﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

  677 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  not 
  being 
  considered 
  in 
  this 
  rei)ort, 
  those 
  of 
  

   Washington 
  lead 
  in 
  the 
  increase, 
  closely 
  followed 
  by 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  between 
  1892 
  and 
  189."), 
  while 
  nearly 
  all 
  other 
  

   branches 
  of 
  bnsiness 
  were 
  depressed, 
  the 
  valne 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  products 
  

   of 
  Washington 
  increased 
  $470,865 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  Oregon 
  $411,731 
  ; 
  in 
  

   persons 
  employed, 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  Washington 
  was 
  1,902 
  and 
  in 
  Oregon 
  

   1,991; 
  in 
  capital 
  invested, 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  Washington 
  was 
  $-130,902 
  

   and 
  in 
  Oregon 
  $3(55,001. 
  The 
  increase 
  in 
  these 
  two 
  States 
  has 
  been 
  

   chiefiy 
  in 
  salmon, 
  halibut 
  following 
  next 
  in 
  importance 
  in 
  Washington. 
  

  

  California 
  capital 
  is 
  largely 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  The 
  general 
  food 
  fishes 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  being 
  chiefly 
  used 
  locally, 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  affected 
  by 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  depressed 
  business 
  that 
  has 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  limited 
  the 
  catcli 
  and 
  

   decreased 
  prices. 
  A 
  coini)arison 
  between 
  1892 
  and 
  1895 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  fisheries 
  increased 
  353,274 
  pounds 
  and 
  decreased 
  $25,778. 
  In 
  

   the 
  general 
  fisheries 
  the 
  decrease 
  has 
  chiefly 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  whale 
  fishery, 
  

   which 
  shows 
  a 
  loss 
  in 
  products, 
  between 
  1892 
  and 
  1895, 
  of 
  $930,151; 
  

   during 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  fur 
  seal 
  and 
  sea 
  otter 
  products 
  decreased 
  $300,361. 
  

   Shrinkage 
  in 
  values 
  and 
  demand 
  has 
  also 
  decreased 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  $158,760 
  and 
  shrimp 
  $79,068. 
  In 
  some 
  sections 
  of 
  California 
  the 
  

   general 
  food-fisheries 
  are 
  increasing, 
  from 
  more 
  attention 
  being 
  given 
  

   to 
  opening 
  up 
  new 
  markets 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  while 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  

   depended 
  mostly 
  on 
  a 
  home 
  demand 
  have 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  decreased. 
  

  

  Comparative 
  summary 
  of 
  persons 
  emplojied, 
  capital 
  inccsted, 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  jtroducis 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  Washmtfton, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  California. 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  Peraons 
  employed: 
  

   Washiugton 
  — 
  

  

  Oiegou 
  

  

  Califoruia 
  

  

  1880. 
  

  

  1888. 
  

  

  2, 
  240 
  

   5,339 
  

   3,036 
  

  

  Total 
  . 
  

  

  10,615 
  

  

  Capital 
  iiive.sted: 
  

   Washiugton 
  . 
  

   Oregon 
  

  

  $330, 
  358 
  

  

  839, 
  675 
  

  

  CaliTornia 
  1,139,675 
  

  

  3,363 
  

   3,619 
  

   4,68i 
  

  

  11,666 
  

  

  Total 
  2,309,708 
  5,202,327 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  ))roduct3 
  : 
  

  

  Wasliiugtou 
  

  

  Oregon 
  

  

  Caliloruia 
  

  

  Total 
  . 
  

  

  $1,261,078 
  

   1, 
  859, 
  299 
  

   2,081,950 
  

  

  $417, 
  932 
  

  

  605, 
  302 
  

  

  *1, 
  738, 
  334 
  

  

  2, 
  761, 
  568 
  

  

  $810. 
  326 
  

  

  733, 
  867 
  

  

  2, 
  465, 
  317 
  

  

  4, 
  009, 
  510 
  

  

  4,310 
  

   4,332 
  

   5,403 
  

  

  14, 
  045 
  

  

  |1, 
  593, 
  567 
  

   2, 
  272. 
  351 
  

   2, 
  526, 
  746 
  

  

  6, 
  392, 
  604 
  

  

  $931,568 
  

  

  872. 
  405 
  

  

  3, 
  022, 
  991 
  

  

  4, 
  826, 
  964 
  

  

  6,21% 
  

   6, 
  323 
  

   4,770 
  

  

  17, 
  305 
  

  

  $2, 
  024, 
  469 
  

   2, 
  637, 
  412 
  

   2, 
  612, 
  298 
  

  

  7, 
  274, 
  179 
  

  

  $1, 
  402, 
  433 
  

   1, 
  284, 
  136 
  

   1, 
  786, 
  479 
  

  

  4, 
  473, 
  048 
  

  

  * 
  Approximate. 
  

   THE 
  SALMON 
  INDUSTRY. 
  

  

  The 
  taking 
  of 
  salmon 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  the 
  canning 
  of 
  salmon 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  depend- 
  

   ent 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  industry. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  the 
  details 
  

   of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishing 
  and 
  canning 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  States 
  and 
  waters. 
  It 
  

   appears 
  that 
  in 
  1895 
  more 
  than 
  12,300 
  persons 
  were 
  engaged, 
  of 
  whom 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  90 
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