FISHERY INDUSTRIES OP THE UNITED STATES^, 1924 



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

 Continued 



BY REEF NETS 



BY WEIRS 



Species 



Whatcom 



Herring. 



Pounds 

 74, 000 



Value 

 $740 



BY FORKS, TONGS, ETC. 



CANNING INDUSTRY 



In 1920 there were 55 canneries in Washington, valued at $3,378,579, 

 carrying cash capital of S354,600, employing 2,000 persons, and 

 paying $809,997 in wages. Their total products w^ere valued at 

 $5,524,433. Salmon was by far the most important fish canned, the 

 total production being 441,667 cases, valued at $4,823,174. Puget 

 Sound was the most important district, producing $2,306,447 worth 

 of products. The Columbia River was a close second, with a pro- 

 duction amounting to $2,035,335, and the value of canned salmon on 

 the Washington coast amounted to only $481,392. Next in import- 

 ance to salmon was the production of canned razor clams, totaling 



