FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 59 
FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON. 
The fisheries of Washington in 1915 were more extensive than 
those of Oregon and California combined. The number of persons 
employed was 14,645, of whom 3,655 were on vessels fishing, 380 on 
vessels transporting fishery products, 5,481 in the shore or boat 
fisheries, and 5,129 on shore in canneries and other fishery industries. 
The investment amounted to $14,129,553, which includes 472 
fishing vessels valued at $2,194,660, with a net tonnage of 11,363 
tons, and outfits valued at $578,825; 140 transporting vessels, 
valued at $689,248, with a net tonnage of 2,213 tons, and outfits 
valued at $68,895; 299 scows, valued at $142,660, with a net ton- 
nage of 7,258 tons; 1,567 gasoline boats, valued at $645,480; 2,581 
sail and other boats, valued at $96,515; fishing apparatus employed 
on vessels to the value of $308,485; fishing apparatus employed on 
boats to the value of $1,475,186; shore ee accessory property 
valued at $7,386,599; and cash capital amounting to $543,000. 
The products amounted to 159,053,778 pounds, valued at 
$5,320,725, credited to the different districts as follows: Puget 
Sound, 84,204,558 pounds, valued at $2,095,547; Columbia River 
and tributaries, 15,796,175 pounds, valued at $496,339; Grays 
Harbor, 5,159,682 pounds, valued at $154,505; Willapa Harbor, 
2,800,074 pounds, valued at $178,557; and the Pacific Ocean and 
other waters, 51,209,557 pounds, valued at $2,405,155. The catch of 
salmon, including steelhead, amounted to 91,130,492 pounds, valued 
at $2,330,474; halibut, 40,590,705 pounds, valued at $2,041,279; cod, 
5,520,309 pounds, valued at-$181,355; grayfish, 7,093,996 pounds, 
valued at $15,959; smelts, 2,158,371 pounds, valued at $25,333; 
crabs, 1,734,410 pounds, valued at $54,526; and oysters, eastern and 
native, 740,215 pounds, or 105,745 bushels, valued at $398,945. 
The whale products included whale oil, 2,635,125 pounds, valued at 
$112,851; whalebone, 6,000 pounds, valued at $4,200; and other 
products amounting to 1,292,000 pounds, valued at $24,390. 
Compared with the returns for 1904, there was an increase of 65.87 
per cent in the number of oe employed, 165.63 per cent in the 
amount of capital invested, and of 78.80 per cent in the quantity 
and 78.99 per cent in the value of the products. The products also 
show an increase of 58.33 per cent in the quantity and 51.45 per cent 
in the value over those in the returns for 1908, published by the 
Bureau of the Census. 
For statistics as to the number of persons employed, amount of 
ae invested, and the quantity and value of the products of the 
fisheries of Washington in 1915, see table, page 51. Statistics as 
to the approximate catch of certain fishery products of Washington 
by districts in 1915 are contained in the following table: 
