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Fisheries of the Puget Sound district of Washington, 1929 — Continued 

 CATCH: By gear— Continued 



COASTAL DISTRICT 



The coastal district is comprised of Grays Harbor County and 

 parts of Jefferson, Clallam, and Pacific Counties. The catch in the 

 coastal district amounted to 9,098,732 pounds, valued at $582,122. 

 Considered according to value the important species comprising this 

 catch were salmon, 7,059,942 pounds, valued at $289,722; razor 

 clams, 1,058,516 pounds of meats, valued at $191,121; and crabs, 

 793,550 pounds, valued at $69,436. 



Operating units. — The catch of fishery products in the coastal 

 district of Washington during 1929 was taken by 2,873 fishermen 

 who used 1 motor vessel, 569 motor and other small boats, and 7 

 major types of gear. The motor vessel had a capacity of 8 tons. 



Catch by gear. — Six types of gear accounted for over 99 }2 per cent 

 of the fishery products taken m this district during 1929. In the 

 order of their importance they were: Pound nets, which accounted 

 for 34 per cent of the catch; gill nets, 34 per cent, which included a 

 negligible amount taken by spears; shovels, 12 per cent; lines, 11 

 per cent; and crab traps, 9 per cent. The catch by pound nets, gill 

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