﻿CXXXVITI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Catfish 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Cultus-cod 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Halibut 
  

  

  Herring 
  

  

  Eocktish 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  blueback 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  Chinook 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  dog 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  humpback 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  silver 
  

  

  Salmon, 
  steelhead 
  

  

  Smelt 
  

  

  Striped 
  bass 
  

  

  Sturgeon 
  

  

  Other 
  fish 
  , 
  

  

  Oysters 
  

  

  clams 
  

  

  Abalones 
  

  

  Other 
  niollusks 
  

  

  Crabs 
  

  

  Spiny 
  lobster 
  , 
  

  

  Crawfish 
  , 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  and 
  prawn. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Terrapins, 
  turtles, 
  

  

  and 
  frogs 
  

  

  Fur-seal, 
  sea-lion, 
  and 
  

  

  sea-otter 
  pelts 
  

  

  Whale 
  oil 
  

  

  Other 
  oil 
  

  

  Whalebone 
  

  

  AlgSB 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  California. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value. 
  

  

  276, 
  605 
  

   2, 
  783, 
  550 
  

  

  139, 
  495 
  

   3, 
  308, 
  334 
  

  

  3, 
  180, 
  960 
  

  

  1, 
  527, 
  344 
  

  

  192, 
  000 
  

  

  4, 
  398, 
  044 
  

  

  24, 
  

  

  31, 
  

  

  4, 
  

  

  126, 
  

  

  Oregon. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value. 
  

  

  99, 
  399 
  

  

  6,000 
  

  

  5,000 
  

  

  37, 
  000 
  

   565, 
  913 
  

   21, 
  056, 
  926 
  

   2, 
  125, 
  115 
  

  

  164,413 
  

   461, 
  225 
  

  

  1, 
  739, 
  600 
  

   252, 
  454 
  

   299, 
  729 
  

  

  4, 
  781, 
  467 
  

  

  14, 
  727, 
  240 
  

  

  1, 
  582, 
  959 
  

  

  302, 
  292 
  

  

  520, 
  590 
  

  

  2, 
  565, 
  000 
  

   558, 
  054 
  

  

  5, 
  425, 
  000 
  

   144, 
  566 
  

  

  549, 
  517 
  

  

  4,500 
  

  

  98, 
  517 
  

  

  26, 
  565 
  

  

  50, 
  010, 
  020 
  

  

  539, 
  

   15, 
  

   7, 
  

   5, 
  

   61, 
  

   12, 
  

  

  162, 
  749 
  

  

  21, 
  606 
  

  

  120, 
  061 
  

   19,944 
  

  

  180 
  

   287, 
  227 
  

  

  531 
  

  

  9, 
  457, 
  355 
  

  

  3, 
  220, 
  324 
  

  

  31, 
  125 
  

  

  956, 
  239 
  

  

  125, 
  246 
  

  

  88, 
  800 
  

  

  280, 
  700 
  

  

  23, 
  520 
  

   "58," 
  970 
  

  

  4,000 
  

  

  1, 
  786, 
  483 
  38, 
  141, 
  632 
  

  

  $1, 
  347 
  

  

  240 
  

   '466 
  

  

  1,780 
  

  

  18, 
  315 
  

  

  977, 
  901 
  

  

  10, 
  627 
  

  

  142,143 
  

  

  80, 
  825 
  

  

  1,245 
  

  

  23, 
  767 
  

   1,252 
  

   2,220 
  

   2,475 
  

  

  637 
  

   '3,'369 
  

  

  400 
  

   13, 
  093 
  

  

  1, 
  282, 
  036 
  

  

  Washington. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value 
  

  

  484, 
  250 
  

   22;i, 
  278 
  

   106, 
  850 
  

   714, 
  315 
  

   344, 
  670 
  

   38, 
  420 
  

   292, 
  588 
  

   936, 
  8861 
  

   471,897 
  

   269, 
  766 
  

   361, 
  721 
  

   971, 
  385 
  

   528, 
  455 
  

  

  883, 
  543 
  

   245, 
  480 
  

   484, 
  035 
  

   405, 
  000 
  

  

  23, 
  650 
  

   163, 
  000 
  

  

  36, 
  088 
  

  

  104, 
  250 
  

  

  59, 
  089, 
  527 
  

  

  $13,934 
  

  

  4,193 
  

  

  1,502 
  

  

  39,418 
  

  

  2,201 
  

  

  796 
  

  

  166,818 
  

  

  574, 
  975 
  

  

  28, 
  956 
  

  

  15, 
  326 
  

  

  141,460 
  

  

  135, 
  040 
  

  

  7, 
  706, 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value, 
  

  

  47,934 
  

  

  5, 
  983 
  

  

  109, 
  2:i2] 
  

  

  8, 
  550 
  

  

  208 
  

   4, 
  241 
  

  

  1,804 
  

  

  86, 
  291 
  

   "'4,' 
  865 
  

  

  376, 
  

   3, 
  267, 
  

  

  368, 
  

   3,415, 
  

   1,719. 
  

   3, 
  525, 
  

   1, 
  602, 
  

   8, 
  050, 
  

   38,391, 
  

  

  7, 
  597, 
  

   2, 
  209, 
  

  

  21,983, 
  

  

  8, 
  652, 
  

  

  2, 
  299, 
  

   252, 
  

  

  3, 
  139, 
  

  

  5, 
  152, 
  

  

  21, 
  300, 
  

  

  3, 
  268, 
  

   302, 
  

   544, 
  

  

  2, 
  751, 
  

  

  558, 
  

  

  58, 
  

  

  5,461, 
  

  

  549, 
  517 
  

   108, 
  750 
  

   98, 
  517 
  

   26, 
  565 
  

  

  $5, 
  312 
  

  

  97, 
  440 
  

  

  8,646 
  

  

  71, 
  497 
  

  

  39, 
  818 
  

  

  26, 
  561 
  

  

  33, 
  609 
  

  

  189, 
  933 
  

  

  , 
  679, 
  477 
  

  

  39, 
  583 
  

  

  15, 
  326 
  

  

  288, 
  006 
  

  

  234, 
  314 
  

  

  62, 
  254 
  

  

  13, 
  037 
  

  

  80, 
  094 
  

  

  93, 
  379 
  

  

  650, 
  949 
  

  

  26, 
  482 
  

  

  7,173 
  

  

  5,739 
  

  

  66, 
  628 
  

  

  12, 
  575 
  

  

  3,369 
  

  

  164, 
  553 
  

  

  22, 
  006 
  

  

  219, 
  445 
  

  

  19,944 
  

  

  5,045 
  

  

  287, 
  227 
  

  

  531 
  

  

  1, 
  401, 
  433 
  147, 
  241, 
  179 
  4, 
  469, 
  952 
  

  

  Comparing 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fishing- 
  industry 
  in 
  1895 
  with 
  that 
  in 
  

   1892 
  (the 
  year 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  previous 
  canvass), 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  3,260 
  

   more 
  persons 
  were 
  engaged, 
  1881,515 
  more 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  

   $357,012 
  less 
  products 
  taken. 
  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  

   output, 
  the 
  canvass 
  of 
  1895 
  showed 
  a 
  substantial 
  gain 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   for 
  food 
  products. 
  In 
  "Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   more 
  than 
  1,900 
  persons 
  engaged 
  and 
  over 
  $400,000 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   catch 
  in 
  each 
  State, 
  with 
  a 
  corresponding 
  increase 
  in 
  capital. 
  This 
  gain 
  

   was 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery. 
  The 
  building 
  of 
  cold-storage 
  plants 
  

   has 
  also 
  largely 
  increased 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  fresh 
  salmon, 
  of 
  which 
  

   extensive 
  shipments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  Eastern 
  States 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  

   European 
  countries. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  varied 
  fisheries 
  of 
  California 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  marked 
  

   changes. 
  In 
  some 
  sections 
  the 
  food-fish 
  fisheries 
  show 
  large 
  gains, 
  

   San 
  Diego 
  and 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  counties 
  especially 
  having 
  greatly 
  increased 
  

   their 
  fishing 
  business 
  by 
  building 
  up 
  a 
  trade 
  with 
  the 
  interior 
  States 
  

   of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  San 
  Francisco 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  chief 
  center 
  for 
  

   the 
  reception 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  canned, 
  dried, 
  

   pickled, 
  and 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  besides 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  whale 
  and 
  seal 
  fleets. 
  

   The 
  decline 
  in 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  whales 
  and 
  seals 
  has 
  been 
  marked, 
  amount- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  nearly 
  $1,000,000 
  compared 
  with 
  1892 
  5 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  

   engaged 
  becomes 
  less 
  yearly; 
  some 
  vessels 
  are 
  lost, 
  some 
  are 
  not 
  put 
  

   in 
  commission, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  new 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  fleet. 
  This 
  branch 
  

   may 
  be 
  exijected 
  to 
  still 
  further 
  decline. 
  

  

  