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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The king salmon constitute a relatively unimportant element in the salmon catch 
at Chignik. The annual catch has never exceeded 2,000 fish, and the average is less 
than 1,000. The average catch was relatively low from 1919 to 1924, but since 
then has been about the same as in the earlier years. It seems probable that the fluc- 
tuations are due chiefly to chance or to temporary fluctuations in abundance that 
can not be definitely assigned to depletion. 
SHELIKOF STRAIT 
The Shelikof Strait district includes the waters of the Alaska Peninsula between 
Cape Douglas and Cape Providence. The data are presented in Table 6. 
Until 1918, the only salmon fishery in the district was at Kaflia Bay, where the 
earliest recorded catch was made in 1909. However, this bay had been visited 
occasionally before 1900 by fishermen from Karluk when the run at that place was 
slack. Excursions of this kind were not uncommon, and discoveries were thus made 
of salmon streams in outlying districts. The fish caught on such cruises were taken 
to the canneries at Karluk and Uyak Bay and counted as Karluk salmon. Therefore, 
no records are known to the bureau that give any conception of the number of fish 
taken at Kaflia Bay before 1909, or that indicate the year in which operations first 
began. Authentic statistics of catches were obtainable only after the saltery was 
opened in 1909. From then until 1924, the figures are presumed to be complete. 
Since 1924, commercial fishing in Kaflia Bay has been prohibited. 
Table 6 .—Salmon catch and fishing appliances used in the Shelikof Strait district, 1909 to 1927 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
2, 500 
4, 000 
1, 228 
4, 500 
3, 900 
1,865 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
600 
233 
6, 125 
Kaflia Bay: 
1909 
45, 088 
1910 
33, 827 
1911... 
56| 958 
70, 303 
84,462 
1912 
456 
1913 
1914 . 
4i; 367 
4, 628 
443 
1916 
1916 
1917 . 
335 
1919 
296 
1921 
894 
1922 
1, 971 
10, 747 
9, 429 
1, 458 
1923 
1 
11 
1924 
612 
2, 273 
12, 291 
172 
6, 640 
6,057 
2,724 
10, 782 
Unallocated: 
1925 
300 
4,024 
10, 910 
8, 915 
1,827 
9,377 
10, 251 
45, 088 
33, 827 
66, 958 
70, 303 
84, 462 
1926 
3, 090 
885 
1927 . 
Total: 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
456 
6 
600 
2 
150 
1913 

2 
200 
2 
130 
1914 .. 
lb 367 
4,628 
443 
2 
180 
4 
272 
1915 
2 
160 
1916 
1917 
335 
1919 
600 
6,500 
8,400 
233 
6, 421 
894 
5 
300 
1921 
1922 . 
1, 971 
10, 747 
9,429 
1, 827 
9, 377 
11, 709 
1 
90 
1 
200 
1923 
1 
11 
1924 
6, 640 
6, 057 
2, 724 
11,394 
1 
50 
2 
60 
1925 
300 
4, 024 
1926 
3, 090 
4, 386 
io; 9io 
23, 071 
1 
80 
1 
90 
1927 
172 
2 
160 
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Note. — No catches were reported in the years not shown in the table. Hallo Bay is also known locally as Wide Bay. 
