PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 



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IMPORTS OF FRESH SALMON. 



For some years it was the custom of the canneries on Puget Sound, 

 when fish were scarce on the American side and abundant on the 

 Canadian side, to import fresh salmon to fill out the domestic supply 

 and the Canadian canneries would do the same when the conditions 

 were reversed. In 1904 the Canadian Government prohibited the 

 export of fresh sockeye salmon to Puget Sound for pacl^ing purposes, 

 and in 1910 an effort was made to have Congress retaliate by enacting 

 a similar law for this side of the line, l)ut the bill failed of passage. 



The table below shows the yearly imports of fresh salmon from 

 British Columbia: 



Imports op Fresh Salmon from British Columbia, Canada, for a Series op 



Years. a 



o After 1909 all imports of fresh salmon are listed under "Fish, fresh." 



After 1911 the imports of fresli salmon from both coasts of Canada 

 and from Newfoundland were lumped together, and are shown 

 in the table below. P'ully nine-tenths, if not more, of this salmon 

 came from the Province of British Columbia in Canada, and the 

 greater part of tliis was canned in the canneries on Puget Sound, 

 Wash. 



The following table shows, by customs districts, the imports of 

 fresh salmon during the calendar year 1918: 



Imports, by Customs Districts, op Fresh Salmon, Calendar Year 1918. 



Customs district. 



Maine and New Hampshire. 449, 244 



Massachusetts 4,965 



New York 12,400 



Philadelphia 4,500 



Washington 11,479,868 



Buffalo 20 



Pounds. 



Value. 



$82,721 



318 



3,636 



495 



421, 713 



2 



C\isloms district. 



Dakota 



Duliith and Superior 



St. Jyawrenoe 



Vermont 



Total 



Pounds. Value 



532,772 



18, 1(X) 



247, 833 



336,306 



13,085,998 



$56, 472 



1,728 



26,918 



37.216 



631,119 



During the calendar year 1919, imports of fresh salmon amounted 

 to 752, 4S0 pounds, valued at .?101,121 , and during the calendar year 

 1920, to 670,359 pounds, valued at $125,863. 



