FISHERY INDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 295 



SHOHE AND BOAT FISHERIES 



Included in the statistics on shore and boat fisheries is the catch by 

 all fishing craft of less than 5 tons net, as measured by the United 

 States Customs Service, as well as all fish caught without the use of 

 boats. In 1922 there were 1,158 power boats and 248 rowboats 

 employed in the fisheries of Washington. The yield of boat and 

 shore fisheries amounted to 33,456,174 pounds, valued at $2,296,523, 

 which is slightly less than the yield of the vessel fisheries. 



The largest catch, 14,340,781 pounds, valued at $957,450, was 

 made by pound nets. The various species of salmon and steelhead 

 trout constituted by far the greater portion of this catch, although 

 cod, flounders, halibut, lingcod, sea bass, shad, skates, sturgeon, and 

 octopus were also taken in small quantities. 



Next to the pound nets, in value of yield, were the forks, tongs, etc., 

 used in the clam and oyster fishery. The yield of these implements 

 totaled 3,772,577 pounds, valued at $428,382, of which 3,329,596 

 pounds, valued at $118,329, were clams and 442,981 pounds, valued 

 at $310,053, were oysters, both native and eastern. 



Exceeding the yield of forks, tongs, etc., in amount but not value, 

 was the yield of the gill nets, amounting to 5,312,069 pounds, valued 

 at $403,334, of which the salmons and steelhead trout were the 

 greater part. Of the other fish caught by giU nets, sturgeon, shad, 

 and smelts were most important. 



The catch by lines exceeded that by gill nets in amount but not in 

 value, totaling 6,724,127 pounds, valued at $382,632, most of which 

 was salmon. Among the other fish caught by lines hahbut was 

 most important, yielding 170,985 pounds, valued, at $16,694. 



The catch by haul seines amounted to 922,954 pounds, valued at 

 $48,997. Of this amount 208,864 pounds, valued at $19,023, con- 

 sisted of salmon and steelhead trout; 159,419 pounds, valued at 

 $13,574, were smelts; and 375,160 pounds, valued at $12,054, were 

 carp. Other species of lesser importp^nce were also caught by haul 

 seines. 



Drag bag nets appeared in the statistics for the first time in 1922. 

 This net may be described as a haul seine with a bag in the center, 

 the bag being usually 40 feet long and the wings or leads from 120 to 

 900 feet long. One end is usually staked down, while the other is 

 fastened to the boat, which makes a circle around and then hauls in. 

 Sometimes each end of the net is fastened to a boat to make a haul. 

 When used in this manner, this net greatly resembles a long-haul 

 seine or sweep net recently developed in the North Carolina fisheries. 

 The catch by drag bag nets in the shore and boat fisheries in 1922 

 amounted to 1,303,788 pounds, valued at $19,735, most of which 

 was smelts. The drag bag net was used in the vessel fishery also, 

 where its products consisted largely of herring, as shown in the 

 previous section. 



Hoop nets and pots yielded 851,770 pounds of crabs, valued at 

 $43,176. The yield by fish wheels, reef nets, beam trawls, and 

 wiers, none of which contributed products valued in excess of $7,000, 

 makes up the remainder of the catch in the shore fisheries. 



The following tables show, by counties and species, the catch of 

 each kind of apparatus used in the shore and boat fisheries. . 



