FISHEEIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES IN 1904. 



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have had light catches during the past few years, the aggregate catch 

 of the 30 used during 1904 being 1,416,993 pounds of salmon. Gas- 

 oline boats and steam tugs are quite extensively used by canners, 

 fish buyers, and others in transporting fish and towing boats to or 

 from the fishing grounds. Eighty-four were used in 1904. The fisher- 

 men, with very few exceptions, continue touse sails and oars. ( rasoline 

 boats, now so universally used by the fishermen of California, are 

 seldom used on the Columbia River, the fishermen there being of the 

 opinion that they prevent salmon from entering the nets. 



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



How engaged. 



Number. 



On vessels transporting . .. 

 Inshore or boat fisheries.. 

 On shore, in canneries, etc 



Total ...'. 



84 

 :;. 525 

 1,690 



5, 299 



Investment in the Fisheries of Oregon in 1904. 



Number. 



Value. 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Hi la ts, sail and row 



Boats, gasoline 



Apparatus -shore fisheries: 



Gill nets ( yards, 873,629) 



Seines (yards, 20,017) 



Fyke nets 



Hoop nets and traps 



Lines 



Wheels 



Tongs, hoes, forks, and shovels. 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



Total. 







1,820 



HI 



2,631 

 50 



120 



:;. 129 



;;o 



$115,700 



14, 350 

 213,395 

 25, 700 



199,345 



inn 



50 



116,000 

 83 



1,203,200 



3,756,692 



Products of the Fisheries of Oregon i\ 1904. 



Species. 



Carp 



Catfish 



Halibut 



Herring 



Perch 



Sal an ill : 



Blueback, or sock-eye 



» Ihinook 



Dog, or chum 



Silver 



Steel head 



Pounds, 



•Jo, 



180, 



25, 



18, 



I, 



:;;;:;, 

 20,022, 



998, 

 4,255, 

 1, 103, 



Value. 



8200 



6,000 



1,750 



608 



L26 



1.2,001 



L, 005, 960 



5,51 1 



82, 956 



ll.. r ,17 



Species, 



Rockfish 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smell 



Sturgeon 



Crabs 



Crawfish 



("lams, suit . . . . 

 < lysters, native 



Total 



Pounds. 



21, 



10, 



36, 



24, 



8, 



246, 



187, 



« 31, 



6 6, 





Value. 



8630 



1,000 



1, 133 

 739 

 221 



12,480 

 3,071 



1. 188 



1,185,092 



<" 3, 139 bushels. 



6 992 bushels. 



