280 



U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Comparaliue statement of the catch of introduced species in the Pacific Coast States 

 in 1899, 1904, 1908,^ 1915, and 1922 



State 



Pounds 

 1899— Washington 



Oregon 



California 283,514 



Carp 



Total. 



1904 — Washington. 



Oregon 



California... 



Total - 



283, 514 



20, 000 

 70, 374 



Value 

 $2,'400 



Catfish 



Shad 



Pounds Value Pounds 

 105, 7001 $2, 114 85,000 

 54,360' 1,087| 32,000 

 465,911112,7341,137,801 



2, 400' 625, 971 



15,935 1,254,801 



Striped bass 



Value Pounds 



$1,275 



320 



14, 303 1, 234, 320 



Total 



Value Pounds 

 190, 700 

 86, 360 

 $61, 814^ 3, 121, 546 



15,898 1,234,320; 61,814 3,398,606 



Value 



$3, 389 



1,407 



91, 251 



6,047 



I 6,000' 300' 125,287' 1,753 '■ 131,287 



200 180,000 6,000j 36,846 1,433 1 j 236,846 



1,407 737,144 20,9921 327,372 9, 960 1, 570, 404 92, 116 2,705,294 



2,053 



7,633 



124, 475 



90,374| 1,607 



1908— Washington 



Oregon ' 30,000 300 



California .427, 000 4, 300 



Total.- ...457,000 4,600 



923, 144 27, 292 



201,000 9,000 

 1, 069, 000 56, 000 



1, 270, 000 65, 000 



1915— Washington 200, 000 4, 000'. 



Oregon 50,000 750|. 



9,505 13,146 1,570,404 92,116: 3, 073,427134, 161 



100,000 1,900. ...I 



431.000 8,000 ' 



1, 169, 000 12, 000 1, 776, 000 135, 000 



100, 000 1, 900 



662,000 17,300 



4, 441, 000 207, 300 



1, 700, 000 21, 900 1, 766, 000 135, 000 5, 203, 000 226, 500 



96,29811,164 I i 296,2981 5,164 



488,625 4,945 L. .,-..! 538,6251 5,695 



California 350, 815 6, 366| 517, 054 24, 299 6, 858, 008 67, 107 1, 784, 448 146,928 9, 510, 325 244, 700 



Total- _ 600, 815 11, 116^ 517, 054 24, 299j7, 442, 931 73, 216 1, 784, 448 146,928 10, 345, 248 255, 559 



1922— Washington ..375,160 12,054' I 48, 039| 769 i 423,199] 12,823 



Oregon | ! I 578,003 11,332 578,003 11,332 



California 55,054 1,649: 7,361 1,005 1,133,270 55,513 678,820 62,747 1,874,505 120,914 



Total 430,21413,703 7,361 1,005 1,759,312 67,614 678,820 62,747 2,875,707 145,069 



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' The statistics for 1908 in this table are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 



SALMON CANNING 



In 1922 the salmon-canning industry was the most important of 

 the fish-canning industries of the Pacific Coast States, producing 

 745,751 cases of salmon, valued at S8, 716, 164. The chinook was the 

 most important species, representing nearly 53 per cent in value of 

 the entire salmon pack. Following the chinook, in order of impor- 

 tance, were blueback or sockeye, silver or coho, chum or keta, steel- 

 head, and humpback or pink. 



The following table gives the statistics for 1922 on this industry. 

 Of the 58 canneries listed 16 were engaged in other branches of the 

 canning or packing trade also. In two of them salmon canning was 

 merely incidental. All of the products in the table were reduced to 

 the basis of forty-eight 1 -pound cans to the case. 



Salmon-canning industry of the Pacific Coast States in 1922 



Items 



Washington 



Oregon and California 



Total 



Canneries 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 

 Wages paid 



Number 

 34 



PRODUCTS 



Blueback or sockeye cases. 



Chinook ...do... 



Churn. ..do... 



Humpback or pink do... 



Silver _. do... 



Steelhead trout do... 



Total:..: 



84, 

 119, 

 83, 

 3, 

 143, 

 7, 



Value 

 ,110,084 

 305, 800 



Number 

 24 



721,381 



1, 580, 673 

 1, 696, 119 



345, 570 



18, 546 



1, 079, 668 



102, 598 



4, 823, 174 



13,287 



198, 013 



5,015 



69, 135 

 18, 634 



304, 084 



Value 

 , 577, 470 

 110, 100 



Number 

 58 



2,529 



236, 228 



2, 897, 509 



21, 922 



512, 935 

 224, 396 



3, 892, 990 



97, 927 

 317,737 



88, 105 



3,551 



212, 034 



25, 797 



745, 751 



Value 

 $4, 687, 554 

 415, 900 



1, 323, 535 



1,816,901 

 4, 593, 628 



367, 492 



18,546 



1, 592, 603 



326, 994 



8, 716, 164 



