. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1954 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 23 The program has the backing of the fishermen and canners, as well as that of the Department of the Interior. The 1954 pack in southeastern Alaska came to 1, 124, 715 cases as compared with a pack of 977, 682 cases last year. The central Alaska pack was 1, 330, 620 cases as against 1,350,589 cases in 1953. In western Alaska the pack was 389, 972 cases as compared to 533,996 cases last year. Bristol Bay had good runs of red salmon this year in two districts, and poor to fair runs in the other two, a
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1954 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 23 The program has the backing of the fishermen and canners, as well as that of the Department of the Interior. The 1954 pack in southeastern Alaska came to 1, 124, 715 cases as compared with a pack of 977, 682 cases last year. The central Alaska pack was 1, 330, 620 cases as against 1,350,589 cases in 1953. In western Alaska the pack was 389, 972 cases as compared to 533,996 cases last year. Bristol Bay had good runs of red salmon this year in two districts, and poor to fair runs in the other two, as an- ticipated. In the latter case, a greater proportion of the runs was permitted to escape. This should result in larger re- turns in the next cycle. In central Alaska, runs were about normal with good packs and escapements of pinks and chums at Kodiak. Red salm- on runs, however, were only fair, with poor runs at Chignik reported. The Copper River red salmon pack, though, was the largest on Lowering sockeye salmon to hold of buyer. The complete closure of Prince William Sound resulted in near optimum escape- ments of pink salmon. If survival is good, this fishery should be normal in 1956. Restrictions in southeastern Alaska, whereby large bays were closed to seining, and trap potential was cut by 50 percent, resulted in generally good early escape- ments of pinks. The later pink runs, however, were small and 4 to 7 days addition- al closures had to be applied. This is expected to result in considerably better es- capements than in the parent year of 1952. California REDUCTION OF SARDINES NOT PERMITTED: Sardine reduction applications of 40 fish processors were turned down by the California Fish and Game Commis- sion at its last meeting, a June news release from that Agency points out. This is the second straight year that all applications to reduce California sar- dines into commercial oils and meal have been refused by the State. Reduction of whole fish is the only
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