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IT. S. BUKEAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Washington, 1929 — Continued 

 CATCH: By districts— Continued 



PUGET SOUND DISTRICT 



The Puget Sound district is comprised of Whatcom, Skagit, Sno- 

 homish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Island, and San 

 Juan Counties and parts of Jefferson and Clallam Counties. The 

 catch in this district in 1929 amounted to 129,517,078 pounds, valued 

 at $7,682,622. Of the more important species comprising this catch, 

 salmon amoimted to 99,830,801 pounds, valued at $5,403,831 ; halibut, 

 9,136,168 pounds, valued at $1,310,983; oysters, 633,656 pounds, 

 valued at $360,936; cod, 13,531,973 pounds, valued at $268,341; and 

 sablefish, 2,074,603 pounds, valued at $127,128. 



Operating units. — The catch of fishery products in the Puget Sound 

 district was taken by 4,302 fishermen who used 2 steam vessels, 294 

 motor vessels, 7 sailing vessels, 1,432 motor and other small boats, 

 and 13 major types of gear. The vessels had a combined capacity of 

 8,538 net tons. 



Catch by gear. — Three types of gear accounted for 95 per cent of 

 the fishery products taken in the Puget Sound district during 1929. 

 Listed in the order of their importance they were: Purse seines, 

 which accounted for 44 per cent of the catch; lines, 26 per cent; and 

 pound nets, 25 per cent. The catch by purse seines and pound nets 

 was almost entirely salmon; and that by lines was principally cod, 

 halibut, salmon, and sablefish. 



