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of fish, valued at $2,190,465. Purse seines follow lines in importance, 

 yielding 8,905,735 pounds of fish, valued at $315,108, practically all 

 of which were salmon. The whale fishery, located in Grays Harbor 

 County, yielded 3,153,125 pounds of whale products, valued at 

 $136,343.^ Haul seines, gill nets, otter trawls, drag bag nets, beam 

 trawls, hoop nets, and pots, which constitute the remainder of appa- 

 ratus employed on vessels, yielded 283,960 pounds, valued at $15,474. 

 The following table shows, by counties, species, and apparatus, the 

 yield of the vessel fisheries of Washington in 1922: 



Yield of the vessel fisheries of Washington in 1922, by counties, species, and apparatus 



