490 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Fisheries of the coastal district of Oregon, 1938 
OPERATING UNITS: By GEar 



| Gill nets Lines 

Purse! ‘Tongs Total, 
seines exclu- 
Apa ete MET ATI = ——| Otter | Traps,] and | Shov-| ~ 
Item ae seines Trawl trawls| erab |rakes,| els sive of 
2 Drift | Set Troll oyster upil- 
sardine and set cation 




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Fishermen: Number} ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber 
On vessels_______ 1 [laa es (| een 8 55 3 39 |= see a gl 
On boats and 
SHorebsusesa ede 24 502 296 39 1 yf eae ae 292 23 276) 1, 440 
Motalvas ts = 12 24 502 296 47 172 3 330 23 276; 1, 531 
Vessels, motor______- i ieee eee semen ee 2 21 1 UG | ie = S| See 30 
Net tonnage_____ TN OY ae a Ree ee | 24 198 15 175) eer as Tee 381 
Boats: 
INGotore S255 ae |e Bee 8 437 189 35! 10s |===- oe 286 Glee ee 947 
Others ee 0-3 | 2a aa ae Tis Ser eee ee Oe 9 28 114 
Accessory boats____- TU Re po hae ae rete Ie 2 eR FSS eS | RS 2 eee eee 1 
Apparatus: 
Number 3=2==- 1 8 437 859 361 650 1] 19, 825 23 2:16 eee 
Length, yards ___ 470} 1, 336 Me iat eet te ee hs (PE BN) SS | [ee | Woe ane ane ee | ene Ce 
Squarepyardss 5 |= Bees eae G1 557831009 .240 |b soe Oe ROD lie eee | oe | ee 
NEHA Sy eeM aa Ve aS eo | ee 6 Se 20 |e | Ee eee eee 
HELO O Kiger Be ls oe 2 9/860 ef 2B UG |e ste | Rs oa | ee | 










1 In addition there was a combined fleet of 37 Washington, Columbia River district of Oregon, and Cali- 
fornia purse seine vessels operated in the Oregon Coast pilchard or sardine fishery. These vessels were 
manned by a total crew of 357 fishermen and had an aggregate tonnage of 2,274 net tons. Of the total vessels, 
1 was from the Columbia River district of Oregon, 16 from Washington, and 20 from California. 21 of these 
craft were duplicated in the Washington Coast pilchard fishery. For detailed statistics regarding the opera- 
ting units in this fishery, refer to the gear tables in the Oregon Columbia River, Washington, and California 
sections of this report. 
CATCH: BY GEAR 












1 
5 : on Lines 
A urse seines, cian ntt 8 ill nets, he Lu eo 
Species pilchard ! Haul seines drift and set 
Trawl and set 
eee poe i 5 = Then aS TG 
FISH | 
Flounders: Pounds Value | Pounds| Value | Pounds | Value | Pounds| Value 
CS] (Sie Ps ae es Cole ee S| 5 oo | ee Ee RD 700 $21 
OPN eRe er | eB 4, 500 $112 2, 900 S73n Ese |e 
2S EN oyb i avant el ets RE TY ES a ee Sere ad |e = ae IE ee eee es 81, 000 4, 908 
18 (ely cil of Ae etree nae ea ee an ena ene ol Le eee 25, 500 SOs = = ens | ene [ofc oases Een tented 
WANE COG = — See Se Es |e ee Ne a Oae aan ean ee Oe one eee ee 34, 500 925 
Perches oat Nee a Ea | ee eee eee EAE oa 4, 200 COA em see jst apa | sc a Be 
Pilchard or sardine____________ S4NOS5N700N SI Sze 1 OG r= 2) |S eee. |). eet allel yd ae t 
TEG(L Chats aes eee ta am Pe Te Na | PERRO te a BE oe | 8, 300 217 
Sablefishs wy: sie). Sad s8 2 pus SN gE SMe Se fae | ee ae gas feed See ee jee 100 2 
Salmon: | 
Chingokonkin gee as ee | eeyeeernees eee or ral ee ee TOLSTSOOT Bio hag ae | see cee 
@husaoreke taz2kes. 555 aire ae Ny a Syed ia! ee ae 8438005) WZNG5 72) ees Seer ee = 
Hilmersonicolro 252s so ye a | ee RE | Sepia | 8 else 3, 257, 200 
Shaditesit. eee et eis eee eh ee Sele Ca 288, 100 
Sime]its meer) Se Se S| ae ree Se) See A eee 1, 000 
Steelheagtinoub- 2.2) 2. 62 a ee eee [peesecee|saeraes 220, 500 
Stripedtinass Nis: eves ee re eee a ees | es ears | Sees ee aerers 44, 100 
SGT gerne es he SS as a ER i ee | Se S| a 2, 800 
ES Rie ll RES ie |S | 
No taleeeseUs* Ft ene UA 34, 035, 700 |187, 196 | 34, 200 | 587 5,679, 700 |247,074 |124, 600 6, 073 




1 The Oregon coast pilchard fishery was prosecuted almost entirely by Washington and California purse- 
seine vessels. See separate sections for data on operating units in this fishery. 
