PACIFIC SALMON PISHERIES 



579 



Average annual price per case of forly-eight 1-pound cans of Alaska salmon, 1008 



to 1928 



Coho, or silver 



Chum, or keta 



Humpback, or pink 



King, or spring 



Red, 01 sockeye.--- 



$7.12 

 6.06 

 e.56 



11. 13 

 9.41 



Pack of canned salmon in British Columbia since the inception of the industry, by 



waters 



Year 



1876 _ 

 1877. 

 1878- 

 1879- 

 1880. 

 1881. 

 1882. 

 1883- 

 1884. 

 1885. 

 1886. 

 1887. 

 1888. 

 1889- 

 1890. 

 1891. 

 1892. 

 1893- 

 1894- 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904- 

 1905. 

 1906. 

 1907- 

 1908- 

 1909- 

 1910- 

 1911. 

 1912. 

 1913. 

 1914. 

 1915- 

 1916- 

 1917. 

 .1918- 

 1919. 

 1920- 

 1921- 

 1922- 

 1923- 

 1924- 

 1925. 

 1926. 

 1927. 

 1928. 



Total. 



Can- 

 neries 

 oper- 

 ated 



Fraser 

 River 



Cases 



7.247 



55, 387 



81. 446 



50, 490 



42, 155 



142, 516 



199, 204 



105, 701 



34, 037 



89, 617 



99, 177 



130, 088 



76, 616 



310, 122 



244, 352 



177, 989 



98, 491 



474, 237 



363, 566 



432, 920 



375, 344 



879, 776 



264, 225 



527, 396 



331,371- 



998, 913 



327, 197 



237, 125 



128, 903 



877, 136 



240, 486 



163, 116 



89, 184 



567, 203 



223, 148 



301, 344 



173, 921 



732, 059 



328,390 



289, 199 



106,440 



377, 988 



206,003 



158, 718 



132,860 



103, 919 



137, 482 



224,637 



208, 516 



272, 993 



272,860 



280,041 



255, 455 



14, 008, 706 



Skeena 

 River 



Cases 



3,000 

 8,500 

 10, 603 

 19, 694 

 21, 560 

 24, 522 

 31, l.'^7 

 53. 786 

 12,900 

 37,587 

 58, 592 

 70,106 



58, 405 

 91,645 

 77, 057 

 90, 750 



59, 021 

 61,005 

 69, 356 

 97, 863 

 61,310 

 80, 102 



112,562 

 135, 424 

 125, 845 

 155, 936 

 98,669 

 154, 869 

 114,085 

 162, 420 

 159, 255 

 209,177 

 140, 739 

 222, 035 

 254, 410 

 254, 258 

 164, 055 

 237, 634 

 279, 161 

 223, 158 

 292, 219 

 374. 216 

 398, 877 

 334, 392 

 234, 765 

 482, 305 

 338, 863 



390. 858 



348. 859 

 407, 524 

 187, 716 

 298,709 



8, 391, 516 



Rivers In- 

 let and 

 Smiths 

 Inlet 



Cases 



5,635 

 10, 780 

 20,383 



15,000 



11,203 



20,000 



21, 722 



33,500 



36,500 



14, 955 



35, 416 



40, 161 



58, 575 



107, 473 



40,090 



105, 362 



76,428 



74, 196 



66,794 



70,298 



69, 390 



94,292 



83, 122 



122, 878 



94,064 



75,090 



91,014 



129, 398 



101, 066 



137, 697 



68, 096 



109, 052 



146, 838 



85,383 



95, 302 



103, 155 



80, 367 



152, 828 



56, 957 



86,828 



127, 774 



114,314 



197, 087 



108, 148 



98, 331 



111,066 



3, 604, 008 



Naas River 



Cases 



6,500 

 9,400 

 8,500 



12,318 

 19,800 

 24,700 

 11,058 

 26,100 

 15,680 

 20,000 

 20, 541 

 14,649 

 20,000 

 20,000 

 19,442 

 20,200 

 15,004 

 23, 212 

 12,100 

 19, 085 

 32, 725 

 32, 534 

 31, 832 

 46,908 

 40,990 

 39, 720 

 65,684 

 71, 162 

 53, 423 

 94,890 

 104,289 

 126,686 

 119,495 

 143, 908 

 97, 512 

 81, 153 

 51, 765 

 124, 071 

 99, 580 

 142, 939 

 89,008 

 92, 749 

 39,828 

 104, 877 



Outlying 

 districts 



Cases 



5,500 



4,600 



6,400 



7,000 



6,000 



1,200 



4,200 



5,000 



7,162 



17,060 



11,907 



18, 425 



25, 848 



7,500 



6,300 



22, 453 



26,007 



22, 862 



29,691 



45, 349 



40, 656 



50, 518 



56, 390 



68,745 



60, 392 



71, 142 



99, 192 



122, 330 



127, 974 



147, 900 



226, 461 



359, 538 



336, 268 



341, 073 



313, 894 



453, 398 



672, 481 



788, 875 



657, 682 



486, 383 



156, 142 



459, 640 



550, 823 



888,686 



811,335 



1, 183, 909 



754, 718 



1, 265, 522 



2,266,017 I 11,832,531 



Cases 

 7,247 



58, 387 



89, 946 



61,093 



61, 849 



169, 576 



240, 461 



163. 438 



123, 706 



108, 517 



152, 964 



204. 083 



184, 040 



417,211 



411,257 



314,511 



248, 721 



610, 202 



492, 232 



587, 692 



617, 782 



1, 027, 183 



492, 551 



76.5, 519 



606, 540 



1, 247, 212 



627, 161 



473, 674 



465, 894 



1, 167, 460 



629, 460 



547, 459 



542, 689 



967, 920 



762, 201 



948, 965 



996, 576 



1, 3.53, 901 



1,111,039 



1, 133, 381 



995, 065 



1, 557, 485 



1,616,157 



1, 393, 156 



1, 187, 616 



603, 548 



1, 290, 326 



1, 341, 677 



1, 745, 313 



1, 719, 282 

 2, 065, 190 

 1, 360, 634 



2, 035, 629 



40, 102, 778 



