﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

  591 
  

  

  WASHINGTON. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  salrnou 
  industry, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  leading 
  brunch 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries, 
  this 
  State 
  lias 
  comparatively 
  important 
  fisheries 
  for 
  cod, 
  halibut, 
  

   sturgeon, 
  oysters, 
  and 
  fur-seals. 
  Tlie 
  business 
  is 
  most 
  extensive 
  in 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  River, 
  Avhere 
  it 
  relates 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  salmon, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   also 
  of 
  growing' 
  importance 
  in 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  where 
  besides 
  a 
  large 
  

   salmon 
  catch 
  there 
  are 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  for 
  halibut, 
  fur-seals, 
  etc., 
  and 
  

   important 
  oyster-beds. 
  

  

  The 
  summarized 
  statistics 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  1895 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  tables; 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  each 
  county 
  are 
  then 
  brielly 
  considered, 
  

   supplemented 
  by 
  detailed 
  tables 
  showing 
  by 
  counties 
  the 
  various 
  phases 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  industry 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  persons 
  employed. 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  apparatus 
  and 
  capital. 
  

  

  Designation. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Vessels 
  fishing 
  39 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  1, 
  165. 
  94 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Vessels 
  transporting 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Apparatus 
  — 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  Seines 
  

  

  Guns 
  and 
  spears 
  

  

  Lines 
  

  

  20 
  

   254. 
  62 
  

  

  2,646 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $81, 
  500 
  

  

  Designation. 
  

  

  27, 
  164 
  

   45, 
  850 
  

  

  5,870 
  

   170, 
  155 
  

  

  50 
  

   5,296 
  

   2,543 
  

  

  Ajiparatus— 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines 
  

  

  Purso 
  seines 
  

  

  Pound 
  nets 
  and 
  trap 
  nets. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Wheels 
  

  

  Sot 
  lines 
  

  

  Reef 
  nets 
  

  

  Spears 
  

  

  Minor 
  nets 
  

  

  Hand 
  lines 
  

  

  Tongs, 
  rakes, 
  and 
  hoes 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property. 
  

   Cash 
  capital 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  3,729 
  

   113 
  

   62 
  

   245 
  

   25 
  

   1,388 
  

   39 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $183, 
  555 
  

  

  30. 
  780 
  

  

  40, 
  619 
  

  

  181, 
  975 
  

  

  71, 
  800 
  

  

  19, 
  896 
  

  

  1,365 
  

  

  456 
  

  

  470 
  

  

  144 
  

  

  2,801 
  

  

  473, 
  620 
  

  

  ,; 
  678,500 
  

  

  .2,021.409 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  products. 
  

  

  Si)ecies. 
  

  

  Black-cod 
  

  

  Bluehaek 
  sahnon, 
  fresh' 
  

  

  Blut'liack 
  salmon, 
  sailed 
  .. 
  

  

  (Jl.inook 
  salmon 
  

  

  Co<l, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Cod. 
  salted 
  

  

  Cultu.scod 
  

  

  36, 
  ( 
  

  

  7, 
  272, 
  ! 
  

  

  20,1 
  

  

  12, 
  936, 
  J 
  

  

  39, 
  

  

  444,: 
  

  

  223, 
  

  

  Don 
  salmon 
  1 
  5, 
  471, 
  i 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Halilmt, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Haliluit, 
  salted 
  

  

  Herring 
  

  

  Hmnpback 
  salmon 
  . 
  , 
  

  

  I'erch 
  

  

  Koekfish 
  

  

  Silver 
  salmon, 
  fresh 
  . 
  

  

  lOG.f 
  

  

  1,584,; 
  

  

  130, 
  ( 
  

  

  344, 
  

  

  2. 
  269, 
  

  

  169, 
  ( 
  

  

  38,' 
  

  

  12,319,'; 
  

  

  '108,665 
  in 
  number. 
  

   2 
  394 
  bushels. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  I 
  Value. 
  

  

  Silver 
  salmon 
  .salted 
  32, 
  000 
  

  

  Smelt 
  528, 
  455 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  salmon 
  4, 
  971, 
  385 
  

  

  Sturgeon 
  1, 
  883, 
  543 
  

  

  Toiiicod 
  9. 
  780 
  

  

  Trout, 
  black-spotted 
  | 
  15,000 
  

  

  Trout, 
  salmon 
  14.970 
  

  

  Crabs 
  j 
  '163,000 
  

  

  Slirimp 
  I 
  36,088 
  

  

  Mussels 
  : 
  »2:i,6.'i0 
  

  

  Ovslers 
  I 
  36.484,035 
  

  

  Cianis 
  M, 
  405, 
  000 
  

  

  Fur-seals 
  (■^) 
  

  

  Dogfish 
  oil 
  j 
  M04,250 
  

  

  'I'otal 
  59,(i79, 
  

  

  s 
  108,067 
  bushels. 
  

   ■•24,224 
  busheln. 
  

  

  '• 
  10,477 
  in 
  number. 
  

   « 
  13,900 
  gallons. 
  

  

  $1, 
  180 
  

  

  7.706 
  

  

  135, 
  040 
  

  

  47, 
  934 
  

  

  147 
  

  

  1, 
  05(1 
  

  

  1,048 
  

  

  4,241 
  

  

  1,804 
  

  

  208 
  

  

  109, 
  232 
  

  

  8,550 
  

  

  86, 
  291 
  

  

  4. 
  865 
  

  

  