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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Table 11. — Graphic table of catches of chum salmon in Alitak district 
[Each letter in this table represents 5,000 fish. See Table 9 for explanation of letters] 
Year 
Catch 
1911 
oo 
1912 
OQQ 
O 
1913 
1914 
OOA 
1915 
OOAA. 
1916 
OOOA 
1917 
OA 
1918 
OOOOOOAAAA 
1919 
OOAAAA 
1920 
AAAAAAAAA 
1921... 
OAAAA 
1922 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQQQQQQQQ 
OAA A 
1923 
1924 
OAAAAQQQQQVVVVV 
OOAAAAAQQQQQVVVV 
AAAAAAAAAAAAQQQQQQQVVVV 
AAAQQQQQQQQQVVVVVVVVVV 
1925 
1926 
1927 
The presence of pink salmon in these waters in such unusual and increasing 
numbers may reasonably cause speculation as to the failure to utilize them in any 
considerable quantities before 1918. Since exactly the same situation obtains in 
respect to cohos and chums, it would appear that no effort was made to take these 
cheaper grades of salmon until the new cannery was opened in that year. The shift 
of the fishery from Olga Bay to the outer bays and from a seine to a trap fishery may 
have been the chief cause of the increased catches. 
The catches of cohos and chums show no special features other than the in- 
creased catch in the years since 1918, which was mentioned above. King salmon 
were reported in only four years. The first catch was made in 1918 when 820 were 
taken. No more kings were reported until 1925, and since then the yearly catches 
range from 9 to 123. This species has evidently no real economic importance. 
RED RIVER DISTRICT 
The Red River district is composed of the coastal waters of Kodiak Island 
from Cape Karluk on the north to Cape Alitak on the south, and it embraces but 
few salmon streams, of which Red River is the only important one. At one time 
there was some fishing at a stream near Low Cape, but the catches there were insigni- 
ficant and were reported as Red River fish. Sturgeon River near the northern end 
of the district produced a few cohos in two widely separated years and in 1920 a 
small catch of pinks was made. Red River is properly known as Ayakulik River 
and is so referred to in the reports by Moser who says: “Among cannery men it is 
known as Red River, but this name should not be confounded with the Red River 
which lies 6 miles to the northward according to Coast Survey chart No. 8500” 
(Moser, 1902). On account of the present universal use, the name “Red River” 
has been adopted for this stream. 
The data for this district are given in Table 12. 
