146 



EEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Salmon output of Washington. Oregon, and California in 190S. 



Species. 



Number of cases. 



l-poimd l-pound i-pound m„t„i 

 talis. flats. fiats. ■^°^^*- 



Chinoolc salmon . . , 

 Sockeye salmon — 



Silver salmon 



Humpback salmon 



Dog salmon 



Steelheads 



Total 



285, 145 



93, 959 



106, 461 



166, 236 



12, 848 



9, 373 



64, 003 

 53, 084 

 19, 384 



8,798 



24, 990 



26, 137 



15, 188 



1,.563 



374, 138 

 173, 180 

 141, 033 

 176, 597 

 12, 848 

 9,373 



674, 022 



145, 269 



67, 87S 



887, 169 



Salmon pack of Wasldugton, Oregon^ and California in 1901, 1902, and 1903. 



THE ALASKA SALMOX FISHERIES. 



The output of the fisheries of Alaska for 1903 compares favorably 

 with the season of 1002. While in 1903 the pack was 290,614 cases 

 less than the pack of the preceding year, the advance in the price of 

 salmon caused the value to exceed that of 1902 b}" nearly $1,251,000, 

 the latter year yielding- 2,536,821: cases, valued at $8,498,360, while in 

 1903 the output was 2,246,210 cases, with a value of $9,748,799. Of 

 this amount the xVlaska Packers' Association canned 1.267,693 cases, 

 in addition to salmon salted and placed in cold storage. 



The decrease in the pack of 1903 was not wholly the result of the 

 small run of salmon, T)ut was in a measure due to the smaller number 

 of canneries operated, and to the fact that many of the canneries in 

 southeast Alaska, on account of the low price of salmon at the begin- 

 ning of the season, had contracted for a smaller number of cases than 

 they would have packed had the increased value been foreseen. 



