24 FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES IN 1904. 



The Wholesale Fishery Trade of Seattle in 1904. 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Wages paid 



Persons engaged . 



Number. 



6 

 'i72 



Value. 



8208, 900 

 147, 000 

 116, 487 



Product. 



Fresh: 



Black cod pounds. 



Brook trout do. . . 



Cultus cod do. . . 



Flounders do... 



Halibut do. . . 



Herring do. . . 



Perch do... 



Rockfish do... 



Salmon — 



Blueback, or sock-eye, 

 pounds 



Chinook pounds. 



Dog, or chum do... 



Silver do... 



Steelhead do. . . 



Smelts do... 



Sturgeon do. . . 



Crabs (4,939 doz.) do... 



Spiny lobsters do. . . 



Shrimp do... 



Clams bushels. 



Oysters, eastern do... 



Oysters, native do... 



Product. 



Salted: 



Cod pounds. 



Herring (bbl.) do. . . 



Halibut do... 



Salmon, chinook (bbl.), 

 pounds 



Salmon, chinook, mild- 

 cured pounds. 



Salmon, silver do. . . 



Smoked: 



Halibut do... 



Herring do... 



Salmon — 



Chinook do. . . 



Dog, or chum do... 



Silver do... 



Kippered salmon, chinook, 



pounds 



Canned: 



Salmon, dog cases. 



Salmon, silver do... 



Total 



Quantity. 



889, 000 

 172, 000 

 127,000 



280, 000 



901,600 

 86, 000 



187,000 

 16, 350 



19, 000 

 12, 000 

 11,000 



7,200 

 6,000 



Value. 



842,050 

 4,170 

 5,890 



84, 792 

 3,547 



15, 550 

 603 



2,375 

 600 



825 



1,600 



18,720 

 21,000 



676, 937 



Tacoma. — Thefisb business of Tacoma has increased since 1899, from 

 two firms with $55,000 capital, to four firms in 1901 with $268,550 

 capital and 122 persons employed, to whom were paid $98,000 in wages. 

 The leading products handled in 1901 were 6,175,000 pounds of fresh 

 and salted halibut, 3,970,200 pounds of fresh, salted, frozen, and mild- 

 cured salmon; 1,207,000 pounds of other fish, and 216,160 pounds of 

 oysters, clams, crabs, and shrimp, a total of 11,598,360 pounds, valued 

 at $500,111, against a total in 1899 of 4,298,000 pounds. The halibut 

 and salmon were shipped mostly to cities on the Atlantic coast. The 

 Northern Pacific Railway carried to eastern points shipments of fresh 

 and frozen, pickled, and mild-cured fish amounting to 6,212,000 pounds. 

 A large amount of fresh halibut was sent to Portland, San Francisco, 

 and other Pacific coast cities by local steamers. 



