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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 5. — Seasonal occurrence in Fraser River gill nets 
Week ending — 
Percentage occurrence 
Sockeye 
King 
Pink 
Coho 
Chum 
June 30 __ 
3. 73 
July 7 
5. 17 
.083 
0. 42 
July 14. 
4. 15 
5. 21 
0. 37 
.92 
.42 
July 21 
' 5.68 
6. 53 
.46 
.84 
.42 
July 28 
9. 90 
5.24 
.43 
.87 
.42 
Aug. 4 
18. 24 
5. 36 
.98 
.84 
.42 
Aug. 11. 
24. 95 
7. 45 
1.42 
.99 
.42 
Aug. 18 
20. 21 
7. 11 
1.28 
.87 
.51 
Aug. 25. 
10. 12 
8. 06 
2. 66 
1. 11 
.47 
Sept. 1 
6. 75 
10. 04 
5.65 
2. 65 
.56 
Sept. 8 
7. 35 
14. 73 
5. 96 
.58 
Sept- 15 
8. 40 
31. 40 
14. 64 
.75 
Sept. 22 
5. 19 
18. 25 
12. 52 
1. 18 
3. 90 
15. 84 
14. 57 
2. 86 
Oct. 6 
3. 77 
3. 37 
13.69 
6. 69 
Oct. 13 
3. 38 
2. 27 
9. 43 
11.68 
Oct. 20 
1.87 
.54 
6. 72 
13. 01 
Oct. 27 
2.24 
.37 
7. 38 
13. 37 
Nov. 3. 
2. 29 
28. 46 
Nov. 10 
1.34 
9. 58 
Nov. 17 
1.53 
7.81 
Number in sample... 
1, 982, 735 
102, 123 
597, 774 
155, 957 
263, 703 
Number of catches... 
30, 706 
26, 193 
15, 581 
22, 117 
10, 608 
Week ending — 
Cumulative percentage occurrence 
Sockeye 
King 
Pink 
Coho 
Chum 
June 30 
3. 73 
July 7 
8. 90 
0. 83 
0. 42 
July 14 
4. 15 
14. 11 
0. 37 
1. 75 
.84 
July 21 
9. 83 
20. 64 
.83 
2. 59 
1. 26 
July 28 
19. 73 
25. 88 
1. 26 
3. 46 
1. 68 
37. 97 
31. 24 
2.24 
4. 30 
2. 10 
Aug. 11. 
62. 92 
38.69 
3. 66 
5. 29 
2. 52 
Aug. 18 
83. 13 
45. 80 
4. 94 
6. 16 
3. 03 
Aug. 25 
93. 25 
53. 86 
7. 60 
7. 27 
3.50 
100. 00 
63. 90 
13. 25 
9. 92 
4. 06 
71. 25 
27. 98 
15. 88 
4.64 
Sept. 15 
79. 65 
59. 38 
30. 52 
5. 39 
Sept. 22 
84. 84 
77. 63 
43. 04 
6.57 
Sept. 29 
88. 74 
93. 47 
57.61 
9. 43 
Oct. 6 
92. 51 
96. 84 
71. 30 
16.12 
Oct. 13. 
95. 89 
99. 11 
80. 73 
27.78 
Oct. 20 
97. 76 
99. 65 
87.45 
40.79 
Oct. 27 
100.00 
100. 02 
94. 83 
54. 16 
Nov. 3 
97. 12 
82. 62 
Nov. 10 
98. 46 
92. 20 
Nov. 17 
99. 99 
100. 01 
The chum season is of almost as short a duration, 76 percent being taken in the 
5 weeks from October 7-November 10. The coho season is somewhat more protracted, 
only 65 percent being taken in the 5-week period from September 9-October 13, and 7 
weeks being required, September 9-October 27, to take 79 percent of the catch. 
The king salmon run rather steadily over a long period, 11 weeks, from July 1 -Sep- 
tember 15, being required to cover 76 percent of the run. 
Fifty percent of the sockeye catch has been made by about August 7 (see table 
5). The pinks do not reach the 50 percent mark until about September 12, a difference 
of 36 days. This is followed about 2 weeks later by the cohos, which reach the 50- 
percent mark on September 26. Another month usually elapses before 50 percent 
of the chum run has passed. The king salmon run slowly but steadily and reach the 
halfway point about August 22. 
PUGET SOUND 
LOCALITIES FISHED 
Gill nets have been employed in Puget Sound since the earliest days of the 
fishery, but have never attained the importance that they have on the Fraser River. 
There are two reasons for this: First, in the clear waters of Puget Sound gill nets can 
be used only at night, as the fish avoid them in daylight; and second, it is difficult to 
compete with other forms of gear. 
The gill nets employed were of two kinds, drift and set, and, as their name 
implies, one was used adrift and the other anchored. They were Used chiefly in a 
few localities such as Skagit Bay and Skagit River, the estuary of the Snohomish 
River, and off the mouths of the Nooksack and Samish Rivers. A few were used in 
other localities, especially south of Point Wilson, among the San Juan Islands and in 
Boundary Bay. 
The addresses of the drift net licensees in 1899, from the State of Washington 
Fisheries Department files, showed that of 322 licenses issued, 154 were taken out in 
