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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IK 1909. 
however, to compare this height of the salmon run with the so-called 
“ height of the season ” among the fur-seal rookeries on the Pribilof 
Islands, which occurs about the same time, marking the high tide in 
the rookery life of the season. 
^There were two well-recognized runs on the bay, the first occurring 
July 3 and the second July 11. In each case the run was heavy for 
the time being, but dwindled rapidly, leaving the canneries after a 
few days of good fishing to “ scrape ” for the rest .of the season. The 
daily tally at the salmon rack shows that these two runs remained 
distinctly separate when the fish reached the lake. Stragglers only 
were passing the rack up to July 5, and on that date the first run in 
force arrived at the lake. This run, though falling rapidly, lasted 
three days. After an interval during which few fish arrived, the 
vanguard of the second run reached the lake late on the 12th and was 
in full force on the 13th. It lasted about a week, subsiding more 
slowly and gradually than the first run. In each case the run passed 
from the lower bay to the lake within two days, while in 1908 it is 
certain that from six to nine days were consumed by the head of the 
main run in making the same trip. 
Daily Tally of Redfish into Lake Aleknagik, Alaska, during the Season 
of 1909. 
June 28 
18 
July 
17 
42, 004 
June 29 
20 
July 
18 
38, 050 
June 30 
425 
July 
19 
17, 960 
July 1 
„ 1, 261 
July 
20 
10, 826 
July 9 
809 
July 
July 
21 
8, 150 
July 3 
485 
22 
2, 497 
July 4 
1, 583 
July 
23 
3, 139 
July 5 
54, 135 
July 
24 
3, 000 
July 6 
43, 010 
July 
25 
8, 088 
July 7 
29, 319 
July 
26 
4, 390 
July 8 
4, 555 
July 
27 
5, 193 
July 9 
3, 408 
July 
28 
1, 142 
July 10 
11, 340 
July 
29 
395 
July 11 
586 
July 
30 
39 
July 12 
28, 299 
July 
31 
607 
July 13 
100, 350 
August 1 
358 
July 14 
July 15 
189, 610 
177, 002 
Total 
893, 244 
July 16 
101, 191 
Significance of the figures . — The count in Wood River shows an 
enormous falling off in the spawming run as compared with the pre- 
ceding season — 893,000 as against 2,600,000. The catch of the fisher- 
men on the whole bay likewise fell off, but to no such extent — 
