486 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Fisheries of the coastal district of Washington, 1938 
OPERATING UNITS: By GEAR! 













Gill nets Tongs ae Fousl, 
Haul |————————| Lines, | Dip | Traps,| and FEGBs = || 
Item seines troll | nets | crab | rakes, oe be Shovels Alt 
: A 7 2 
Drift Set oyster cation 
Fishermen: Number|Number| Number| Number\|Number|Number| Number | Number | Number\| Number 
Onbvesselst2-- | a | a on eer OFS enews tet Gt | Ser nes Siiaaen see 103 
On boats and 
Sshoresee === 22 263 120 162 76 58 253it| 2 4, 453 5, 134 
Totaless--- == 22 263 120 257 76 64 253 8 | 4,453 PPR 
Vessel Simo tones. | see See eee 7K eee Si eee V4 pias 72 
INet Tonnage sos | 2a en | see ae Ob 2 eee sss 20) Set eee we 132) 2 saps ee 565 
Boats: 
VO LOD sae eee | pee 217 35 13 9p eee = re 46 TA*)| 2 _ 20 patty a 466 
Other==s- 2225-22 LN Eee es 80) ie se [47 | eat eE 157 ye) eve Oe os 243 
Apparatus: 
Number- ------ 4 PAN 120 |* 1,045 76 | 3,185 220 4 giles a5 oul ete 
Length, yards_- 28 (ia | Sere eat | ee oes eee Eee Se 72 ee ne ee ee 
Square yards-__|_------- 41853763 5265500)\) eee se PS oo eee oe] eet ee SER ee De eee 
WavcrGisy are 
110 U1 Gee | eee | ee | eee eee S| eee ee a an i ee eee 
ERGO KS ee | es | eee ee | a Ax102. |. 2-2 |isza ht a os - = | ee eee | ee 
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1 In addition a combined fleet of 48 Puget Sound, Oregon, and California purse seine vessels operated in the 
Washington coast pilchard fishery. These vessels were manned by a total of 491 fishermen and had an 
aggregate capacity of 2,954 net tons. Of the total vessels 26 were from Puget Sound, | from Oregon, and 21 
from California. Twenty-one of these vessels were duplicated in the Oregon coast pilchard fishery. For 
detailed statistics regarding the operating unitsin this fishery, refer to the gear tables in the Puget Sound, 
Oregon and California sections of this report. 
2 Fished by Indians on reservations. 
CATCH: BY GEAR 





















| 3 Gill nets 
Species Purse seines ; Haul seines =p 
Drift Set! 
: ee a | ee | ee 
Volta Pounds Value | Pounds) Value | Pounds | Value | Pounds | Value 
Pilcharcvonsandines es leoe. obs SO00 MI S20 oles. a2 sil eee Sees [pe oe 2 | es | eee eee ee 
Salmon: ? 
Blueback, red, or sock- 
eye eee Se ee eee Pe |e eee (nee een | ee eee 601, 000 | $70, 918 
@inGo kAOrIK ee |e ren rae | ee ee aes eee __| 652,800 |$30,029 | 159, 900 4, 797 
(G@UIMON Ke Lae es eee oe ee eee ee see ee SAE Ses 955, 400 | 20,063 | 367, 800 7, 356 
SSlyelORCONO = eee ae ee en ne 582, 600 | 29,130 | 440,200 | 17,608 
Smeltsuntionsilvers-22-- 22 |2--2--- 82-25 |== 2 265200 S145 725 Ses aes Sak | eis ene eee | 
rece hatee ea CLG re pgs ae | er | eee me re fo S| ee | ee 36, 000 3, 600 
SUE. 6 ot see S| REP ee eeeae Steet ad So eeaes |aaeee ae 12;,000)|) WHO805 |= 22 os) ee 
MOtalee as cere as 52, 965, 800 | 291,312 | 26,200 | 1,572 |2, 202,800 | 80,302 |1, 604,900 | 104, 279 
\ | 
Species Lines, troll] Dip nets Otter trawls 
FISH Pounds Value Pounds | Value | Pounds; Value 
loungers) SOle Ys a2 Be sees ONS ee eee = 100 SAM ENO TSRY Wink eee 4, 600 $185 
PTA Date ee eae soe Ae ee 7, 200 FAQ YSN OE ea ERE Se Ee | eee 
COT ING COC geen a es een 74, 100 DTG QE ET Ip «AON EY AOS TERA INE 28 | CORE BIR 
UO CRIS CS See teee oe ee 52 ee ee 7, 100 1: i (SS SS See ee eh eles 
Rablefish!s ase eee Ger ESO Bie Ae ae ease | sae nent Souee (ee OSS oe ee eee 700 14 
Salmon: ? " 
@hinookor king? 232225. eee eee TROLS, 8007/9 FL30)40 1] _ Se Le | I | ee 
Silivenj On COD 0 "== eee anne eee ee 668, 800 42.469) | 2. 2 So On es oe 
Smeltzsurfior silvers: . =_ =... - eeeae | PS  UEE =e Set ou 2318 900M IS 74444 Se 
Tuma MalDACOles sons == ee ee ee Zr201 G00) s1OL 132) ee es | Se | eee 
Moths sso 220 22 2S 2 2o ee aan oe aeeeasocste= 4,023,700 | 275,722 | 231,900 | 7,444 | 5,300 199 





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: Biueback, red, or sockeye, 5 pounds; chinook or king, 22.53 pounds: chum or keta,. 
11.13 pounds; silver or coho, 11.06 pounds; and steelhead trout, 9 pounds. 
3 Steelhead trout shown in this tahle were taken on Indian reservations. 
