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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 27 . — Sockeye catch of the Fraser River system by various types of gear — Continued 
Year 
Fraser River 
gill nets 
Purse seines 
Traps 
Miscellaneous 
gear 
Total 
Territorial 
waters 
High seas 
1909 
4, 869, 134 
3, 484, 799 
12, 026, 263 
546, 278 
20,92 6,474 
1910 
1, 459, 297 
2 1,060,558 
J 1, 905, 962 
2 30, 000 
4, 455, 817 
1911 
659, 496 
2 392, 300 
3 1, 101, 837 
3 25, 000 
2, 178, 633 
1912 
1, 185, 746 
2 269, 603 
3 1, 877, 945 
3 30" 000 
3, 363, 294 
1913 - 
8', 761 , 249 
10, 049, 295 
12, 493,’ 687 
38, 808 
31,343,039 
1914 
2, 035, 630 
lj 344, 004 
2, 276, 554 
36, 879 
5, 693 i 067 
1915 
1, 050" 672 
’ 244, 693 
456, 542 
73, 556 
1, 825, 463 
1916 
311, 196 
150, 446 
768’ 369 
56, 305 
1, 286,316 
1917 
1, 402’ 327 
1, 989, 191 
3, 292', 193 
199, 690 
6, 883, 401 
1918 
' 19"! 352 
45,073 
2, 495 
538, 903 
27, 546 
811,369 
1919 
368,395 
286, 365 
25, 366 
539, 618 
29, 125 
1, 248, 868 
1920.. 
486,118 
53, 083 
828 
666,917 
12, 783 
1, 209, 729 
1921 - 
433, 852 
221, 152 
35, 820 
915,313 
80, 104 
1, 686, 241 
1922 
514, 249 
88, 277 
5, 167 
436, 848 
49,461 
1, 093, 992 
1923.. 
300, 115 
142, 355 
5,717 
370, S74 
37, 892 
856, 953 
1924 
372, 333 
99, 098 
25,931 
680, 554 
36, 390 
1, 214, 306 
1925.. 
397, 386 
287, 329 
142, 224 
975, 252 
26, 525 
1, 828, 716 
1926. 
891, 0,45 
90, 523 
14, 286 
355, 848 
30, 764 
1, 382, 466 
1927.. 
643, 254 
435, 693 
50, 000 
586, 944 
62, 596 
1,783,487 
192S 
267, 457 
61,716 
19, 770 
566, 280 
26, 460 
941,683 
1929... 
605, 170 
368, 155 
102, 134 
926, 939 
56, 780 
2, 059, 178 
1930 
964, 987 
2, 504, 978 
144, 278 
908, 066 
65, 723 
4, 588,032 
1931 
450, 532 
316, 141 
217,015 
444, 366 
5,585 
1, 433, 639 
1932 
657, 222 
353, 849 
19, 579 
510, 113 
46, 378 
1,587, 141 
1933 
546, 026 
641, 505 
121,061 
1, 198, 887 
42, 957 
2, 450, 436 
1934 
1, 230, 986 
1,716,055 
674, 716 
1, 391, 104 
7,497 
5, 020, 358 
Total 
116, 543, 814 
34, Oil, 888 
1,606,376 
94, 132, 880 
7, 226, 575 
253, 521, 533 
Percent 
46 
13 
1 
37 
3 
100 
2 Estimated: From 1900 to 1912 the U. S. trap catch equals our data plus 20 percent, from 1896 to 1898 plus SO percent, 1894 
purely an estimate, and 1891 equals our data times 2. 
LOCALITY OF TRAP CATCHES 
In addition to the locality segregation given in the foregoing table, the following 
detailed analysis of the locality of capture of the trap fish shows the relative importance 
of each fishing district in Puget Sound. Since records were obtained for about 82 
percent of all of the trap-caught sockeyes, 100 percent from 1915 to 1934, inclusive, 
the figures given in table 28 may be considered representative of all of the 94 million 
taken by this method. 
LOCALITY OF PURSE-SEINE CATCHES 
Of the 35K million taken in purse seines, 1 % million are definitely assigned to 
extraterritorial waters off the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The locality of 
capture of the remainder cannot be as easily established as in the case of those caught 
by traps. The principal sockeye seining grounds are the Salmon Banks and Point 
Roberts Areas, with lesser amounts from Rosario Strait, Haro Strait, Lummi Island, 
Birch Bay and Boundary Bay Areas, and a very few from West Beach. 
Data from companies buying purse seine fish show that during the 4-year period 
covering a year of each sockeye cycle, from 1931-1934, about two-thirds of the seine- 
caught sockeyes were taken on the Salmon Banks. This includes the Salmon Bank 
and South Lopez Areas. Of the remainder the larger share were caught at Point 
Roberts, with lesser amounts from Rosario Strait, Lummi Island, and Haro Strait 
Areas. 
