PACIFIC COAST: OREGON. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and i-aluea of the products. 



625 



a Including enhancement in the value of salmon in process of canning, $1,011,422. 



222. THE FISHERIES OF THE OREGON COAST. 



GENERAL STATEMENT. The fisheries of the coast counties of Oregon have as yet very little 

 importance. The coast line is little indented by bays and is therefore iu itself unfavorable for 

 fishing. There is, moreover, no available market for any fish taken, except- salted or canned salmon. 

 The various tribes of Indians along the coast derive much of their support from fishing, but no 

 statistics are obtainable. A single salmon cannery is now in operation in this region, at Eogue's 

 River, and salmon are salted on some of the other streams. With these exceptions there is no 

 systematic fishing anywhere on the coast of Oregon south of the Columbia River, the salmon 

 fisheries of which are very important. These will be described in detail in the chapter on the 

 " Salmon fishing and canning interests of the Pacific coast." The entire salmon catch of the coast, 

 including that of Rogue's River, excluding the fish taken by the Indians, will not vary very far 

 from 1,000,000 pounds. In the report of the river fisheries of the State will be found some items 

 upon the bays and fisheries at mouths of rivers. 



D. WASHINGTON TERRITORY AND ITS FISHERY INTERESTS. 



223. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION OF THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Detailed statement of (.apital invested and apparatus employed. 



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