CHIGNIK TO RESURRECTION BAY SALMON STATISTICS 
685 
localities. 15 It was learned that good runs occurred at Three Saints Bay, at Old 
Harbor in Sitkalidak Strait, and at Port Hobron on the north coast of Sitkalidak 
Island, but no mention was made of the kind or quantity of salmon obtainable in 
these localities. It was also reported that a saltery was in operation at Port Hobron 
in 1888, and that at the time of the visit of the Albatross party 400 barrels had been 
packed. No other statistical data concerning this entire district appear in the 
reports of the Albatross investigations in 1888 or 1890. 
Table 22 gives the salmon catches in this district from 1894 to 1927. 
Uzinki Bay, the body of water separating Spruce Island from Kodiak Island, at 
the head of which is located the village of Uzinki, has been a small producer of all 
species of salmon. The first recorded catch was 33 cohos in 1914. Beginning in 
1915, the fishing resulted in a catch of 2,461 pinks, to be followed in other years by 
larger catches until the maximum of 35,061 was reached in 1924. Thereafter the 
decline was rapid, as the catch almost reached the vanishing point in 1927 — only 340 
pinks being caught that year. It is not known to what extent this decline was due 
to decreased fishing effort or to a real scarcity of salmon, but with two canneries 
now located at Uzinki it would be logical to expect the fishing effort to increase. It 
is known, of course, that the streams tributary to Uzinki Bay are few and very small. 
The largest one empties at the village and drains the north end of Spruce Island, 
while none of any consequence comes from the Kodiak side of the bay. Although 
considerable catches have been made occasionally in these waters it is not likely 
that they were taken from runs to local streams, but rather that they came from 
runs passing through Uzinki Bay and Narrows to other districts. 
Table 22 .Salmon catch and Jishinq appliances used in the east coast of Kodiak Island district, 
1894 to 1927 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
Barling Bay: 
1926 
1, 181 
13, 113 
50 
74, 988 
3, 842 
3 
213 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
1927. . 
Buskin River: 
1907 
8, 334 
4,411 
2,777 
4, 138 
6, 146 
5, 554 
14, 336 
2, 966 
154 
350 
2, 736 
926 
4, 542 
1, 312 
397 
11, 997 
3,015 
4, 160 
1, 152 
753 
3, 543 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1913 
387 
35, 765 
72, 509 
11, 775 
45, 814 
73, 520 
4, 629 
25, 926 
2, 212 
50 
1922 
1923 
51 
1924.. 
494 
2,500 
11, 047 
159 
3,037 
1925 
11 
7, 173 
815 
1926 
19 
1927 
Chiniak Bay: 
1908 
1927 
22 
Kaguyak Bay: 
1896.. 
1915 
* 
1924 
3, 121 
2, 425 
1, 478 
2,133 
1, 139 
9, 218 
375 
1926 
....... 
1927 
Kalsin Bay: 
1911 

1919 
44, 581 
76, 864 
8,433 
16, 435 
146, 112 
40, 140 
22, 742 
1922 
1923 
1 
1924 
1 
1925 
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1 
1 
1926 
I 
1927 
! 7 
18 Explorations of the Fishing Grounds of Alaska, Washington Territory, and Oregon during 1888 by the U. S. Fish Commis- 
sion steamer Albatross. By Z. L. Tanner and others. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission for 1888, Vol. VIII, 1890. Washington. 
