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other salmon and small quantities of shad and sturgeon. The pound- 
net catch of this county consisted entirely of salmon. The seine 
catch ranked next to that of the pound nets and was made up of sal- 
mon and carp. The only carp fishery in the State during 1915 was 
located in this county on Willamette River Slough. The catch of 
carp amounted to 50,000 pounds, valued at $750, and a part of it 
was sent to New York. hice fishes are said to be very plentiful in 
this section, but there is very little demand for them. Some crawfish 
are also taken from this slough, though this fishery has suffered a 
decrease during the last year or two. 
Curry County.—The total catch of the fisheries of this county during 
1915 was 1,086,283 pounds, valued at $63,035, this being the third 
county in point of importance. This position is due to the fact that 
Rogue River, which produces the great bulk of the catch, has both 
a spring and fall run of salmon. Small catches are also taken from 
Chetco River, but this stream is comparatively unimportant. Rogue 
River flows from Crater Lake in the western part of Klamath County, 
entirely through Jackson and Josephine Counties, and enters Curry 
County at the northeastern corner, flowing in a southwesterly direc- 
tion through the center of the county to the ocean, and, with the ex- 
ception of Columbia River, is the longest stream which we have to 
consider. Commercial fishing extends from the mouth up to Grants 
Pass, located in Josephine County. The fishermen on the lower 
river are handicapped because of the lack of shipping facilities and 
are compelled to depend entirely on vessels; the two canneries located 
just within the mouth of the river get practically the entire catch of 
the lower-river fishermen, but those fishing the upper reaches in 
Josephine County have access to the railroad at Grants Pass and 
considerable quantities go from that point in the fresh state. The 
catch of the county consisted entirely of salmon, all of which were taken 
with gill nets and seines, the gill-net catch being 660,523 pounds, 
eilinéd at $38,992, and the seine catch, 425,760 pounds, valued at 
$24,043. The Chetco River catch usually goes to a small cannery 
located in northern California, as this is more accessible than the plants 
in Oregon. The investment in the fisheries of Curry County during 
the year was $111,891. In addition to canned salmon this county 
produced a small quantity of mild-cured chinook. 
Multnomah County.—This county, with a catch of 1,165,488 
pounds, valued at $62,232, ranked fourth in the value of its fisheries 
and presents a variety of fish exceeded only by Clatsop and Lincoln 
Counties, although it 1s located a considerable distance up Columbia 
River. Several fishing vessels operated by a firm located in Port- 
land added a number of species to the list, as cod, halibut, sablefish, and 
rockfish, all of which were taken by lines. The chief form of ap- 
paratus used by the fishermen of this county was the gill net, witha 
catch of 746,724 pounds, valued at $36,577, consisting mostly of 
chinook salmon. The catch of crawfish, amounting to 95,000 
pounds, valued at $10,735, was the nextinimportance. These fishes 
were taken in small traps similar in construction to an eelpot. The 
wheel fisheries of this county have been quite important in past 
years, though the catch was rather light in 1915; the 18 wheels 
owned in the county, valued at $64,800, show a catch of only 161,411 
pounds, valued at $7,543. 
