PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. 



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Nearly half the value of the products of the fisheries of the coast 

 represents the outcome of the fisheries of California. That State takes 

 precedence in the catch of numerous market fishes, as well as cod, 

 oysters, crabs, shrimp, fur seals, and whales. The salmon fishery is 

 most valuable in Alaska, the yield of whose fisheries is second to those 

 of California in value. Washington leads Oregon in the general impor- 

 tance of the fisheries, owing to the relatively important oyster fishery, 

 which is insignificant in Oregon. 



Persons employed in the fishimj industry of the Pacific Coast of the United States in 1S92. 



Vessels, boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital employed in the fisheries of the 

 Pacific Coast of the United States in 1S9-2. 



SUMMARY. 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus : 



Seines 



Gill nets anil trammel nets. 



Pound nets and trap nets. . 



Bag nets and paranzella 



nets 



No. 



199 

 14, 510. 48 



457 



5,471 



420 



1,299 



F. R. 93- 



-10 



Value. 



$1, 556, 480 



481,325 

 533, 850 



107, 335 

 474,157 

 311,300 



Items. 



Apparatus — continued. 

 Fyke iiet.s and minor nets 



Lines , 



Wheels , 



Tongs, hoes, etc 



Other ap])aratus 



Shore property 



Cash capital 



Total. 



No. 



Value. 



$1, 8.30 



30, 354 



181, 852 



4,343 



22, 108 



2, 394, 020 



2, 852, 500 



9, 002, 314 



