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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
SAR-KAR AND VICINITY. 
Sar-Kar is oq the western side of Prince of Wales Island, at the lower end of 
Shakhine Straits, above the village of Tuxecan, and about 40 miles from Klawak. 
The stream is claimed by Mr. Fred. Brockman, who lives here, operates a small saltery, 
and sells 11 sh fresh to Klawak cannery. The price varies, but about 4 cents is paid 
per fish, the cauuery steamer calling for them. Mr. Brockman salts a few humpback 
bellies (300 half-barrels in 1897) and such other fish as are not called for by the 
cannery steamer. The average number of fish delivered to Klawak from this stream is 
16,000 redfish and 9,300 cohoes. These numbers represent the capacity of the slTcaiu. 
The following is the record so far as it can be obtained : 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
1895. 
1896. 
1897. 
Eedfish. 
Cohoes. 
Dates. 
Number. 
Dates. 
Number. 
•Tilly /I to A iig", 4. . . 
6, 476 
6, 834 
11,555 
16, 267 
35,033 
24, 024 
9,797 
12, 678 
11, 636 
20, 480 
21, 667 
. June 28 to July 11 
. July 3 to Aug. 30 
Aug. 7 to Sept. 8 
14, 528 
. July C to Aug. 16 
. June 23 to Aug. 21 
. June 24 to Aug. 19 
. June 24 to July 30 
July 25 to Sept. 6 
Aug. 19 to Sept. 10 
July 27 to Aug. 23 
15, 331 
9, 033 
4, 700 
. '^iily 7 1*^ A iig, 2 
. J uiie 26 to Aug. 31 
. June 18 to Aug. 2 
. June 25 to Aug. 17 
July 21 to Sept. 4 
Aug. 2 to Sept. 2 
Aug. 17 to Sept. 1 
3, 830 
9, 643 
8, 207 
Warm Chuck is a stream in the vicinity of Tuxecan, and some years furnishes as 
many as 8,000 redfish. 
Tok-Hehe and Ka-Hehe are other small streams in the same locality, from which 
1,000 to 2,000 redfish were taken some years ago. 
Eeke, Sukkwan, Kassook, Klakas, and Hessa, from which some years ago fish 
were obtained for the Klawak cannery, have been described. 
The cannery steamer with a fishing crew visits the smaller streams in the vicinity 
where no regular fisheries are established and makes the catch by means of drag- 
seines. Traps have been tried in the inlet at Klawak; one was driven in 1897 at 
an expense of $2,000, but without success warranting the outlay. Gill nets have also 
been tried, but with very little success. 
REDFISH BAY. 
Eedfish Bay is on the western coast of Baranoff Island, about 58 miles south of 
Sitka. The head of the bay opens out and affords good anchorage for moderate-sized 
vessels, and at its extreme end is the cannery of the Baranott' Packing Company. 
This company built a cannery at the Kedoubt, about 12 miles below Sitka, in 1889, 
and operated it that year and in 1890. It was then moved to its present location on 
Eedfish Bay, making the first pack there in 1891. It has been operated every year 
since its organization, and has a capacity of 500 cases a day. 
In 1896 and 1897 the cannery employed 17 natives as fishermen, and 3 whites and 
31 Chinese in the cannery. They used 2 drag seines, 125 fathoms long, valued at 
$1.50 per fathom. One steamer, the Wigwam, of 24 net tons, with a crew of 5, and 
valued at $10,000, was employed. A chartered vessel transported the outfit iu the 
sjjring and the pack in the fall. Four seine boats were used, valued at $75 each. 
The cannery is valued at $12,000, which includes buildings and machinery. 
