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Clallam County, with its seaboard on Puget Sound and the Pacific 

 Ocean, produced 2,910,070 pounds of fishery products, valued at 

 $172,276. Most of the catch consisted of salmon, with a limited 

 quantity of halibut, crabs, and hard clams. 



The seacoast counties of Washington produced 12,936,092 pounds 

 of fishery products, valued at $732,098, which constitute about one- 

 sixth of the production of the State. Grays Harbor County was 

 most important, producing 8,782,595 pounds, valued at $405,170. 

 About half of this catch was salmon, one-third was whale products, 

 and one-sixth razor clams, with a limited amount of other fish and 

 crabs. Pacific County was accredited with the production of 

 3,772,374 pounds, valued at $316,951, about two-thirds of which 

 was salmon, one-sixth oysters, one-tenth razor clams, and the re- 

 inainder steelhead trout, sturgeon, and crabs. Jefferson County 

 produced 381,123 pounds, valued at $9,977, consisting chiefly of 

 salmon, hard clams, and razor clams. 



The counties bordering on the Columbia River produced 3,652,926 

 pounds, valued at $228,726, which was approximately 4 per cent of 

 the State's production. Salmon, steelhead trout, a few sturgeon, 

 and smelts constituted the bulk of this production. Wahkiakun 

 County was the leading Columbia River county, with a production 

 of 1,072,131 pounds, valued at $101,749. 



Other counties in the interior of Washington produced approxi- 

 mately $10,000 worth of fishery products, consisting mostly of carp 

 and salmon. 



The following tables give in detail the statistics of the fisheries of 

 Washington in 1922. 



