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Summary of the salmon-canning industry of the Pacific Coast of the United States in 1892. 
Per wo. of | Cash | Total Salmon utilized. Salmon canned. 
States. pad can- | Value. | ,, apital. invest- : 
ployed. meres: aoe Pounds. | Value. Cases. | Value. 
California -.--. 222 6 | $95, 000 | $40,000 | $135,000 | 1,071,612 | $32, 568 15, 884 75, 696 
Oregon ..------. 1, 510 22 598, 000 ' 835, 000 |1, 433, 000 |26, 432, 711 793, 238 | 394,486 |2, 085, 072 
Washington... 851 13 | 369,750 |~ 520,000 | 889,750 |16,449,570 | 424,208 | 238, 758 |1, 163, 590 
Alaska .....--- 1,399 15 | 493,400 1,067,500 1,560, 900 |37, 534,100 |1, 126,023 | 468,970 |1, 969, 674 
Total.-..| 3,982 | 56 |1,556, 150 2,462, 500 /4, 018, 650 |81, 487, 998 |2, 376, 037 |1, 118, 098 |5, 294, 032 
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CALIFORNIA. 
GENERAL IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 
The fisheries of California are more important and varied than those 
of any other west coast State, as determined by the products taken. 
Considering the entire country, the rank of California as a fishing State 
is sixth; in the value of its products it is surpassed only by Massachu- 
setts, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and New Jersey. The growth of 
the industry of late years has been marked, and the near future will 
doubtless witness an advance in the relative position of California at 
the expense of several of the east coast States named. The possibilities 
for the development of the inshore and offshore market fisheries and 
of other branches are believed to be great. 
The special products which give to California the important rank it 
‘now occupies are oysters, shrimp, crabs, whales, fur seals, and the 
general food-fishes of the coast; in the yield of all these it surpasses the 
other States of thisregion. The salmon catch, while large as compared 
with the other products of the State, is insignificant when the remainder 
of the region is considered. The State owes much of its prominence in 
‘this connection to the extensive offshore vessel fisheries carried on for 
whales, cod, fur seals, etc., a branch of the industry which is of very 
small extent elsewhere on this coast. 
The extent of the fisheries of this State in 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892 
is shown in the following tables, which relate, respectively, to persons 
‘employed, capital invested, and products taken: 
Persons employed in the fisheries of California. 
How engaged. 1889. 1890. 1891. | 1892. 
BESS HET sols yao ae Seid 2 oc te os Sielels aia cig se ecins se nie eisiciss ciate 1,147} 1,412} 1,569 1, 825 
MIRE OS. LS NOMOS por a 0G = <a aee yercie semi deciclceicjcoe ce swiejes maa 2,940 | 2,922] 2,964 2, 968 
Canning industry and wholesale trade. .......... 22. ee eee eee ee eee ee 597 547 576 610 
6 cso ss pai ot allem le oa ol a 4,684 | 4,881 | 5,109! 5,403 
