THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OP ALASKA. 
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never very abundant. The humpbacks comiiieiice coming to the cannery about the 
middle of July and are packed until the latter part of August. The dog salmon 
is very little used for canning. Sometimes a few find their way into humpback cans, 
but as a rule they are not used. A few hundred cases were packed at Loring in 1896, 
from July 17 to August 7, but none in 1897. 
During the winter of 1896-97, from the latter part of December until April, Naha 
Bay was filled with small salmon from 6 to 10 inches in length. They were probably 
young king salmon, but they may have been redfish. They took the troll readily. No 
attempt was made at seining. A few were shipped fresh to Seattle, and a few others 
were salted for local use. They were full of spawn, but not ripe, and none entered 
the river. It is believed around Loring that 20,000 cases of these fish could have 
been packed. 
YES (OR M’DONALD) BAY. 
Yes (or McDonald) Bay is a narrow inlet opening into the western shore of Behm 
Canal, extending in a general northwest direction about 20 miles to the northward of 
Loring. Midway the length of the bay, on the northern shore, is the cannery of the 
Boston Fishing and Trading Company. The buildings are on the peninsula formed 
by the bay and the right bank of Yes Bay Stream. 
In 1886 Ehode & Johnson located at Yes Bay and salted salmon. The following 
year the firm became Ford, Ehode & Johnson. Several thousand barrels were salted 
and part of the present cannery buildings were put up. In 1888 the cannery buildings 
were completed and several thousand barrels of salmon were salted. In 1889 the 
machinery was installed and a pack of between 4,000 and 5,000 cases made. The 
same year the Boston Fishing and Trading Company was incorporated. Ford & Ehode 
transferring their interests to that concern. The cannery is at present largely, if not 
entirely, owned, operated, and managed by Mr. D. W. Crowley, of Portland, Oregon. 
It is one of the smaller canneries of Alaska. While not equii)i)ed with all the latest 
appliances, it has packed between 20,000 and 25,000 cases per year for several years. 
The following statement shows the pack for 1896 and 1897 : 
Species. 
1896. 
1897. 
Date of packing. 
No. of 
I)ack.ed. 
No. of 
fish per 
case. 
Date of Xiacking. 
No. of 
cases 
packed. 
No. of 
fish per 
case. 
Redfish 
Cohoes 
Humpbacks 
Dog salmon 
July 11 to Aug. 25 
Aug. 20 to Sept. 15 
Aug. 5 to Sept. 5 
7, 000 
2,100 
15, 000 
9 
6 
16 
July 12 to Sept. 4 
Aug. 16 to Sept. 12 
•Tuly 12 to Sept. 6 
July 17 to Aug. 7 
'T’nt'il 
6, 754 
1,644 
12, 806 
1,096 
9 
15 
6 
24, 100 
22, 300 
Note — From July 12th to September 12th 3,037 cohoes were salted, luakirig about 150 barrels. 
In 1896 there were employed 15 white and 20 native fishermen, and in the cannery 
3 whites, 50 Chinese, and, during the busy season, 10 “ klootchmen.” Four drag seines 
were used, 80 to 140 fathoms long, 3-iuch mesh, valued at $1.50 per fathom, and 1 
purse seine 320 fathoms long by 30 fathoms deep, 3-inch mesh, valued at $800. 
One small steamer, the Bosie, of 5 tons, crew of 2, and valued at $2,000, tends 
the cannery. An additional steamer is sometimes chartered during the busy season. 
There were 6 lighters, or fish- scows, valued at from $50 to $75 each, and 4 seine boats, 
valued at from $50 to $75 each. 
F. C. B., 1898—7 
