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SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



PRODUCTS. 



The total products amount to 365,336,482 pounds, which returned 

 the fishermen $7,224,024. Bluebacks, sockeyes, or red salmon were 

 most numerous in Alaska and Washington, chinooks in California, 

 coho or silver, dog or chum, and steelhead trout in Washington, while 

 humpbacks were taken commercially in Alaska and Washington 

 alone, being especially numerous in Alaska. 



Products of the Salmon Fisheries of Alaska and the Pacific Coast States 



in 1909. 



Species. 



Alaska. 



Pounds. Value 



Washington. 



Pounds. Value 



Oregon. 



Pounds. Value 



Blueback, sockeye or red 

 Chinook, king or spring. 



Coho, silver or white 



Dog or chum 



Humpback or pink 



Steelhead trout 



Total 



116,014,486 



8,959,544 



3,526,404 



9,456,048 



37,965,928 



11,650 



$1,029,079 



151,984 



41,233 



15,583 



95,065 



400 



77,280,989 

 11,016,476 

 21,328,466 

 25,520,426 

 17,495,586 

 2,427.251 



$2,835,666 

 604, 906 

 554, 157 

 164,300 

 46,187 

 130,486 



844,324 



13,952,814 



5,184,520 



699,348 



$34, 703 



736, 456 



127, 204 



3,818 



1,510,285 



66, 802 



175,934,060 



1,333,344 



155,069,194 



4,335,702 



22,191,291 



968,983 



Species. 



California. 



Pounds. Value 



Pounds. Value 



Blueback, sockeye or red. 

 Chinook, king or spring. . . 



Coho, silver or white 



Dog or chum 



Humpback or pink 



Steelhead trout 



21,000 



11,962,248 



145, 500 



4,200 



$689 



580,094 



4,575 



84 



8,989 



553 



194, 160, 799 

 45,891,082 

 30,184,890 

 35,680,022 

 55,461,514 

 3,958,175 



$3,900,137 

 2,073,440 

 727, 169 

 183,785 

 141,252 

 198,241 



Total. 



12,141,937 



585,995 



365,336,482 



7,224,024 



Note.— In addition to the above, British Columbia produced 89,852,089 pounds, which returned the 

 fishermen $1,832,573, and the Yukon Territorv (Yukon River), 80,565 pounds, which returned the white 

 fishermen $10,209. 



PRODUCTS CANNED. 



In order to show the total pack of the Pacific coast of the North 

 American Continent, the pack of British Columbia has been included. 

 The total pack reduced to a common basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans 

 amounted to 5,392, 306^ cases, valued at $25,518,669. Alaska leads 

 m the total pack, with Washington second. Alaska also leads in the 

 pack of sockeyes, humpbacks, and chums. Washington leads in the 

 pack of cohoes and Oregon in the pack of chinooks and steelhead 

 trout. 



