PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. lil 
this, they persisted in catching them and many thousands were killed 
and thrown away during the years when the run appeared in the 
sound. This ruthless and senseless slaughter finally ea its natural 
result, and about four years ago a heavy decline was observed in 
the catch of that year, and this decline has steadily increased since, 
with the result that to-day there are grave doubts as to whether the 
run can be preserved even in its impaired condition. ‘The only hope 
is that the prohibition of all salmon fishing during the months of 
July and August may be adopted, which would prevent fishing for 
either sockeyes or humpbacks, both of which run during these months. 
PACKS BY CANADIAN AND AMERICAN CANNERS. 
Many people on both sides of the boundary line have been under the 
impression that the American fishermen on Puget Sound have been 
by far the greatest offenders in so far as the quantity of sockeye 
salmon taken has been concerned, but a table * prepared by Mr. 
J. P. Babcock, assistant to the Commissioner of Fisheries of British 
Columbia, does not bear this out. Previous to 1891 most of the fish- 
ing was done by British Columbia fishermen. The table follows: 
r Canadian | American Canadian | American 
Year. waters. waters. Total. Year. waters. waters. Total 
Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. 
TBO Teele se sce + 176,954 5,538 Thy yO ad MNT yiaee meee 62,617 96, 974 159, 591 
TSI SLICE | 79,715 2,954 82,669 || 1908.......... 74, 574 155,218 229,792 
BRGRI HLT Te). 457,797 47, 852 505,649 || 1909.......... 585,435 | 1,005,120] 1,590,555 
PRON sent f | 363,967 41,791 405,758 || 1910.....-.... | 150, 432 234, 437 384, 869 
hOGhe tee ok 395, 984 65, 143 461,127 || 1911..:... = 43 62, 817 126, 950 189, 767 
WBUGetcc cress: 356, 984 72,979 429,963 || 1912.....-.- 2. 123, 879 183, 896 307,775 
LSOZ99 sue. | 860, 459 312,048 1 LI2f5O Gi el GIS ao a'r 2 736, 661 1, 664, 827 2,401, 488 
BOS csirers tape oe 256, 101 252, 000 HOS TOL 1LOA. no oo 198, 183 336, 251 534, 434 
(ae eae 480, 485 499, 646 QSOS TSE LOU eR oe <1 ts 91,130 64, 584 155, 714 
GG ssw SE As | 229, 800 228, 704 458,504 |} 1916...-.-.... 27,394 78,476 105, 870 
AQOLIEU. SEL D5 928, 669 1,105, 096 2,033; 765 || 1917..--..- Shes. 148, 164 411,538 559, 702 
1902s s 26)! sei5 2 } 293,477 339, 556 633,033, |} 1918...---.... 19, 697 50,723 70,420 
Tanger see 204 , 809 167, 211 37280207 | 1GToueeee ese ee 34,063 64, 346 98, 409 
TOOR Te | 72, 688 123,419 196,107 | SS —— 
O05SILE 1G Et | 837,489 847,122 | 1,684,611 | Total..| 8,493,431 | 8,766,640 | 17,260,071 
190658 fej: 183, 007 182, 241 365, 248 | 
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METHODS OF PREPARING SALMON. 
CANNING. 
EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY. 
In the salmon industry canning is and has been almost from the 
time of the discovery of a feasible method of so preserving the fish, 
the principal branch. The first canning of salmon on the Pacific 
coast was on the Sacramento River in 1864, when G. W. and William 
Hume and Andrew S. Hapgood, operating under the firm name of 
Hapgood, Hume & Co., started the work on a scow at Washington, 
Yolo County, Calif. The Hume brothers, who came from Maine 
originally, had been fishing for salmon in the Sacramento River for 
some years before the idea of canning the fish had entered their 
minds, while Mr. Hapgood had previously been engaged in canning 
lobsters in Maine, and was induced by the Humes to participate in 
a Fraser River Salmon Situation: A Reclamation Project. By John Pease Babcock. Appendix V, 
Report, British Columbia Commissioner of Fisheries for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919, p. 3. Victoria, 
British Columbia, 1920, 
