FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON. 



NOTES AND GENERAL STATISTICS. 



The fisheries of Washington continue to lead those of the other 

 Pacific coast states in capital and products, though the catch of salmon 

 in this state has decreased ver} 7 noticeably during recent years. This, 

 in a measure, has been offset by a very large increase in the halibut 

 fisheries. 



In 1904 the fisheries of Washington supported 50 fishing vessels, 

 with a tonnage of 1,541 and value of $134,600; 80 transporting vessels, 

 with a tonnage of 1,247 and value of $261,300; 63 gasoline boats, valued 

 at $44,300, and 3,448 sail and row boats valued at $309,610. The prin- 

 cipal apparatus were 257 seines, 1,538 gill nets, and 602 pound nets. 

 The total value of vessels, boats, fishing apparatus, shore property, and 

 cash capital was $5,319,201, against $6,601,243 in 1899, the year shown 

 in the last previous canvass of the Pacific States. The number of per- 

 sons engaged in 1904 was 8,829, a decrease of 1,082 since 1899. The 

 products amounted to 88,954,790 pounds, with a value of $2,972,633 

 to the fishermen, a decrease of 31,632,936 pounds, caused chiefly by 

 the closing of a number of canneries as the result of a correspondingly 

 reduced demand. 



Number of Persons Employed in the Fisheries of Washington in 1904. 



Investment in the Fisheries of Washington in 1904. 



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