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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Just north of the Gulf of Georgia proper, there are small runs of sockeyes to sev- 
eral streams, the chief being the run to Phillips Arm, which is practically over before 
the run of Fraser River fish makes its appearance. 
MIGRATION IN SALT WATER 
Tagging experiments (O’Malley and Rich, 1919) have shown that the sockeyes 
entering through the Strait of Juan de Fuca strike the Salmon Banks and pass along 
the southern shore of San Juan and Lopez Islands, and, to a slight extent, the western 
shore of Whidbey Island, thence past Lummi Island, Whitehorn Point, Boundary 
Bay and Point Roberts to the mouth of the Fraser River. A few migrate north through 
Haro Strait 
Another tagging experiment (Dominion Report for 1929-30, p. 155; 1930), indi- 
cates that the run of sockeyes which enters the northern end of the Gulf of Georgia 
through Discovery Passage is bound chiefly for the Fraser River. Out of 519 sock- 
eyes tagged at Deepwater Bay in Discovery Passage, 107 were recaptured. The 17 
recaptured at the point of tagging must be disregarded. Out of the remaining 90 
a total of 82 fish, or 91 percent, were recaptured either in the Fraser River or at Point 
Grey (7 fish) just at the mouth of the river. 
TOTAL PACK OF THE FRASER RIVER SYSTEM 
The first real sockeye cannery was built at New Westminster in 1866 but no pack 
records are available for the first 7 years of the industry. The pack of 1873 was 
8,125 cases (Rathbun 1899). The packs of 1874 and 1875 are unknown, but figures 
are available since 1876. The annual sockeye packs of the Fraser River system are 
given in table 26. 5 
The Canadian fishery is much older than the American, reaching 100,000 cases 
by 1878 and 300,000 cases by the big sockeye year of 1889. By 1896 the Canadians 
had packed a total of 3,209,000 cases against 254,000 cases by the American operators. 
However, the introduction of traps in the early 1890’s gave a great impetus to the 
industry in Puget Sound. From 1898-1934, a 37-year period, the Canadian pack 
was larger than the American in only 6 years: 1903, 1905, 1906, 1915, 1922, and 1926. 
Up to the end of 1934 the packs of both countries aggregated the amazing sum 
of 21 % million cases of sockeye, of which the Canadians had packed 10,773,000 cases, 
the Americans, 10,721,000 cases. 
* In compiling these data several sources have been used: The Dominion of Canada reports (1882-1834), the reports of the British 
Columbia Commissioner of Fisheries (1801-34), the Washington State reports (1890-1934), the Pacific Fisherman annual numbers 
(1903-34) and reports by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries in various years from 1883 to 1834; as well as much unpublished material 
including printed tabulations of the pack by companies, prepared by R. P. Rithet & Co., Ltd., Victoria, B. C. for 1900; Fraser River 
Canner’s Association (1904-8); British Columbia Salmon Canners Association, and since 1923 by the canned salmon section of the 
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association. Material for recent years has been supplied by the Office of the Chief Supervisor of Fisher- 
ies for British Columbia and by the State of Washington Fisheries Department. In the earlier years the published reports of the 
packs are not segregated according to species and for these years we have made use of very extensive and careful notes kept by Henry 
Doyle of Vancouver, B. C. In addition, original records of various operators have been available. 
