The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01
The Fisheries of Alaskan Waters
 ONE OF ALASKA'S GREATEST
 INDUSTRIES L. ANDREWS
BY C. l.. ANDREWS

: scattered over the waters from Port land Canal to Bristol Bay.
 The earliest run is on Prince William Sound and to the south east along the coast. The king
 'a.mon appears at his feeding i grounds. along shore, early in June in fact the king may be taken by . :, bling at almost any time of year. Later in the year the Silver Sal !non and the Sockcye, and still l later the IIumpback and the Chums seek their breeding grounds in the fresh water streams. Every noun tan torrent that drops into the sea becomes alive with the thousands { Of live. struggling beauties. striv- ing to reach place 10 perform tho greatest mission of their lives the perpctuation of their species The strcaIhs are lined with them swimming, leaping and striving up
 wards toward the upper waters, while along the banks every enemy Of their race congrcgates to prey on the passing horde.
 Bears Of all kinds watch at the rifles or wade out into the stream, raking the living fish ashore to be ] devourcd at leisure. Whiteheaded eagles. by the hundreds, perch on the tree tops and watch the fish approach the surface when a swift drop from their perch brings the struggling prey dripping from the water to provide meal for the ] fierce peaked. dOwny coated eagiets waiting in the rough nest in the : top of some giant spruce. Along the Shallows hundreds of gulls seek. ing for some weak, spent, wayfareI to get stranded by the tide so they can tear his eyes from his head, then 1 feast on the carcass.
 But chief among the thronging enemies. are men who stretch their nets in the passages, anchor their traps off the points. and flash their trolls on the surface until fortu , nate indeed is the silver sided beauty that can glide into the quiet pool of the upper waters, where il
 can make its nest to place its eggs
 in peace. and, when the office of
 fertilization is completed, cover them and leave them for nature to pro
 vide for the coming years.
 Five different kinds of salmon ire quent the waters of Alaska, the king
 or spring salmon, the red or sock
 eye. the Cohoe or silver, the hump
 back or pink, and the chum or dog
 salmon. The largest of these is the
 king, and the most beautiful in form
 is the silver. There are other names
 for all these kinds. especially for
 the king who is known as the tyee,
 the chinoock, etc. and the Russians
 brought with them from Sibe'ia oth.
 CT names by which they designated
 them, as the "Kisutch," the "Gor.
 busha," etc. These names are still
 used. scientifically. as q designation
 of the different species.
 Many theories are extant as to the
 life.history of the salmon, which
 leaves the fresh water as soon as ) 1t is able, and remains in the salt of the ocean until 1t returns to prop ogate it's species. Various periods
 are assigned for the time that elapses before it returns, and when 1t makes its way back it is pre- , sumed to seek the stream of its ma tivlty. This is not entirely correct the stream contiguous to it's salt l, water feeding ground, and that may vary from a few miles to a far dis B tance. When the reproductive in