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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSSON. 
The Bering Sea season is short, and the pack must be made in from three to five 
weeks. The cans are usually carried to the canneries made up, and when the fish are 
running, work is continued day and night. The operations are carried on with no little 
danger. The tide rushes in and out of the head of Bristol Bay with great velocity, 
and in the estuaries bores are formed, which have caused the loss of a number of lives. 
After the pack is completed much difficulty is frequently experienced in loading it on 
the transiiorting vessel, on account of the strong currents and bad weather. 
The Albatross visited the Nushagak in 1890, and spent some time there. The four 
canneries were in operation that year, and the Fish Commission report for 1889-1891 
gives considerable information as to the fisheries of the region, on i)ages 284-287. 
