PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 201 
IMPORTS OF FRESH SALMON. 
For some years it was the custom of the canneries on Puget Sound, 
when fish were scarce on the American side and abundant on the 
Canadian side, to import fresh salmon to fill out the domestic supply 
and the Canadian canneries would do the same when the conditions 
were reversed. In 1904 the Canadian Government prohibited the 
export of fresh sockeye salmon to Puget Sound for padking purposes, 
and in 1910 an effort was made to have Congress retaliate by enacting 
a similar law for this side of the line, but the bill failed of passage. 
The table below shows the yearly imports of fresh salmon from 
British Columbia: 
Imports oF FRESH SALMON FROM British COLUMBIA, CANADA, FOR A SERIES OF 
YEARS.@ 
Year. Pounds. | Value. | Year. Pounds. Value. | Year. Pounds. | Value. 
| Saas 
1B90! ee 8 4, 660 $241 || 1897........ 93, 454 $2,681 || 1904........ 40,610 $1,025 
ROL e aoe. 2 4,950 H707 ||} 1898. 32. 28- 11, 580 2787)| 190582 205.2 1,015 35 
S025. 2. 2S 5 6, 288 801 |||/18992 25.2. 58, 002 45100 || 190685, -- 2. = 3, 457, 738 64, 408 
IROBE Sci Sed <8 64,811 3, 639 ROOD Ass s 19, 404 $ob"|) 1907s. 24.2 113, 224 4,131 
Th eee 3, 872 PAK} ||) OVI 27-072)|| )2)060) || 1908882 S22: 8, 880 795 
[eGbe uy S46. 8 14,000 | 1,403 || 1902........ 22,353 739) || 190081 0 a 41,073 | 2,346 
TROBE © 3 UL 11, 799 419 || 1903........ 6, 860 34519 10be see see 198,251 | 10,116 
@ After 1909 all imports of fresh salmon are listed under “ Fish, fresh.” 
After 1911 the imports of fresh salmon from both coasts of Canada 
and from Newfoundland were lumped together, and are shown 
in the table below. Fully nine-tenths, if not more, of this salmon 
came from the Province of British Columbia in Canada, and the 
greater part of this was canned in the canneries on Puget Sound, 
Wash. 
Fiscal year Fiscal year | Fiscal year 
ending Pounds. Value. ending Pounds. Value. ending Pounds. | Value. 
June 30— June 30— June 30— 
191)--......| 1,122,286 | $114, 123 | LOLA wesc 2 3, 262, 828 | $245, 791 || 1917....... 19, 769, 660 | $599, 442 
RLS 2 1,520,687 | 135,416 || 1915....... 10, 676,296 | 383,697 || 1918....... 14, 408, 294 | 957, 169 
1913........| 2,089,781 | 180,513 || 1916.......| 24,026,481 | 501,115 || 1919....... 15, 571,451 | 928, 552 
The following table shows, by customs districts, the imports of 
fresh salmon during the calendar year 1918: 
Imports, BY Customs Districts, oF FRESH SALMON, CALENDAR YEAR 1918. 
Customs district. Pounds. Value. Customs district. Pounds. | Value. 
| 
| 
Maine and New Hampshire. 449, 244 $82,721 || Dakota..... Saab sieceeeer ozs 532,772 | $56,472 
Massachusetts......---.--.- 4, 965 318 || Duluth and Superior. -...... 18, 100 1,728 
IND WM ODES own cece sc metbencc 12, 400 3, 536 || St. Lawrence.............-. 247, 833 26, 918 
Philadelphia............-..- 4, 500 495. ||avenmont. 22. 22ecc2s 225-2 336, 306 37, 216 
Washington...............- 11,479,858 | 421,713 ae ee = 
Buffalo...... Sa eee a 20 2 Motaleenenecsceeeceee 13,085,998 | 631,119 
During the calendar year 1919, imports of fresh salmon amounted 
to 752,480 pounds, valued at $101,121, and during the calendar year 
1920, to 676,359 pounds, valued at $125,863. 
