CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction 5 



I. The species of salmon and the runs 6 



Chinook, quinnat, or king salmon 6 



Sockeye, blueback, or red salmon 8 



Silver or coho salmon 9 



Humpback or pink salmon 10 



Dog or chum salmon 11 



Steelhead trout 11 



II. Fishing grounds and history of the fisheries 12 



Washington 12 



Columbia River 13 



Oregon 15 



California 18 



Alaska 21 



III. Apparatus and methods of the fisheries 23 



Gill nets 23 



Haul seines 24 



Diver nets 25 



Dip nets 25 



Squaw nets 25 



Purse seines 26 



Traps, or pound nets 27 



Indian traps 29 



Wheels 30 



Reef nets 32 



Trolling 32 



Bow and arrow 34 



Spear and gaff 34 



IV. Fishermen and other employees 35 



V. Fishery regulations 37 



Controversial forms of apparatus 37 



Laws and their enforcement 40 



VI. Methods of preparing salmon 46 



Canning 46 



Early days of the industry 46 



Handling the salmon 49 



Dressing 50 



Cutting 50 



Salting 51 



Filling the cans 51 



Wa shing the cans 52 



Capping 53 



Soldering 53 



T( sting 54 



Cooking 54 



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