CHIGNIK TO RESURRECTION BAY SALMON STATISTICS 
655 
moved to Karluk, leaving but one cannery in this locality. This situation continued 
without change until 1918, when a second cannery was established that has continued 
operations up to the present time. 
The recorded catch of red salmon is given graphically in Figure 5. In the 39 
years covered by this review, 1889 to 1927, the district has produced an average of 
over 400,000 red salmon annually. The catch has fallen below 200,000 only three 
times, the last time in 1923, when only 165,945 fish were taken — the smallest catch 
on record. In 1917 and in 1921 the catch exceeded 950,000 red salmon, while in 
seven other years it was more than 500,000. These figures show extraordinary pro- 
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Figure 5.— Catch of red salmon at Alitak, Moser, and Olga Bays 
ductivity for a district that embraces no stream comparable in size even with Red 
River, Uganik Creek, or many of the other streams of Kodiak Island. 
Table 7. — Salmon catch and fishing appliances used in the Alitak Bay district , 18S9 to 1927 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
Alitak and Moser 
Bays: 
1914 
4, 000| 
7,000 
597 
2,025 
17, 428 
52, 126 
47, 287 
22, 972 
29, 458 
22, 255 
22, 045 
18, 614 
35, 022 
6,692 
3. 000 
6.000 
4, 598 
2, 169 
16, 627 
16, 340 
40, 349 
19, 525 
71, 842 
14, 852 
19, 037 
21,921 
57, 030 
15, 062 
5, 400 
90,000 
26, 000 
72, 264 
2,458 
542, 166 
32, 521 
514, 262 
30, 799 
777, 287 
288, 758 
589, 513 
487, 043 
648, 175 
539, 200 
90,000 
180, 000 
257,510 
443, 382 
341, 352 
248, 756 
396, 947 
720, 584 
294, 994 
162, 772 
197, 562 
190, 691 
308, 642 
235, 495 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
Fath- 
oms 
Number 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918. 
747 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1925 
9 
55 
55 
1926 
1927 
Dead Bay: 1 
1912 
1919 
4,500 
93, 000 
20, 000 
293, 381 
377, 783 
275, 322 
774, 765 
1920 
1922 
35, 000 
24, 724 
23, 484 
32,312 
37, 208 
1924 
2,000 
1, 142 
2,403 
753 
1925... 
5,805 
14, 838 
19, 978 
343, 005 
443,911 
345, 800 
274, 001 
335, 101 
360, 360 
190, 982 
1926--- 
17 
45 
1927 
Olga Bay: 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
8,321 
See footnotes at end of table. 
