﻿CXLVI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  shad 
  will 
  bring 
  the 
  fishermen 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  cents 
  a 
  

   pound 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  price 
  

   drops 
  to 
  1 
  cent, 
  and 
  even 
  at 
  that 
  price 
  the 
  demand 
  is 
  limited. 
  The 
  

   absence 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  market 
  necessitates 
  the 
  throwing 
  away 
  of 
  far 
  the 
  

   larger 
  x^art 
  of 
  the 
  catch. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  save 
  a 
  few 
  for 
  home 
  consump- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  their 
  neighbors. 
  The 
  shad 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  

   good 
  fish 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  liked, 
  but 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  compete 
  with 
  salmon 
  as 
  a 
  

   marketable 
  species. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  shad 
  have 
  been 
  canned 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  for 
  experi- 
  

   mental 
  purposes 
  and 
  home 
  consumption. 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  J. 
  Kinney, 
  of 
  Asto- 
  

   ria, 
  in 
  1895 
  canned 
  shad 
  for 
  winter 
  use 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  table. 
  He 
  states 
  

   that 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  good, 
  but 
  of 
  course 
  lacked 
  the 
  color 
  and 
  oil 
  which 
  

   add 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  canned 
  salmon. 
  

  

  