92 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
STATISTICS OF THE YIELD OF THE SHORE FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON IN 1915, BY 
CountTIES, SPECIES, AND ApPpARATUS—Continued. 
BY TONGS, RAKES, ETC. 


Species. Clallam. Grays Harbor. Tsland. Jefferson. King. 
Clams: Pounds.| Value.| Pounds. | Value. |Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pounds.| Value. 
Hands oe 25520" |) S190. -|>. oe eel eect kae 552 $45 | 17,944 |$1, 269 864 $110 
IPE 7 gS ae! ek 3 Fel Ce 9207: 450) |$37, 736) | Yoii-cc ac [todas 25) ancac cos|aceeeee |e rr 
Oysters: Eastern, 
TAPES. Sale| aoe eae| see eeses 875 525) | asses ewe ates = 5,250; || 3; 7505... cea eee 
Total=-- 2, 520 190 | 298,305 | 38, 261 552 45 | 23,194 | 5,019 864 110 
Species. Kitsap. Mason. Pacific. Pierce. San Juan. 
Clams: Pounds.| Value.| Pounds.| Value. | Pounds.| Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pounds.| Value. 
Hard-.s.2:..-| '88,77004|92, 270 al, 4, 0001 194, 114 PM oac. oe | dace 5,680 | $425] 4,480] $490 
BOGE Seen, 2 sel moatenaiate otal le mere eat Soe eee ae ate ere reye Li 2 S150: ioe ccee ln oe oc os | ae ee ee 
TLZOT ce dd oe es | ees ee ae 75: 320i | p18: 1 Onl se saccec|s asec | eee eee 
Oysters: 
Eastern, mar- 
Robe vpierearsea | eewseeste seeenee 5250) fe 2250 |:79 228 OL 0549) vo see Sacc|eacee aa leeercceen | =a 
Nati ver osee: t[eeebs sca| eee at 38.654) | 29.035: || 9.9:'700)|| -45'°755: | 642200015 175/52 oe ean eee 
Seed Regie 2: |"! hast ees 8,680 | 2,530] 12,201] 5,229 133 47 ||: 22. ee 



Total...| 35,760 | 2,371 | 116,584 | 30,926 | 277,658 [120,798 | 10,013 | 2,197] 4,480] 490 







Species. Skagit. Snohomish. Thurston. Whatcom. Total. 
Clams: Pounds.| Value.| Pounds.| Value.| Pounds.| Value. | Pownds.| Value.| Pounds. | Value. 
Hard.........} 176 | $25] 1,760 | $242 | 40,000] $2,743] 2,008] $170 | 175,444 | $12,191 
SOllb ns face saee eee baicse foe ciate Steph Pama cf see naa ere Nee ea Re a 1, 200 150 
IRAZOL Soe soee |smcceecll seneoeleemceecee eto. c| epee eee Seskep ess ees creel oeeewe 372,750 | 56, 446 
Oyster: 
Eastern, mar- 
{Ea ap SRS d a BR Aa enka Ge at aa gy PANOOT| 9804. | Seeeeet es asa 204, 694 | 107,873 
Native....... SEO | L AGO) wet yeeseats| eee 304 (296i 1219"8 184 |e poner ee Seams 447,419 | 248, 623 
Sood.) te eel... Sooo lone Soke se eee tes | hee ee 3, 794 SI3i| co. teal ees ,808} 8,619 ~ 
Mussels ccc xcsnces|sstests ake astos Pestee ed ees TOO0ulso% HEBSH| asec ees ees 700 
Potalee. =. 736 | 315] 1,760 | 242 | 452,881 | 232,851 | 2,008] 170 |1,227,315 | 433,985 


NOTES ON SPECIES. 
Halibut.—Halibut is the most valuable species taken in the fish- 
eries of Washington. The value of the catch in 1915 was nearly 
three times as great as that of chinook salmon, the next species in 
importance. The total production was 40,590,705 pounds, with a 
value to the fishermen of $2,041,279, as compared with 15,897,155 
pounds, valued at $458,375, in 1904. The halibut were all taken 
with lines, and all but 69,100 pounds were taken in the vessel fish- 
eries. Halibut on the Pacific coast average smaller in size than on 
the Atlantic coast. 
The halibut vessel fishery on the Pacific coast really began when 
the schooners Oscar and Hattie and Mollie Adams, from Massachu- 
setts, rounded Cape Horn and reached Puget Sound in 1888. The 
first fishing by these vessels was done during the summer and fall of 
that year, and the trips would have been very successful had it not 
been for the high price of ice. The total catch of the two vessels for 
the season amounted to 570,000 pounds of fresh and salted halibut, 
valued at $18,400. Some difficulty was at first experienced in freezing 
and getting the fish to the Atlantic coast markets in good condition, 
but with the introduction of refrigerator cars no further difficulty has 
