﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  593 
  

  

  by 
  having 
  chains 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  leaded 
  crossways 
  at 
  several 
  

   places. 
  All 
  being 
  ready, 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ])ot 
  next 
  the 
  barge 
  is 
  let 
  down 
  

   even 
  with 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  the 
  men 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  ])ot 
  

   draw 
  the 
  net 
  across 
  the 
  barge, 
  and 
  it 
  at 
  once 
  sinks 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  come 
  on 
  

   top; 
  the 
  steam 
  capstan 
  then 
  quickly 
  reels 
  in 
  tlie 
  lish 
  that 
  are 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  net, 
  the 
  net 
  simply 
  folding 
  over 
  as 
  drawn 
  in 
  from 
  its 
  far 
  side 
  and 
  

   spilling 
  the 
  fish 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  barge. 
  Men 
  on 
  the 
  barge 
  with 
  forks 
  quickly 
  

   pass 
  the 
  salmon 
  into 
  the 
  hold 
  of 
  the 
  barge, 
  and 
  throw 
  overboard 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  flounders, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  skate, 
  dogfish, 
  and 
  other 
  

   undesirable 
  fish. 
  The 
  apron 
  is 
  then 
  drawn 
  back 
  across 
  the 
  pot 
  and 
  

   the 
  operation 
  repeated 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  any 
  fish 
  remain. 
  In 
  this 
  manner 
  a 
  

   trap 
  with 
  many 
  tons 
  of 
  salmon 
  is 
  quickly 
  lifted, 
  and 
  the 
  barge 
  towed 
  

   to 
  the 
  neighboring 
  cannery, 
  where 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  at 
  once 
  dressed, 
  canned, 
  

   and 
  cooked. 
  The 
  entire 
  time 
  from 
  their 
  swimming 
  free 
  in 
  the 
  ocean 
  

   until 
  packed 
  and 
  ready 
  for 
  market 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  hours. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  pounds 
  is 
  occasionally 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  canneries 
  of 
  Fraser 
  Kiver, 
  and 
  in 
  such 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  and 
  

   cleared 
  at 
  the 
  custom-house, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  barge 
  with 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  

   towed 
  to 
  its 
  Canadian 
  destination. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  first 
  value 
  and 
  average 
  gross 
  

   weight 
  of 
  salmon 
  taken 
  at 
  Point 
  Eoberts 
  during 
  1895 
  : 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Value 
  

   per 
  fish. 
  

  

  Weight. 
  

  

  Sockeye 
  or 
  blueback. 
  

  

  Tyee 
  or 
  cliinook 
  

  

  Haddo 
  or 
  humpback 
  . 
  

  

  Cohoe 
  or 
  silver 
  

  

  Skowitz 
  or 
  dog 
  

  

  Cents. 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Pou7ids. 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  8 
  to8i 
  

  

  12 
  to 
  15 
  

  

  Blueback 
  salmon, 
  which 
  comprise 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  catch, 
  are 
  present 
  

   from 
  July 
  up 
  to 
  September, 
  the 
  largest 
  run 
  being 
  between 
  July 
  15 
  and 
  

   August 
  20. 
  Silver 
  salmon 
  appear 
  from 
  Se])tember 
  1 
  up 
  to 
  jSTovember 
  1 
  ; 
  

   a 
  few 
  up 
  to 
  January. 
  The 
  humpback 
  run 
  occurs 
  in 
  July, 
  August 
  and 
  

   September, 
  the 
  leading 
  run 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  odd-numbered 
  years, 
  the 
  even- 
  

   numbered 
  years 
  having 
  but 
  few 
  scattering 
  humpback. 
  Dog 
  salmon, 
  

   the 
  least 
  in 
  value 
  and 
  last 
  to 
  arrive, 
  occur 
  from 
  October 
  to 
  January, 
  

  

  Shad, 
  which 
  were 
  unknown 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago, 
  are 
  

   finding 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  these 
  northern 
  waters 
  and 
  increasing 
  in 
  numbers. 
  

   The 
  first 
  shad 
  noticed 
  in 
  Semiahmoo 
  Bay 
  was 
  a 
  half-grown 
  fish 
  taken 
  

   from 
  a 
  pound 
  net 
  in 
  1890. 
  Since 
  that 
  date 
  small-sized 
  shad 
  have 
  

   yearly 
  increased 
  in 
  abundance. 
  The 
  first 
  large-sized 
  shad 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  1896, 
  when 
  from 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  to 
  a 
  dozen 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  were 
  often 
  taken 
  

   from 
  a 
  trap, 
  the 
  fish 
  having 
  an 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  -1 
  ])ouiids. 
  The 
  catch 
  

   has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  value. 
  The 
  few 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  pounds 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  or 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Point 
  Eoberts 
  salmon 
  canneries 
  was 
  noticed 
  a 
  simple, 
  useful, 
  

   and 
  new 
  device 
  for 
  cutting 
  up 
  the 
  salmon 
  preparatory 
  to 
  canning. 
  The 
  

   fish, 
  having 
  been 
  dressed 
  and 
  washed, 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  an 
  elevator 
  or 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  9C 
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