702 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The unallocated catch includes small occasional catches reported from the follow- 
ing sources: East Shore, Fish Creek, Knik Arm, Little Campbell Creek, McManus 
Beach, Urta, West Point, White Rock Beach, Polly Creek, Demetra & Co., Sawa 
& Co., and Portuguese Point. In addition, it includes a large part of the entire 
Cook Inlet catch, which was reported only as from Cook Inlet. There was no 
allocation at all previous to 1907 and it has not been complete even to date. The 
fishing in the inlet is so scattered that it may never be possible to get a complete 
and accurate allocation. As large as these unallocated totals are, the records do not 
make it possible to assign them accurately to any of the subdivisions of the district. 
For purposes of analysis, however, a division of such a large percentage of the total 
catch as is here unallocated is very desirable. It has, therefore, been necessary to 
make what is frankly a more or less arbitrary distribution of these unallocated 
catches among the three relatively distinct regions of the inlet— northern, east shore, 
and west shore. The total estimated catches in these three regions are given after 
the section of the table devoted to the Cook Inlet totals. By northern part is 
meant all the waters of the inlet north of a line between East and West Foreland. 
The southern part is south of that line and is further divided into the east shore 
and west shore which extend, respectively, from East Foreland and West Foreland 
to the southern limits of the inlet. 
The allocations made have been based upon the best information available 
and in more recent years were in accordance with available knowledge of local con- 
ditions, particularly the location of the canneries and their known field of operation. 
From 1894 to 1903 one-fifth of the catch was credited to the northern part of the 
inlet. From 1904 to 1910, inclusive, one-third of the unallocated catch was credited 
to the northern part. Since 1910 it has been possible to make the allocations on the 
basis of local knowledge, but when this has not been sufficiently complete one-fourth 
of the unallocated portion has been credited to the northern part. From one-tenth 
to one-twentieth of the catch shown as coming from the southern part was allocated 
to the west shore unless it was definitely known .that certain packers did not operate 
in those waters, and that a different division should be made. 
No fixed rule could be followed in making these allocations. These arbitrary 
allocations are made in full realization of the fact that they are not, and indeed can 
not be, scientifically done and that in some quarters attempting such an adjustment 
will be criticised. It is unfortunate that more accurate data are not available, but 
that is a matter that can not be remedied at this late date. An allocation such as 
that here attempted is certainly desirable, and it seems rather doubtful that any 
future workers in this field will have access to more accurate data or that anyone 
will have available a better fund of local information as to conditions during the 
period under discussion. All the detailed information available is presented here, and 
those who may feel inclined to disagree with the allocations may disregard them. 
It is believed, however, that for the purposes of this analysis, the allocations here 
shown may be accepted as essentially correct. 
In another section of the table is given the combined catch in Kachemak Bay, 
which includes Bear Cove, China Poot Lagoon, Glacier Spit, Halibut Cove, Homer 
Spit, MacDonald Spit, Seldovia Bay, and Tutka Bay; but exclusive of those taken 
at Bluff Point and Cooper Creek, two points on the north shore of Kachemak Bay 
where the run of salmon to the upper waters of the inlet strikes before passing north 
of Anchor Point. 
