CXXXVIII EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Products of the fisheries of the Pacific States in 1S95. 



Species. 



Catfish 



Cod 



Cultns-cod 



Flounders ■ 



Halibut 



Herring 



Kocktisli 



Salmou, blueback 



Salnidii, Chinook 



Salmon, dog 



Salmon, humpback . . . 



Salmon, silver 



Salmon, steelhead 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Other fish 



Oysters 



Clams , 



Abalones 



Other niollusks 



Crabs 



Spiny lobster 



Crawfish 



Shrimj) and prawn. . . 

 Terrapins, turtles, 



and frogs 



Fur-seal, sea-lion, and 



sea-otter pelts 



"Whale oil 



Other oil , 



Whalebone 



Algae 



California. 



Pounds. Value 



276, 605 

 2, 783, 550 



139, 495 

 3, 308, 334 



3, 180, 960 



1, 527, 344 



192, 000 



4, 398, 044 



164,413 

 461, 225 



1, 739, 600 

 252, 454 

 299, 729 



4,781,467 

 14, 727, 240 



1, 582, 959 

 302, 292 

 520, 590 



2, 565, 000 

 558, 054 



5, 425, 000 

 144, 566 



549, 517 



4,500 



98, 517 



26, 565 



24, 



31, 



4, 



126, 



Oregon. 



Pounds. Value 



99, 399 



6,000 



5,000 



37, 000 



565, 913 



21, 056, 926 



2, 125, 115 



4, 

 18, 

 53, 

 13, 



8, 



86, 



539, 



15, 



7, 



5, 

 61, 

 12, 



21, 606 



120, 061 

 19,944 



180 



287, 227 



531 



9, 457, 355 



3, 220, 324 



31, 125 



956, 239 



125, 246 



88, 800 



280, 700 



23, 520 

 58,' 970 



4,000 



$1, 347 



240 



400 



1,780 



18, 315 



977, 901 



10, 627 



142, 143 



80, 825 



1,245 



23, 767 

 1,252 

 2,220 

 2,475 



637 



3,369 



400 

 13, 093 



Total 50, 010, 020 1, 786, 483 38, 141, 632 1, 282, 036 59, 089, 527 1, 401, 433 147, 241, 179,4, 469, 952 



"Washington. 



Total. 



Pounds. Value, 



484, 250 

 223, 278 

 106, 850 

 714, 315 

 344, 670 

 38, 420 

 292, 588 

 936, 886 

 471, 897 

 269, 766 

 361, 721 

 971, 385 

 528, 455 



883, 543 

 245, 480 

 484, 035 

 405, 000 



23, 650 

 163, 000 



36, 088 



104, 250 



$13,934 



4,193 



1,502 



39,418 



2,201 



796 



1G6, 818 



574, 975 



28, 956 



15, 326 



141, 460 



135, 040 



7,706 



Pounds. Value. 



47, 934 



5.983 



109, 232 



8,550 



208 

 4,241 



86, 291 

 "'4,865 



376, 004 

 3, 267, 800 



368, 773 

 3,415,184 

 1,719.315 

 3, 525, 630 



1, 602, 764 

 8, 050, 501 



38, 391, 856 



7, 597, 012 

 2, 209, 



21, 983, 489 



8, 652, 934 



2, 299, 180 

 252, 454 



3,139,511 



5, 152, 193 



21, 300, 075 



3, 268, 659 

 302, 292 

 544, 240 



2, 751, 520 



558, 054' 



58, 970 



5,461,088 



I 



148, 566 



549, 517 

 108, 7.50 

 98, 517 

 26, 565 



$5, 312 

 97, 440 

 8,646 

 71, 497 

 39, 818 

 26, 561 

 33, 609 



189, 933 



, 679, 477 



39, 583 



15, 326 



288, 006 



234, 314 

 62, 254 

 13, 037 

 80, 094 

 93, 379 



650, 949 



26, 482 



7,173 



5,739 



66, 628 



12, 575 



3,369 



164, 553 



22, 006 



219, 445 



19,944 



5,045 



287, 227 



531 



Comparing the extent of the fishing- industry in 1895 with that in 

 1892 (the year covered by the previous canvass), it appears that 3,260 

 more persons were engaged, $881,515 more capital invested, and 

 $357,012 less products taken. Notwithstanding the decrease in the 

 output, the canvass of 1895 showed a substantial gain in the fisheries 

 for food products. In Washington and Oregon there was an increase of 

 more than 1,900 persons engaged and over $400,000 in the value of the 

 catch in each State, with a corresponding increase in capital. This gain 

 was chiefly in the salmon fishery. The building of cold-storage plants 

 has also largely increased the utilization of fresh salmon, of which 

 extensive shipments have been made to Eastern States as well as to 

 European countries. 



In the varied fisheries of California there have been more marked 

 changes. In some sections the food-fish fisheries show large gains, 

 San Diego and Los Angeles counties especially having greatly increased 

 their fishing business by building up a trade with the interior States 

 of the Southwest. San Francisco continues to be the cbief center for 

 the reception and distribution of a vast amount of canned, dried, 

 pickled, and fresh fish, besides the products of the whale and seal fleets. 

 The decline in the yield of whales and seals has been marked, amount- 

 ing to nearly $1,000,000 compared with 1892^ the number of vessels 

 engaged becomes less yearly; some vessels are lost, some are not put 

 in commission, and there are no new additions to the fleet. This branch 

 may be expected to still further decline. 



