466 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Fisheries of the coastal district of Washington, 1937—Continued 
CATCH: By GEAR—Continued 





Species Traps, crab Bree ue and Shovels 
SHELLFISH Pounds | Value Pounds Value Pounds Value 
Grabs ee = 2 ee ee T8100 00) \3b1 50 OG =e | See ee |e eae 
Clams\raz one. == Soe | ee ae eee eee fed he deed 424, 200 $79, 843 
Oysters, market: ® 
Masterm:2--- 4 .-+---sssssss2 2025 -|) Se eee 800 $300), 6. eee re) 
Japanese. = 222222). 2 ee aS. ae eee 7, 082, 000 495; 739 .\\3_ oes Se eee 
INativeli: te. t+. 2S. oe ast sol ee eee 38, 500 IS950))|-3. = 2 ere nee se 
Mo valle likes 2 Re Sees 1,875, 700 | 150,056 | 7,086,300 | 497,989 | 424, 200 79, 843 




1 Fished by Indians on their reservations. 
2 Statistics on the catch of salmon except those taken by troll lines are reported to the State in number rather 
than pounds. The factors used in the above table for converting number of salmon to weight in pounds 
were as follows: Blueback, red, or sockeye, 5 pounds; chinook or king, 20.78 pounds; chum or keta, 11.09 
pounds; silver or coho, 10 pounds; and steelhead trout, 9 pounds. 
3 Steelhead trout shown in this table were taken on Indian reservations. 
4 The weight of crabs shown is based on an average of 22 pounds per dozen. 
5 whe weight of razor clams shown is in pounds of edible meats, based on a yield of 42 percent of the round 
weight. 
6 The statistics on oysters used in this table are based on a yield of 12 percent of edible meats for Japanese 
and native oysters and 13 percent for eastern oysters. 
Fisheries of the Columbia River district of Washington, 1937 
OPERATING UNITS: By GEAR 





Haul | Gill net Sia setnais 
a NCS, | aaa exclusive 
Item seines drift Dip nets | oF dupli- 
Trawl Troll cation 
and set 
Fishermen: Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number 
Onivessels: a2 S22 2s Son hae Se ee | ee ee | ere 7 18iq|(se- -- eee 25 
On boats and shore- - _---_---_ ae 3 631 69 52 222 888 
ALOT Al mete at eee cae ne oe Nene 3 631 76 70 222 913 
Vessels, motor: 
SRUOPLOMLONIS 2 yee ten tate ee 7 
11 to 20 tons 3 
21 to 30 tons 1 
SNe LS Se SN Se eae ee ee 11 
Net tonnage 113 
Boats 
NIG) #0) os Se oe Ce eS hc Ge 1 471 55 30 112 619 
CON si) es Seer es es ee ee ae Lip) 14 he ee the VG) ee eee 22 
Apparatus: 
INTMber= = =, e Sees ee 1 471 349 195 222) || cxeemeplgs spt 
iLeng th syards i ee | by (eee (eee, | Pee oe er eee Ae Se Sees 
Squareuyards + 935 ts. 7 aja Sige eae es yee 1303) 728" || ES Bee eae ee Eee eee eee 
IVOOKS == Se we ee se Se a Si Ee a1 a rn 17, 680 862 | Ee ee 





