REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 117 



The following is a statement of the number of times sea lions entered various pound 

 nets set in the mouth of the Columljia River, as reported by the owners: 



The fishermen were unanimous in their denunciation of the sea lions. A fishing 

 company at Chinook, Wash., states that it was damaged |1,500 in 1901 by sea lions 

 letting fish out of the nets, the damage to the nets not being included. The sea 

 lions enter the traps in the same way that fishes do, and, after eating what they 

 wish, break their way out through the side. 



Sea lions were not foimd in Puget Sound in 1901, and no complaint whatever was 

 made concerning them. 



It appears from the above that the sea lions are doing very little damage anywhere, 

 excepting at the mouth of the Columljia River. The shallow water and the large 

 number of salmon make that point a favorite feeding ground, and there is no doubt 

 that the sea lions are doing mtich damage there. 



Table of stomach contents of sea lions. 



