, 461 
2, 986, 886 
2, 896, 988 
3, 018, 060 
2, 218, 591 
3, 501, 203 
2, 825, 543 
2, 381, 350 
2, 622, 899 
2, 821, 198 
3, 262, 799 
2, 743,624 
1,498,933 
1,900,123 
2,410,357 
2, 506,115 
1, 843, 518 
2, 044, 708 
1, 444, 563 
Table 30. — Fishing appliances used in southeastern Alaska, 1904 to 1927 
Year 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
(num- 
ber) 
Year 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
(num- 
ber) 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
1904. . . 
49 
168 
281 
18 
1916 
16 
1,988 
436 
77, 363 
296 
29, 250 
219 
1005 
71 
133 
192 
29 
1917 
35 
4 , 380 
563 
101, 645 
412 
60,798 
302 
1906 
65 
157 
208 
30 
1918 
120 
13, 708 
138, 153 
411 
48, 037 
363 
1907 
49 
6, 120 
186 
31, 865 
136 
22, 505 
31 
1919 
156 
17, 415 
766 
153, 740 
239 
42, 825 
416 
1908 . . 
57 
8, 265 
208 
35, 970 
186 
34, 605 
58 
1920 
107 
12, 605 
572 
108, 405 
337 
39, 055 
474 
1909 
47 
6, 490 
137 
24, 600 
125 
25, 870 
38 
1921 
46 
5, 250 
144 
25,615 
229 
44, 850 
107 
1910 
51 
6,615 
208 
40, 163 
247 
42, 350 
53 
1922 
24 
3,000 
568 
97, 755 
255 
27, 425 
241 
1911 
57 
7, 645 
243 
46, 595 
430 
78, 560 
85 
1923 
23 
2, 325 
590 ; 
105, 091 
19, 666 
320 
1912 
126 
17, 385 
362 
72, 797 
404 
57, 510 
164 
1924 
21 
2,270 
768 
137, 649 
198 
17, 395 
325 
1913 
86 
12, 419 
308 
58, 437 
271 
49, 300 
142 
1925 
950 
613 
110, 166 
158 
18, 271 
409 
1914 
57 
9, 070 
368 
68, 428 
227 
34, 790 
166 
1926. 
8 
720 
825 
155, 273 
189 
26, 900 
483 
1915 
31 
3,988 
410 
73, 326 
120 
16, 750 
180 
1927 
8 
1, 250 
415 
75, 122 
157 
20, 509 
576 
In any consideration of the condition of a fishery it is important to know as much 
as possible of the changes in fishing effort. In the case of the salmon fisheries of south- 
eastern Alaska, however, there have been such great and general changes in the nature 
of the gear used as to make any reliable evaluation of the changes in fishing effort 
virtually impossible. Some of these changes are apparent in the data presented in 
table 30 and in the accompanying figure (fig. 54), but these refer only to the number 
of units of each kind of gear that have been employed and give no notion of the great 
changes in effectiveness that have come about. There has probably been little change 
in effectiveness of beach seines and gill nets but these are, on the whole, of relatively 
slight importance in southeastern Alaska. Traps and purse seines account at present 
for a very large percentage of the total catch in this district and both of these forms of 
