10 SALMON GEAR LIMITATION 



1. Measures adopted by other states for the regulation of fish- 

 eries, including the interpretive decisions where there were 

 features of interest to this project. 



2. All regulatory measures and applicable decisions of the State 

 of Washington pertaining to the regulation of fisheries. 



3. Applicable provisions of the Canada-United States treaty, 

 operation of the treaty Commission, and recommendations 

 of the Commission. 



4. Constitutional limitations upon legislative licensing of other 

 occupations, as the features of that regulation might bear 

 upon the regulation of fishermen. 



5. Decisions of the Washington court with reference to equal 

 protection and due process limitations upon legislative regu- 

 lation of economic activity. 



6. "Buy-back" as within the concept of public use or public 

 purpose under the terms of the Washington constitution. 



From this study and from other material, the legal analysis 

 section of this report has been drafted. 



II. TRENDS IN PRODUCTIVITY OF PUGET SOUND 



SALMON 



Complete fisheries statistical reports are prepared annually by 

 the Department of Fisheries of the State of Washington. We will 

 include here only sufficient information to point out the importance 

 of the fisheries in the State of Washington and the relative magnitude 

 of the Puget Sound salmon catches compared to other species. 

 Reference should be made to Robison, Ward, and Palmen, 1962. 



In most years, salmon provide about one-quarter of the total 

 poundage of fish and shellfish landed in the State of Washington, 

 and their value comprises almost one-half of the total value to the 

 fisherman. A record landing in 1958 brought 26 million dollars 

 in payments to the fishermen. Of this total, almost 15 million dollars 

 was paid to fishermen for salmon. In this same year, the value to 

 the fishermen of salmon from the Puget Sound and Strait of Juan 

 de Fuca area was 12 million dollars (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4 for recent 

 trends in catch value to the fishermen and processed value of Wash- 

 ington State landings of salmon, halibut, and bottom fish). 



