748 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 21. — Pro-portion of various species in total annual catches of Puget Sound purse seines, 1917-34 
Year 
Sockeye 
King 
Pink 
Coho 
Chum 
Total eaten > 
1917. 
14.31 
0. 29 
62. 99 
3.71 
18.70 
11, 804, 026 
1918 
2. 35 
2. 13 
.26 
32.35 
62.91 
1, 376, 757 
1919 
4. 10 
.93 
47. 25 
10. 64 
37. 08 
4, 349, 421 
1920 
3. 05 
.66 
.03 
22. 82 
73. 44 
775, 421 
192l_ - 
5.06 
.39 
78. 18 
11.86 
4.51 
3, 079, 015 
1922 - 
9.88 
.79 
.43 
45.51 
43. 39 
875, 233 
1923__ 
4. 39 
.12 
82. 10 
4.80 
8. 59 
4, 042, 288 
1924_ 
10. 35 
.52 
1. 11 
17. 91 
70. 10 
1, 127, 020 
1925... 
3. 32 
.21 
83. 85 
5. 38 
7.25 
5, 656, 515 
1926... 
13.69 
.47 
.36 
28. 33 
57. 15 
1,158, 848 
1927 
11.12 
.43 
78.64 
5.04 
4. 76 
4, 549, 007 
1928 
6. 65 
2.08 
1.53 
27. 06 
62. 68 
1, 164, 682 
1929 
6. 79 
.21 
72. 72 
4. 19 
16.09 
6, 359, 144 
1930... 
81. 24 
.61 
.80 
4.25 
13. 10 
3, 567, 442 
1931... 
5.28 
.39 
81. 44 
4. 23 
8. 66 
5, 468, 739 
1932 
24. 43 
1.32 
.36 
17.40 
56. 49 
1,716,772 
1933 
9. 93 
.34 
81. 64 
2. 77 
5. 32 
5, 531, 318 
1934. 
65. 43 
.61 
.30 
6.61 
27. 05 
2, 367, 240 
Average 
15. 63 
.70 
37. 44 
14. 16 
32. 07 
1 Total catch of all species in numbers of fish. 
Although approximately 58 percent of the total number of fish caught during this 
period have been pink salmon, they have been abundant only in odd-numbered 
years. In the alternate years chums have provided approximately half the catch, 
with cohos and sockeye next in importance. 
CAPE FLATTERY 
The contributions of various species to the purse-seine catch at the cape differ 
considerably from those on Puget Sound. Records are not available for the numbers 
of seine-caught fish taken at the cape before the period from 1927-34, during which 
14,166,769 salmon were caught. Of these, 10,395,194 were pink salmon, 2,305,290 
were cohoes, 1,348,553 were sockeye, 69,433 were kings, and 48,299 were chums. 
Pink salmon have averaged 84.56 percent of the catch in odd years and 8.53 
percent in even years. Their average for all years is 46.54 percent. During the 
period for which accurate figures are available, more than 73 percent of the total 
number of fish landed at the cape have been pink salmon (see table 22). 
Table 22.- — Proportion of each species in the total annual catches of Cape Flattery purse seines, 1927-34 
Year 
Sockeye 
Pink 
Coho 
Chum 
King 
Total catch 1 
1927. 
2. 10 
89. 66 
7. 92 
0. 03 
0.29 
2, 382. 838 
1928 
6.81 
23.73 
67.48 
.57 
1.40 
290, 222 
1929 
2. 60 
85. 96 
11.01 
.07 
.35 
3, 924, 375 
1930- 
23.49 
6. 85 
66. 33 
1. 89 
1. 43 
614, 170 
1931 
4.97 
89. 37 
5.16 
. 17 
.32 
4, 367, 412 
1932. 
5.44 
1.66 
87. 60 
3.38 
1.92 
359, 900 
1933. 
10. 50 
73. 25 
15. 15 
.71 
.40 
1, 153, 429 
1934. 
62. 80 
1. 87 
34. 01 
.35 
.98 
1, 074, 423 
14. 84 
46. 54 
36. 83 
.90 
.89 
1 Total catch of all species in number of fish. 
Coho salmon are next in importance, furnishing the greater part of the early- 
season catch in all years. During the even years they averaged 63.86 percent of the 
catch, and during the odd years, 9.81 percent. Their all-year average is 36.83 percent. 
