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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of Oregon, 1929 

 TRANSPORTING 



Items 



Number 



Men on transporting vessels 



Transporting vessels, motor. 



Net tonnage 



60 



28 



301 



WHOLESALE 



Items 



Columbia 

 River 

 district 



Coastal 

 district 



Total 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors - 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to proprietors and salaried employees. 

 Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages — . 



20 



$22, 542 

 38, 339 



$28, 149 

 38,649 



$50, 691 

 76, 988 



60, 881 



66, 798 



127, 679 



MANUFACTURING 



Items 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to proprietors and salaried em- 

 ployees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



Number 



29 



25 

 69 

 788 



$158, 496 

 605, 020 



763, 516 



Products 



Mild-cured: 



Chinook or king salmon 



pounds.. 



Silver or coho salmon do — 



Canned: 



Salmon standard cases i.. 



Shad do.... 



Shad roe do — 



Razor clam products- 

 Whole.. do — 



Minced do — 



Other products 3 



Total 5,658,861 



Quantity Value 



1, 642, 42.5 

 1,068,400 



339, 300 



12, 882 



1,263 



518 

 1,754 



$534, 365 

 268, 446 



4, 644, 377 

 65, 538 

 40, 416 



4,497 

 15, 125 

 86, 097 



' A Standard case contains forty-eight 1-pound cans of salmon, shad, and shad roe, or 48 No. 1 cans of 

 clam products. 

 'Includes salted sablefish, canned salmon eggs (for bait), salmon meal, and salmon oil. 



CAIIFORNIA 



In 1929 California was by far the most important among the Pacific 

 Coast States in regard to fisheries, employing 34 per cent of the total 

 number of fishermen and accounting for 83 per cent of the total catch'. 

 There were 6,772 fishermen employed, which is 1 per cent less than in 

 1928. Of this number 3,392 were engaged on fishing vessels and 

 3,380 in the shore and boat fisheries. 



The catch amounted to 856,926,074 pounds, valued at $12,870,484. 

 This is an increase of 47 per cent in the catch and 25 per cent in the 

 value of the catch as compared with the catch and its value for 1928. 

 Of the total value of the catch, that for pilchard or sardine accounted 

 for 28 per cent; yellowfin3tuna, 17 per cent; skipjack or striped tuna, 

 8 per cent; mackerel, 7 per cent; flounders, 6 per cent; and salmon, 

 barracuda, and bluefin tuna, each, 4 per cent. Of the total pro- 

 duction, pilchard or sardine accounted for 76 per cent; mackerel, 7 

 per cent; yellowfin tuna, 4 per cent; skipjack or striped tuna, 3 per 

 cent; and flounders, 2 per cent. Of the total catch, 787,385,866 

 pounds valued at $9,145,369 were taken off the coast of California. 



