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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
This seems an excellent locality for a hatchery, as there is a harbor, abundance 
of water by gravity, plenty of fish, and at the mouth of the stream a natural basin 
that could be easily arranged for holding fish until ripe. 
The records of Karta Bay Stream are incomplete. The following is all that could 
be found. The first date, July 3, 1897, is not the date of the first fish taken, but the 
date when the cannery began operations. The first fish taken were on June 13, and 
600 were sent to the cannery on June 25. 
Year. 
Species. 
Dates, etc. 
Number. 
Tear. 
Species. 
Dates, etc. 
Number. 
1888. 
Redfish . . . 
In June (first on 
2, 178 
1891. 
Redfish 
In June(first,4,250 
21,012 
the 20th). 
on the 18th). 
Do ... 
In July 
22, 760 
Do 
In July 
47, 864 
T)n 
In August, to 25th. 
5, 082 
Total 1 
68, 876 
Total 
*30, 020 
Cohoes 
No record. I 
Cohoes 
From Aug. 19 to 
*1,739 
-■ 
Sept. 7. 
No record whatever could be obtained 
for 1892, 
1893, and 1894. The 
run in 1892 was very small. 
1889. 
Kedfish . . . 
In June (first, 670 
2, 176 
and in 
1893 cTiid 1894 \ 
'ery little fishing wa 
3 done. 
on the 26th) . 
1895. 
Redfish 
July 13 to 31 
5,631 
Do 
In July 
9, 542 
Cohoes 
August 1 to 18 
Do 
In August, to 17th. 
2, 499 
11896. 
■PorlfioB 
7. 258 
Total 
14, 217 
the 20th). 
Cohoes. . . . 
From Aug. 17 to 
6, 027 
Do 
In July 
71, 837 
Sept. 16. 
Do 
In August. to 14th. 
5, 450 
1890. 
Redfish . . . 
In June(flrst,2,995 
17, 223 
Total.. 
84, 545 
on the 21st). 
1897. 
Redfish 
From July 3 to 
23, 000 
Do 
In J uly 
23,415 
Aug. 16. 
Do 
In August, to 4th . 
2, 150 
Cohoes 
From Aug. 26 to 
2,500 
Sept. 17. 
Total 
42, 788 
Humpbacks. 
From July 27 to 
36, 000 
Cohoes 
No record. 
Aug. 16. 
* These fish made 3,343 cases, Naha Brand, redfish and cohoes packed together; 9 to the case, or an 
average weight of over 7 pounds. 
t The catch of redfish from this region in 1896 was a surprise to every one acquainted with the subject, 
notwithstanding that this was a remarkable year in southeast Alaska. 
It is generally believed that Karta Bay will, under average conditions, yield 35,000 
redfish per annum, and, if kept free from barricades, there seems no reason why that 
number should not be doubled in the future. 
KINA. 
There is another small stream in Kasaan Bay, which has a small run of redfish. 
It is known as Kina, and empties into the bight next west of Coal Bay. All the fish 
go to Boring. The stream might supply 2,000 redfish annually. The only record 
available is as follows ; 
1 Year. 
Species. 
Dates. 
Number. 
1 1896 
Redfish ■ 
July 29 to Aug. 23 
2, 018 
rin 
July 19 to Aug. 16 
1,500 
Aug. 8 to Sept. 4 
470 
1 
Humpbacks 
July 19 to Aug. 16 
15, 000 
At the head of Twelve Mile Arm, and on the western shore, are streams containing 
cohoes or humpbacks, or both; but the Karta Bay and Kina streams are the only 
ones in Kasaan Bay and its branches that have redfish. 
In July, 1889, the Boring cannery received from Kasaan Bay, from July 27 to 
September 16, 1,304 redfish and 5,219 cohoes, paying 8 cents each for redfish and 14 
cents each for cohoes. 
