FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES IN 1904. 25 



Wholesale Fishery Trade of Tacoma in L904. 



Product. 



Fresh: 



Black cod 



Cultus cod 



Flounders 



Halibut 



Herring 



Perch 



Rockfish 



Smelt 



Total 



Salmon: 



Silver 



Chinook 



Steelhead 



Dog, or chum 



Blueback, or sockeye 



Total 



Fresh frozen salmon: 



Dog, or chum 



Chinook 



Silver 



Total 



Pounds. 



•10, 000 

 84,000 

 14,000 

 4,975,000 

 75,000 

 35, 000 

 110, 000 

 48, 000 



5, 381 , 000 



570, 000 

 520,200 

 192, 000 

 821,000 

 96, 000 



Value. 



81, 600 

 4,140 

 300 

 198, 375 

 1,500 

 1,050 

 4,600 

 1,960 



213, 525 



25, 300 

 29,748 

 13,440 



31,176 

 3, 360 



2,205,200 103,024 



360, 000 

 11,000 

 105, 000 



476, 000 



15, 300 



860 



5,450 



21,610 



Product. 



Mild cured salmon: Chinook. 



Salted: 



Dog, or chum, salmon 



Silver salmon 



Black coil 



Cod 



Boneless cod 



Herring 



Halibut 



Total 



Smoked: Herring (in boxes). 



Miscellaneous: 



Crabs 



Clams (net weight | 



Oysters, eastern (n e t 



weight) 



Oysters, native (net weight i 

 Shrimp 



Total 



Grand total 



Pounds. 



503, 000 



666, 000 

 60. DUO 

 32,000 

 10, 000 

 9, 000 

 740, 000 

 1,200,000 



2,717,000 82,070 



Value. 



§;>i;,;:uu 



11,910 



2, 100 



1,400 



•150 



680 



17,200 



48, 000 



10, 000 



300 



142, 200 

 53, 228 



2, 216 

 23,116 

 25, 400 



246, 160 



11,598,360 



8,860 

 4,625 



720 

 6, 675 

 2, 432 



23, 312 



500, 141 



Portland. — The wholesale fish trade of Oregon, which is centered 

 at Portland, is of some importance, being represented by firms with 

 $132,050 capital and 52 employees, who were paid $31,900 in wages. 

 The products handled by these firms amounted to 2,126,500 pounds of 

 fresh fish, valued at $122,637; 88,000 pounds of smoked fish, valued 

 at $7,695; 125,000 pounds of salt fish, valued at $5,605; making a 

 total of 2,340,000 pounds of fish, valued at $135,937. There were 

 also handled $59,993 worth of oysters, $12,065 worth of clams, $12,780 

 worth of crabs, and $3,985 worth of crawfish, shrimp, and lobsters. 

 The aggregate value of products was $224,760. The bulk of the fish 

 handled by the wholesale dealers consisted of 904,500 pounds of fresh 

 salmon, 582,000 pounds of halibut, 227,900 pounds of crabs, and 

 139,600 pounds of shad. 



