FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1939 
483 
Fisheries of the Puget Sound district of Washington, 1938 
OPERATING UNITS: By GEAR 

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Purse seines 







| Gill nets 


Lines 


















iar : Haul | Pound | Brush 
| Pilch- | seines Trawl, nets? | weirs 
| Salmon} ard or Drift Set 2 |set,and| Troll 
| sardine! hand 
Fishermen: (Nt Number| Number} Number| Number| Number| Number| Number| Number 
Wnevessels:ess- 52 ee 1, 724 485 Ch eee lee SE 1, 227 312" ao oe | ree ee 
On boats and shore_____ Gv) | a Sane 408 484 5 305 124 4 4 
ATO) FM Se AT a Foaey | 1, 776 485 452 484 5 1, 582 436 4 4 
i = ee Sl EOS OOOO SS OOO eS 
Vessels: 
INT GEOR t22— epee ea oe 216 46 1 147 AGG | see eal eee a 
Bad Net tonnage_______- 4,732 | 2, 263 68 4: 272: || 1, 2640| a ee ae Ree 
LEM eg eh es AS TUS Bes eS Oly | 2 ee eee | (| (nl Yl ee | ee ee 
NEC LONE Sena. haem eee ee eae a 142) || safe oo ee en 
Total vessels_____- 216 46 2) 1 pe (at 150 166i | on es Saree 
Total net tonnage_| 4,732 | 2,763 (ail et 2 Po e e 9; 693) |" 152645 | eases | ease 
Boats: at 
INC OCOD Se ee eee 11 Soh eee 114 452 5 80 83 2 2 
CQ) Ys Se Re i | Es wc tee 6 GB ence ees ee ree 14)" Se ees | eee eae 2 
Accessory Doats= = 6 = 229 abigie! ook Sea Se 62) )| ss. 5 —- |= eo | eee 
Apparatus: 
INtmper 2222-2 ee 229 46 177 452 5 | 26, 655 1, 245 2 4 
Wengeb Wardsessaeo.cse ZBI DOS SOU eld, Ol Sia eset ene ee oe ee fe ee ered | ne | 
Square yards__._______- ee SE a ee a 682,020), |- 1, 2003) S222 <= | ee | eee ee 
18 (ovo) cee EO I | S| SS | eee AE nee ee ee Ree 2-5 ali sO) Sal as ad oe S| EE ee 
| Foe a s Traps Tongs Tom, 
: Dip ee eam tter ani apa : 
Item nets nets | trawls | trawls |. rakes, |SHovels | sive of 
| | ; oyster dupli- 
| Crab |Octopus cation 
Fishermen: Number | Number | Number | Number! Number| Number | Number | Number | Number 
Ontwessels=4 2-2. b= [a et |----p--- 15 190 ay | Bae He) SS eed | eee 3, 547 
On boats and shore_____| 14 296 9 9 81 15 149 476 2, 130 
HULBU Sse ee eo | 34 296 24 199 83 15 149 476 | 5, 677 
Vessels: | 
MICTIO) Bae tl (NS Se ee ee peers Se 5 § ES ees |e eee oS 573 
Net tonnage -~_--_- ee See ers See 43 | 1,057 ON Be eee | eee 12, 002 
SHEE hg ag eg a ere eS (Sap Sa es SB phe ee eh es Ee eek So) Ss ees 
Net tonnage ______- ek ES Sl RS EP =| ee Ee ee eee) Seen nee eal Seen one 1, 421 
al serine 
Total vessels_____- Sis | bes 5 58 ie pan rete Ns stat | Pah 576 
Total net tonnage_|______-_|__-_---- 43 | 1,057 Q) fet 2 | ee ee ae 13, 423 
Boats: iam 
Midtarsy. <h6s “epee 22) ys J Vance! Jeu 3 3 67 10 BY (al eae oe 769 
LORE ye sea MS as aa he it Seat | “Nise Soyapd | HAST ca pelos en cee 14 5 105) | aa 444 
mocessory Doats= =) leeeceeee|e ac ese|| eee ese eee tee teste eee eel [peso scen|leorescn= 321 
Apparatus: | 
Mumibers tet 14 | 74 8 61 | 2.673 270 149 ATG ere 
Yards at mouth ________ eee es | Ried Zeke 53 915; la 25 | a Pee | eee eee 
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1 Operated in the Washington coast, Oregon, and California pilchard or sardine fishery. See separate 
sections for catch statistics. 
in California. 
Of the total vessels, 15 operated in the pilchard or sardine fishery exclusively 
These vessels also engaged in the halibut and salmon fisheries from Puget Sound earlier in 
the year. The remaining vessels operated in the Northwest pilchard or sardine fishery, as well as 
in California. 
2 Fished only on Indian reservations. 
