CONTENTS 



Page. 



Summarized statistics. 7 



Persons engaged 7 



Investment 8 



Products 9 



The salmon industry 12 



Plants in operation 13 



Disasters 14 



Hatcheries 15 



Statistics 17 



Catch 17 



Canning 19 



Pickling 23 



Mild curing 26 



Minor preserving processes 27 



Fishery notes 28 



King-salmon fishery 28 



' ' WTiite water " 31 



Fish wheels 31 



Hook-and-line fishing for spawning salmon 32 



Trolling for coho salmon 32 



Fishing laws and their enforcement 33 



Indictments and complaints 33 



Pollution of waters -• 35 



Waste in preparing salmon bellies 36 



Observations in Wood River 37 



Closing of streams to commercial fishing 37 



Experimental count of Wood River run 38 



Salmon-marking experiments 57 



Return of salmon marked at Fortmann hatchery 57 



Examination of salmon for natural marks 58 



The cod fishery 59 



The halibut fishery 62 



The herring fishery 65 



Fertilizer and oils 65 



The whale fishery 66 



Aquatic furs 71 



Miscellaneous aquatic products and resources 74 



Recommendations 77 



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