980 



U. S. B UREA a OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Paget Sound district of Washington, ^9^5— Continued 

 CATCH: By gear— Continued 



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COASTAL DISTRICT 



The coastal district is comprised of Grays Harbor County and parts 

 of Jefferson, Clallam, and Pacific Counties. The catch in the coastal 

 district amounted to 9,015,013 pounds, valued at $639,311. Con- 

 sidered according to value the important species comprisins; this 

 catth were razor clams, 1,535,136 pounds of meats, valued at $298,499; 

 salmon, 6,330,907 pounds, valued at $235,596; and crabs, 995,394 

 pounds, valued at $71,236. 



Operating units.— The catch of fishery products in the coastal 

 district of Washington during 1928 was taken by 2,896 fishermen 

 who used 4 motor vessels, 523 motor and other small boats, and 6 

 major types of gear. The vessels had a combined capacity of 24 

 net tons. 



Catch by gear. — Four types of gear accounted for 99 per cent of the 

 fishery products taken in this district during 1928. In the order of 

 their importance they were pound nets, which accounted for 37 per 

 cent of the catch; gill nets, 36 per cent; shovels, 17 per cent; and crab 

 traps, 1 1 per cent. The catch by pound nets and gill nets consisted 

 almost entirely of salmon, that by shovels entirely razor clams, and 

 that by crab traps exclusively crabs. 



