﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

  589 
  

  

  iug 
  and 
  pnttinj^ 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  any 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  fish 
  oflered. 
  

   The 
  distributions 
  from 
  Hamburg- 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  packing 
  the 
  cases 
  of 
  

   frozen 
  iisb 
  into 
  small 
  truck 
  cars 
  holding 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  tons 
  each. 
  The 
  

   cars 
  are 
  taken 
  upon 
  local 
  steamers 
  that 
  radiate 
  from 
  Hand)urgto 
  many 
  

   far 
  and 
  near 
  ports. 
  During 
  1805 
  sliipments 
  from 
  Hamburg 
  brought 
  

   from 
  30 
  to 
  GO 
  pfennigs, 
  or 
  from 
  7^ 
  to 
  15 
  cents, 
  a 
  pound, 
  net, 
  freight 
  

   excepted. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  (piite 
  large 
  shipments 
  of 
  fish 
  to 
  

   Europe, 
  notice 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  shipment 
  from 
  New 
  England 
  to 
  Hamburg 
  as 
  

   far 
  back 
  as 
  1870 
  is 
  of 
  interest. 
  During 
  March 
  ol" 
  that 
  year 
  Mr. 
  .1. 
  L. 
  

   Grifliu, 
  then 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  iish 
  business 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  Me., 
  made 
  an 
  

   exj)erimental 
  shipment 
  of 
  fresh 
  frozen 
  salmon 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  New 
  Brunswick. 
  Mr. 
  Grittin 
  states: 
  

  

  The 
  siilmou 
  having 
  beeu 
  frozeu 
  solid, 
  were 
  packed 
  in 
  a, 
  box 
  whieh 
  was 
  inclosed 
  

   within 
  a 
  second 
  box 
  with 
  an 
  air-chamber 
  of 
  1^ 
  inches 
  between 
  the 
  boxes; 
  these 
  

   were 
  placed 
  inside 
  of 
  a 
  third 
  packing 
  case 
  with 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  1 
  inch 
  between, 
  this 
  

   space 
  being 
  filled 
  with 
  sawdust. 
  The 
  fish 
  arrived 
  at 
  Hamburg 
  in 
  good 
  couilitiou, 
  but 
  

   could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  market 
  as 
  fresh 
  frozen 
  (isli, 
  such 
  an 
  article 
  then 
  being 
  unknown. 
  

   The 
  frost 
  having 
  been 
  removed, 
  the 
  fish 
  weie 
  smoked 
  and 
  met 
  a 
  ready 
  sale. 
  

  

  This 
  small 
  shipment 
  not 
  meeting 
  with 
  success, 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  intro- 
  

   duce 
  fresh 
  frozen 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  to 
  Europe 
  was 
  for 
  the 
  

   time 
  discontinued. 
  After 
  many 
  years, 
  with 
  new 
  methods 
  of 
  freezing, 
  

   packing, 
  and 
  shipping, 
  it 
  has 
  beeu 
  successfully 
  and 
  extensively 
  renewed 
  

   from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  

  

  FUR-SEAL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  fur-seal 
  fishery 
  has 
  slowly 
  been 
  decreasing 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  ves- 
  

   sels 
  engaged 
  and 
  seals 
  captured. 
  The 
  business 
  of 
  late 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  

   on 
  with 
  more 
  loss 
  than 
  profit, 
  and 
  indications 
  look 
  to 
  a 
  continued 
  

   decline. 
  During 
  1895 
  35 
  sail 
  were 
  engaged, 
  of 
  which 
  13 
  were 
  from 
  

   California, 
  2 
  from 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  20 
  from 
  Washington. 
  

  

  The 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  vessels, 
  outfit, 
  and 
  advances 
  to 
  the 
  crews 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  $222,939. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  averaged 
  091 
  pelts 
  

   each, 
  a 
  few 
  having 
  taken 
  the 
  bulk 
  while 
  many 
  took 
  but 
  few 
  seals. 
  The 
  

   aggregate 
  catch 
  and 
  value 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  seals 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  From 
  Nortliwest 
  

   coast, 
  2,251; 
  off 
  Japan 
  coast, 
  13,205; 
  ott' 
  Jxussian 
  coast, 
  497; 
  from 
  

   Bering 
  Sea, 
  8,188, 
  Eight 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  from 
  Washington 
  were 
  owned 
  

   and 
  fished 
  by 
  the 
  Makah 
  Indians 
  of 
  Neah 
  Bay, 
  who 
  took 
  3,029 
  seals, 
  

   of 
  which 
  1,084 
  were 
  killed 
  off 
  the 
  Japan 
  coast 
  by 
  one 
  vessel. 
  

  

  