The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-09-20
SE ALASKA
 FISH PACK
 IS A FLOP
1947 Season Lags 35O. 900 Gases Behind Canned
 Salmon Pack of '46

JAtiliOkt OEiN VI fC
 The canned salmon pack in South east Alaska is continuing to fall further and further behind that of last year according to the weekly pack report issued by the Regional Office of the U. s. Fish and Wild life Service. Tn the report for the previous week, the Southeast Alaska region was appror rimately 50.000 cases behind the report for last year at the same time but the current report shows an even greater differ ence. The difference between the two seasons is now over 350,ooO cases.
 The failure of the Southeast A. aska pack also shows up this week in the report for the total Alaska pack. Last week, the pack for this year was almost S000OO cases ahead of last year but this week it is now only about 100000 cases ahead of the 1946 season at this time of the year.
 The complete report for the week ending September 13. to date and by districts, is as follows:
 Southeast Alaska
 Ketchikan District-9,279 reds, 190 kings. 308,929 pinks, 88,l07 chums 22.o49 echoes, 42S,563 total, 700,170 last year.
 West Coast 4,649 reds, 1O3O39 rinks. 35,829 chuns, 12.958 echoes. l56,535 total, 294 $50 last year.
 ngen-Petersburg = 6,266 reds, 2,3o7ls kings. G9,344 pinks, 23,8O7i2 chums. lO,559ls cohces, 142,243l1 to- tai, 102.997 last year
 Eastern-5.342 reds, 51O kings, 38,- PIP pinks. 25,435 chums, 3,s6O echoes, 1859 total 57823 last year.
 Western 17666i2 reds, 7l1l3 kings, S7,390 pinks, 45,o16 chums, 11,9S6 echoes, 162,709 totals ITO ool's last year.
 Icy ssrait-6504 reds, 1ls kings. 3C,952 pinl5s, 14,49e chums. 3,O14 CO., hoes. 55,0S6 total 68,636 last year.
 Yakutat-5,611 reds, 158i2 kings 1,153 pinks, 142 chums, 1901 echoes, 3,965l2 total, 3,304 last year.
 Totals for Southeast Alsska-55,- 277Ia reds, 4,0O4ls kings, 669. .148 pinks, 2S2. .s34la chums, 6,426ia CO., hoes, 1O27691 total, 1,39S,301is last year.
 Central hiaska
 Copper River, fall season-20 reds. 18,604 echoes, 18,624 total, 22,835 total last year
 Copper River -30456 reds. 3,703 kings, 34, 169 total, 52,307 last year Resurrection Bay = 778 reds 670 pinks. 163 chums, 902 echoes, 2,513 total, 2,l18 last year
 Prince William Sound-13.803 reds, 162 kings, 379,943 pinks. 63,957 chums, 6,171 echoes, 464,O36 total, 413,49l last year.
 Cock Inlet = 1o0,714 reds, 32,902 kings, 27,6l2 pinks, 19,OO5 chums, 32, BOP echoes, 2i2.225 total, 230c90 last year.
 Kodiak-83,393 reds, 45 kings, 481,- 766 pinks, 21,S21 chums, 2,702 CO., hoes, 539,737 total, 649, ,537 last year. Chignik 146552 reds, 86 kings, 23,23l pinks, 5,164 chums, BPS CO., hoes, 175,361 total, 133243 last year. Alaska Peninsula. fall season-13 reds, BIC pinks, 2,294 chums, 64 CO., hoes, 2,e37 total
 Alaska Peninsula -83 IA reds, 46l kings, 1l5.341 pinks, 61,853 chums, 3,930 echoes. s264,e99 total 220,329 last year
 Totals for Central Alaska-459,l53 reds. 35,549 kings, 1,028,889 pinks, 174,257 chuIns. 65,5o3 echoes, 1,764,- 5JI total, 1,724,24O last year.
 Western Alaska
 Port Moller-25 ,632 reds, 72 kings, 2 pinks, 6046 chunls, 8 echoes, 31,- BIO tctal, 47,139 last year.
 Yukon 9,704 kings. 9,704 total.
 Bristol Bay-1. .332, ,542 reds, 4o05l3 kings, 34,e17i3 chums, 792 echoes, I.372,257 total, e47,325 last year.
 Bristol Bay, fall-279i2 reds, 15 chun.s, $50 echoes, 1,124l2 total, l. 289 last year.
 Total for Western Alaska ,358,- 5O34s reds, l3,791ia kings. pinks, 4O,978i4 cilunls, 1,630 echoes, 1,414,- 89515. total, 695. .753 last year.
 Total for Alaska ,872 ,934 reds, 54,335 kings. 1.698O39 pinks. 448070 chums, l33. .5591a echoes, 4,206937i2 i2 total, 3,316,2941s last year.