FISHEEY INDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES^ 1924 



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WASHINGTON 



In 1923 the fisheries of Washington employed 5,399 fishermen, 267 

 fishing vessels, 1,751 powerboats, 289rowboats, sink floats, and scows, 

 and yielded 114,379,148 pounds of fishery products, valued at 

 $7,692,005. 



The vessel fishery was carried on largely with gas vessels, all of 

 the 267 mentioned above being of this type with the exception ot 

 3 steamers at Grays Harbor engaged in whaling, 1 steamer and 2 

 schooners in King County in the line fishery, and 3 schooners in 

 wSkagit County also engaged in the line fishery. The total number 

 of fishermen on vessels was 1,945, and the vield of vessels amounted 

 to 56,323,616 pounds, valued at $4,358,928. The shore and boat 

 fisheries emploved 3,454 fishermen and yielded 58,055,532 pounds, 

 valued at $3,333,077. 



The following tables give the number, crew, and tonnage of fishing 

 vessels, by apparatus employed and counties; the number of power 

 and other boats employed in the shore or boat fisheries, by fishing 

 apparatus and counties; the number of fishermen in the shore and 

 boat fisheries, by counties; the yield of the vessel fisheries, by 

 counties; the yield of the shore or boat fisheries, by counties; and the 

 total yield of the fisheries of Washington, by counties. 



Vessels engaged in the fisheries of Washington in 1923, by apparatus and persons 



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