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Table 14. — Salmon catch and fishing appliances used in the Karluk River distriid, 1882 to 1927 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Gill nets 
1882 _ 
58, 800 
188, 706 
282, 184 
468, 580 
646, 100 
1, 004, 500 
2, 781, 100 
3, 411, 730 
3, 148, 796 
3, 500, 588 
2, 852, 458 
2, 909, 508 
3, 349, 976 
2, 055, 984 
2, 638, 976 
1 2, 204, 425 
2 1, 534, 064 
3 1, 399, 117 
* 2, 594, 774 
8 3, 985, 177 
{ 2, 981, 112 
8 1, 319, 975 
1, 638, 949 
1, 787, 642 
3, 382, 913 
2, 929, 886 
1, 608, 418 
923, 501 
1, 492, 544 
1, 723, 132 
1, 245, 275 
868, 422 
540, 455 
828, 429 
2, 343, 104 
2, 324, 492 
1, 094, 665 
1, 089, 809 
1, 368, 526 
1, 631, 247 
656, 092 
662, 140 
742, 489 
1, 136, 508 
1, 825, 486 
398, 726 
No. 
Fathoms 
No. 
Fathoms 
1883 
1884. 
1885 
1886- 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1896 
15 
29 
29 
29 
31 
41 
18 
18 
17 
20 
20 
20 
5 
11 
13 
10 
14 
15 
16 
8 
8 
8 
8 
11 
11 
10 
10 
8 
10 
8 
8 
5 
6,475 
9, 375 
9, 800 
9, 950 
10, 450 
16, 400 
7,200 
7, 200 
1897_ 
1,500 
19, 175 
30, 451 
32,239 
3 
600 
1898 
1899_ 
1, 104 
4. 838 
3. 838 
2, 932 
1, 187 
3, 190 
2,496 
3,640 
4, 015 
3, 028 
3, 907 
1,598 
689 
686 
1,032 
886 
777 
564 
750 
890 
784 
1,571 
638 
661 
1, 776 
294 
1, 077 
88 
1,383 
1900 
1901 
2,015 
2 
200 
1902 
34, 972 
119, 541 
100, 936 
85, 050 
22, 496 
26, 033 
33, 131 
13, 655 
22, 922 
11, 581 
10, 466 
16, 175 
16, 048 
20, 173 
20, 389 
21, 620 
45, 220 
35, 305 
26, 924 
13, 440 
21,604 
20, 029 
10, 775 
4, 750 
14, 013 
14, 344 
1903 
10, 000 
5, 180 
1904 
1905 
1906- 
1907 
3, 000 
3, 900 
3, 600 
5, 680 
4, 350 
6, 105 
6,455 
6, 415 
3,087 
3, 478 
3,477 
3, 429 
3, 486 
3,631 
3,595 
3, 745 
3,151 
3, 630 
2, 935 
3,050 
1, 780 
1908. 
233, 067 
1909 
1910 
104, 873 
8,742 
287, 890 
11, 892 
1, 287, 190 
12, 758 
2, 492, 552 
752 
335, 988 
5, 621 
634, 977 
m,m 
9, 883 
2, 442, 359 
6,265 
86, 040 
2,537 
1911 
1912. 
14, 921 
1913_ 
1914 
1915 
5,048 
11, 823 
4, 878 
12, 569 
12, 360 
5, 499 
87 
10, 369 
4, 007 
2,318 
1,582 
17, 065 
6, 538 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 __ 
1921 
1922 
1923. 
1924_ _ 
1925_ 
1926 
1927 _ 
1 
1 Used Kutchin’s report of catch, and deducted 21,130 reds as Uganik catch. 
2 Does not include 50,000 reds transferred from Olga Bay to Uyak and 10,000 to Karluk. 
3 Does not include 15,000 reds transferred from Olga Bay to Uyak. 
1 Does not include 242,500 reds transferred from Red River and 24,000 from Uganik. 
5 Does not include 200,000 estimated catch of reds at Red River and 100,000 at Uganik. 
8 Does not include 100,000 estimated catch of reds at Red River and 50,000 at Uganik. 
Note. — This table includes all salmon caught at Slide and Waterfall. The number of fathoms of seines used in 1901, 1902, 
and 1903 was estimated at 400 per seine. The gill nets used in 1901 were estimated to total 200 fathoms. 
RED SALMON 
Many investigations of the Karluk red-salmon fishery have been made, much has 
been written about it, commercial interests have battled for exclusive control and 
domination of it, and dire prophecies have been heard concerning its ultimate destruc- 
tion. Because of these things, Karluk has undoubtedly been given more close atten- 
tion than any other fishery in Alaska. Approximately 10 years ago the late Dr. C. H. 
Gilbert undertook a detailed study of the Karluk red-salmon runs. The senior author 
of this paper was associated with him in this investigation from 1926 on. One paper 
dealing with these investigations has been published. 11 In this report statistics were 
given of the catch of red salmon at Karluk from 1882 to 1926, but these data do not 
always agree with those presented herewith which have been derived more from 
original sources and are, without doubt, more reliable. For a number of the years 
previous to 1904 the figures given here are higher than those given by Gilbert and Kich. 
11 Investigations Concerning the Red-Salmon Runs to the Karluk River, Alaska, by Charles H. Gilbert and Willis H. Rich. 
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XLIII, 1927, Part II. Washington, 1927. 
