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other sections of the county. The total for this region amounted 
to 169,560 pounds, valued at $6,071, and, in addition to salmon, 
included soft clams and crabs and small quantities of flounders, 
herring, perch, smelt, and oysters, this being the only place in the 
State where the last-named five species are taken commercially. The 
output of oysters, which were all native, market stock, was only 
221 bushels, with a value of $725. Attempts have been made to 
cultivate the eastern oyster in this bay, but the results were rather 
discouraging. The fishermen of this region are fortunate in havin 
good shipping facilities to Portland and other inland cities, an 
practically the entire catch is sent out by rail. 
This is one of the three counties of the State maintaining fishing 
vessels, although only two of these were operated in 1915, their 
catch consisting of halibut and “lingcod.’”’” The investment of this 
county amounted to $141,553. 
Coos County.—The fishery products of this county during 1915 
amounted to 936,445 pounds, valued at $21,408; thus it ranked ninth 
in the value of the catch. The bulk of this was salmon taken by gill 
nets, the paris being 684,439 pounds, valued at $14,519; 189,906 
pounds of salmon, valued at $3,763, were taken by seines. The 
fisheries of the county are located on Coos Bay and Coquille River. 
One salmon cannery is located on the bay at Marshfield, and, in 
addition to the canning, it also prepared a small quantity of mild- 
cured salmon. Some soft clams and crabs are also taken in this 
region. Several small boats from Coos Bay were engaged in ocean 
fishing with trawl lines for halibut, rockfishes, ‘‘lingcod,” and sea 
bass, but this fishery was not extensive. Only gill nets and seines 
are used on Coquille River, and the catch was wholly salmon, which 
were packed at the canneries located at Prosper and Bandon, one at 
each place. This region is without railroad service and is therefore 
handicapped in regard to shipping facilities, depending entirely on 
vessels. The investment of Coos County during the year was 
$116,227. 
Hood River County.—This county is located quite a distance up 
Columbia River, between Multnomah and Wasco Counties, and owes 
its importance as a fishing center to the seine fishery located at 
Cascade Locks. It ranked tenth among the counties in the value of 
the fisheries for the year; the total catch amounted to 459,046 pounds, 
valued at $20,311, all salmon with the exception of 1,500 pounds of 
sturgeon, valued at $50. The seine catch amounted to 422,046 
pounds, valued at $18,501, which was nearly 92 per cent of the total 
catch for the county. Some gill nets are fished in this county, but 
this apparatus is of minor importance. This county has no canneries 
or fish houses, and the salmon are sold to canneries located in other 
counties on the river. The investment of this county for the year 
was $5,070. 
Douglas County.—This county, although the sixth largest in the 
State, has less than 20 miles of coast line, but the largest river in 
the State, with the exception of Columbia River, is located entirely 
within its confines. This river, the Umpqua, is formed by the junc- 
tion of the north and south forks near Roseburg and is the only water 
in the county furnishing commercial fishing. The entire catch was 
salmon, taken in gill nets, and amounted to 669,663 pounds, valued 
