232 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



to be due to some uiikiiowu natural causes. The catch represents 

 about the productive capacity of the river aud, as it is all used for can- 

 niug, a statement of the salmon pack will sliow the abundance of the 

 fish. The number of canned salmon i>repared on the river in each of 

 the ten years ending in 1892 was as follows: 



Years. 



1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1880 

 1887 



Cases. 



16 156 

 12. 576 

 9,310 

 12, 147 

 17, 216 



Years. 



1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



21. 062 

 20. 296 

 19, 104 

 19. 960 

 12, 000 



Salmon fishing on the Eogue River is limited by State law; the open 

 season is from April 1 to November 15. By far the largest part of the 

 catch is made during what is known as the spring run, between April 

 1 and June 30. The summer catch is taken betw een July 1 aud August 

 30, aud the fall catch represents the remainder of the open season. 



Windchuck River. — A few salmon run up this small stream in spring, 

 but the supply is too limited to warrant special operations, and the only 

 fishing is done in September and October, when the regular run is in 

 progress. Two haul seines are here used, and the catch is salted or 

 sold fre.'^h. The catch in the four years ending 1892 was as follows: 



The fish sold fresh were sent to a salmon cannery on Smith Eiver, 

 California. In 1889 and 1892, when that cannery was idle, the catch was 

 much reduced and had to be salted owing to lack of a market aud 

 absence of facilities for shipping. The few fishermen living on this 

 small but beautiful stream take much interest in the fisheries, and in 

 their primitive way lia\ e made some attempts at propagating salmon. 



Chctko River. — This small stream has its mouth near the State line 

 of California and Oregon. Twelve fishermen, using two haul seines, 

 represent the full extent of the fisheries. In September chinook 

 salmon are taken, and in October the run consists mostly of silver 

 salmon. When the cannery on Smith River is open, most of the catch 

 finds a market there, otherwise it must be salted. The quantity of the 

 catch in 1889 to 1892, inclusive, was as follows: 



Years. 



1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



Salted. 



Pounds. 



Ti, 000 

 10, 0<:0 

 30, 000 

 50, 000 



Fresh. 



Pounds. 

 33, 000 



108,000 

 03, UOO 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 103, 000 

 118,000 

 123, 000 

 56,C(rO 



