The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-24
SALMON RUN ! NOW AHEAD
 OF YEAR AGO j
Olson Says Reds Not as Plentiful as Expected
 King Run Good


 1s41 Alaska Salmon pack is ahead of the 1940 pack at this date, it was announced tody by the office of Clarence Olson, fisheries man. agement supervisor.
 At the same time, Olson, return from an inspection trip to tn e Westward with w. E. Crouch, of the Fish and Wildlife Service, said the salmon run in that section, as well as in all of Alaska, is not as gcod as had been expected for this year. af
 Olson said, however, that the king salmon run in the Cook Inlet district is very good".
 J. Steele Culbertsonb Assistant Supervisor of Fisheries Manage ment left Juneau today for week of inspection in the Ketchikan section.
 A highlight of the pack report all cannerieS, as of last Saturday, showed the red run in the Bristol Bay area ahead of last year for the first time in the 1941 season. The report showed a total of 584, 514 cases of salmon packed up to Saturday by Bristol Bay canneries, # which 538,551 cases were reds. This compared with total of only 436,371 cases of fish packed at the same time year ago on Bristol Bay. On the other hand, it was pointed out, there are Is can neries operating on Bristol Bay this year, as compared to oniy eight plants packing fish there year ago.
 Tn the entire Territory, the re- port showed a total of 1,555,057 cases in the cans last Saturday. against only 1,388,998 cases on the same date year ago.
 A final report on the Copper River fishing showed 34.368 cases of reds and 4,2a2 cases of kings packed there, for a total of 3S,65o cases of fish, against 38,929 cases in the Copper River Region last year. Copper River fisherma'l have moved their operations to the Prince William Sound district The report of all eases canned up to last Saturday showed: asa 2. Southeastern Alaska Ketchikan. 2,836 casee of reds, 26 cases of kings, 6o,504 cases. of oinks, 2.044 cases of chu.ns, 1,533 cases of echoes; total of 66,943 cases as compared to 17,095 cases l year ago. ia
 West Coast, four cases Of kings, l8 cases of pinks, 2200 cases of echoes; a total Of 2,3o2 cases. ? Wrangell- 3,251 cases )f reds, seven cases of kings; 43, ,789 cases of pinks, 6,647 cases Of chums, 1913 cases of echoes; total of 39,707 cases of salmon, against 1880 cases, a year ago.
 Eastern, 3,775 cases of reds, TOT eases of kings, 40,65o cases of pinks, 22,172 cases of chums, 6,100 cases cf echoes, for total of 72,804 cases, against 41,528 cases a year ago. Western, 6,492 cases of reds, 285 cases of kings, s56,1 ,151 cases of pinks, 30,585 cases of chums, 8,165 cases of 3ohoes; for total of 1O1 ,678 cases, against 76,288 cases a year ago
 Icy Straits, 4,863 cases of reds. POS cases of kings, 42,591 cases of pinks, 10,903 cases of chums, 3,692 cases of echoes; for total of s2, 254 cases, against 53,837 cases a year ago! .seIS Yakutat, 12,786 cases of reds. 756 cases of kings, 423 cases of pinks. two cases of ehurns; for total of 13,967 cases, against 13,5O4 cases a year ago. s
 In the. entire of Southeastern Alaska, 39,O03 cases of reds, 1890 cases of kings, 244,126 cases of pinks, 72,353 cases of chums, 22,783 cases of echoes; for a total of 379, S55 cases, compared to 244,082 cases year ago. sr A 2
 Central Alaska
 Copper. River (fina1 report after closing of season., 34,368 cases of reds, 4,282 cases of kings; for a total of 38,650 cases, against 38,929 cases a year ago. M
 Prince William Sound, 2,193 cases of reds, 76 cases Of kings, 37,69i cases of pinks, 166,513 cases, against l23, ,256 cases a year ago.
 Cook Inlet, 48,461 cases of reds, 25,759 cases of kings, f0,O40 cases of pinks, H,540 cases of chums, l6,568 cases of echoes: for a total of l18,368 cases, against 2l1,8 ,829 cases year ago.
 Kodiak, 37,572 cases of reds, AS cases of kings, 42,267 cases of pinks, 13,423 cases of chums, 487 cases of echoes; for a total of 94,197 cases. Last year at this time, no fish had been packed on Kodiak because os fishermen's strike.
 Chignik, 31,963 cases of reds, 276 cases of kings. 3,702 cases of pinks. 9,552 cases of chuns, 538 cases Of echoes; for a total of 46,032 cases. as compared to 28.441 cases a year