FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1936 
Fisheries of the coastal district of Oregon, 1935 
OPERATING UNITS: By GEAR! 







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Gill nets Lines 
ongs| | Tata 
item! Haul Otter | Traps,| and | Shoy- saa 
seines Trawl trawls| crab |rakes,| els | Gupji- 
Drift Set and | Troll oyster cation 
set 
Num-| Num- | Num- | Num-| Num-| Num-, Num-| Num- | Num- | Num 
Fishermen: ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber ber 
Wnkgvessels=t4-- = eae Soe Beeb | TOMI on ese een | een 18 
On boats and shore____- 24 486 380 22 MIS c=. 2 See 253 5 203 | 1,450 
yRotalies si so. ck 24 486 380 29 193 3 253 5 203 | 1,468 
MESSEISHIMOLON= =! on222 =e |(L eee elo 2 9 UE ae all cart SEA Ue eR 10 
iWetitonnage! sts == ea iE Ce ee 24 72 LG Ys | eee | a | 88 
Boats: 
VIO LOL Sse eee a 366 236 20 132) eee 253 2i| Sse 964 
@thenst- 2452s 22] ee Y (a eee ae 123 PN ae Se a) 3: || ssceees 133 
Apparatus: 
INT bere 4 esheets 2 
Length, yards__-_-_____ 
Square yards. -------__. 
Yards at mouth 
igoks) 845 hoo 










1 In addition there was a combined fleet of 52 Washington and California purse-seine vessels operating in 
the Oregon coast pilchard fishery. 
aggregate tonnage of 2,549 net tons. 
from California. 
in the Washington and California sections of this report. 
CATCH: BY GEAR 

Species 
ST pa er eee ae 
Salmon: 
Chinook or king_- 
Chum or keta 
Silver or coho 

Steelhead trout 
Btriped bass*2! Aus ___ oe h ae 
Sturgeon 

Purse seines ! 
Pounds 

52, 464, 100 
Value 
236, 094 

Haul seines 
Lin 
Gill nets, drift 
and set 
These vessels were manned by a total of 546 fishermen and had an 
Of the total vessels, 18 were Washington purse seiners, and 34 were 
For detailed statistics regarding the operating units in this fishery refer to the gear tables 
es 
Trawl and set 
Pounds| Value 
10, 300 $154 
"16, 700)" = 251 
Tiig200/ti0i" 273 




Pounds | Value |Pounds 
831, 100 
747, 200 
5, 418, 400 
391, 100 
1, 400 
310, 000 
27, 800 
1, 200 
7, 763, 700| 335, 912} 144, 800 



7, 745 
!'The Oregon coast pilchard fishery was prosecuted entirely by Washington and California purse-seine 
vessels. 
