92 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
STATISTICS OF THE YIELD OF THE SHORE FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON IN 1915, BY 
Countiss, SPECIES, AND APPARATUS—Continued. 
BY TONGS, RAKES, ETC. 
Species. Clallam. Grays Harbor. Island. Jefferson. King. 
Clams: Pounds.| Value.| Pounds. | Value. |Pounds. | Value. | Pounds. | Value. | Pouwnds.| Value. 
Re oh & oie se een Pg PR A i (Seas | eae 552 $45 17,944 |$1, 269 864 $110 
RAZOR | a2 ban.) oeeeeeas see sae 297,430 |$37, 736 |os2-<-<<-|onoc<nclon cess cne|sc anaes] sane eel eee 
Oysters: Eastern, 
MATKSUL: csoeeu| a sea eee ee eee 875 SORT oe So... (oes 5,250 (3,750) |.~. <1... 3lcee eee 
Total... 2, 520 190 | 298,305 | 38, 261 552 45 | 28,194 | 5,019 864 110 
Species. Kitsap. Mason. Pacific. Pierce. San Juan. 
Clams: Pounds. | Value.| Pounds.| Value. | Pownds.| Value. | Pownds.| Value. | Pounds.| Value. 
iardee se, 35.760 182, 371. |. 4, 000, | poy Lido eae eee dene 5,680} $425] 4,480] $490 
ESL a ap aed |e eee (Omeeg TMK ol fate Se SC eens ee 1,2 $50! ||. ..... Sosne ine owlee Sel ecb aes eee 
1 RITZ) mere] Masia Sse OM pian Syl bapa beens 75,320 || 18; 710022. <csnes|as-ases slawoeeerest seems 
Oysters: 
Eastern, mar- 
1 (| Rae aan rote ee eer ss) ee Lee 5, 250..) 2,250.1 179,228 [91,954 |. 2.52222.) sss oan Umea aie eee 
Nati yOror oes |te beeen e eee 38, 654 | 22,035°| . 9,709 |. 4,755 | — 4,200 | 1,725 |_....22._|eeceeee 
Seed ete accdl mts eee 8,680 | 2,530} 12,201 | 5,229 133 at |. eS 
Total...| 35,760 | 2,371 | 116,584 | 30,926 | 277,658 [120,798 | 10,013 | 2,197] 4,480] 490 
Species. Skagit. Snohomish. Thurston. Whatcom. Total. 
Clams: Pounds.| Value.| Pownds.| Value.| Pounds.| Value. | Pownds.| Value.| Pounds. | Value. 
sok Le eee 176 $25 1,760 | $242} 40,000 | $2,743 2,008 | $170 | 175,444 cig 
Ofte st eee... cao lezen chalemtc ares cleeeoce ale tenes 6 nce Seo Ltok or eee eae - 
IRAZODS ose Sec |scasanps| so case c| Sasace vee canes «=| seoeaemmoe ee ecdened esesemess | Cees 372,750 | 56,446 
Oyster: 
Eastern, mar- 
Se Beene Per eee Peemaeeel mereere Ia 1k Ol fara Re: | ce Ree 204, 694 | 107,873 
Native....... B60: | SOD es accel on ees 394206), 210/818) <a s okl eene 447, 419 | 248, 623 
(Sey 1 UR i aca [IR aE 1 Ry Bai ea ek a By 2 hl ame 5 i aaa Si ley a 24, 808 8, 619 
DTS) Fa ipa (ames tel re eats al Ie ise eee |!" rae Ps: 00}: so 6 BS i Essie eal aoe 700 
Total.c.... | 736] 315] 1,760] 242 | 452,881 | 232,851 | 2,008} 170 |1, 227,315 | 433, 985 
NOTES ON SPECIES. 
Halibut.—Halibut is the most valuable species taken in the fish- 
eries of Washington. The value of the catch in 1915 was nearly 
three times as great as that of chinook salmon, the next species in 
importance. The total production was 40,590,705 pounds, with a 
value to the fishermen of $2,041,279, as compared with 15,897,155 
pounds, valued at $458,375, in 1904. The halibut were all taken 
with lines, and all but 69,100 pounds were taken in the vessel fish- 
eries. Halibut on the Pacific coast average smaller in size than on 
the Atlantic coast. 
The halibut vessel fishery on the Pacific coast really began when 
the schooners Oscar and Hattie and Mollie Adams, from Massachu- 
setts, rounded Cape Horn and reached Puget Sound in 1888. The 
first fishing by these vessels was done during the summer and fall of 
that year, and the trips would have been very successful had it not 
been for the high price of ice. The total catch of the two vessels for 
the season amounted to 570,000 pounds of fresh and salted halibut, 
valued at $18,400. Some difficulty was at first experienced in freezing 
and getting the fish to the Atlantic coast markets in good condition, 
but with the introduction of refrigerator cars no further difficulty has 
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