FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



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yield of the shore fisheries of Washington in 192S, by counties and species — Contd. 



OREGON 



The fisheries of Oregon in 1923 employed 4,230 fishermen, 3 vessels, 

 2,042 power boats, 218 rowboats, and yielded 32,982,678 pounds of 

 fish valued at $3,500,171, of which 161,659 pounds, valued at $9,293, 

 consisting of halibut and salmon, were caught by 3 vessels sailing 

 from Clatsop County. These vessels had a total net tonnage of 44 

 and carried a total of 15 fishermen. Two of them operated lines and 

 one was a purse seiner. 



The following tables give the number of boats using each kind of 

 fishing apparatus, by counties, the number of fishermen by counties, 

 and the total catch of the fisheries of Oregon by species and counties : 



Boats (by apparatus) and persons engaged in the shore fisheries of Oregon in 1923, 



by counties 



> Exclusive of duplication. 

 69239— 26t 9 



