﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

  597 
  

  

  pound; 
  cliinook, 
  2 
  ceuts 
  a 
  pound; 
  silver, 
  7 
  cents 
  each, 
  average 
  of 
  1 
  

   cent 
  a 
  pound; 
  humpback, 
  2 
  cents 
  each, 
  average 
  of 
  ^ 
  cent 
  a 
  pound. 
  

   The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  of 
  1805 
  amounted 
  to 
  821,515 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Sturgeon 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  received 
  no 
  attention 
  up 
  to 
  1895, 
  

   when 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  two 
  men 
  set 
  Chinese 
  trawls. 
  In 
  the 
  future 
  some 
  

   attention 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  sturgeon 
  fishery. 
  

  

  Stilliguamish 
  River 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  stream, 
  which 
  flows 
  into 
  the 
  sound 
  

   at 
  Stanwood. 
  It 
  has 
  quite 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  steelheads 
  which 
  are 
  fished 
  for 
  at 
  

   its 
  lower 
  end. 
  Silver 
  and 
  humpback 
  salmon 
  are 
  also 
  found, 
  but, 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  low 
  prices 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  are 
  not 
  taken. 
  Chinook 
  and 
  blueback 
  

   salmon 
  are 
  only 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  by 
  an 
  occasional 
  straggler, 
  

   there 
  being 
  no 
  run 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  species. 
  Fishing 
  is 
  all 
  by 
  set 
  and 
  

   drift 
  gill 
  nets, 
  worked 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  up 
  to 
  Stilvana 
  Sta- 
  

   tion, 
  G 
  miles. 
  During 
  1895 
  twenty 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  followed 
  the 
  

   steelhead 
  run, 
  taking 
  180,000 
  pounds; 
  probably 
  as 
  much 
  more 
  was 
  

   taken 
  by 
  men 
  from 
  other 
  sections 
  and 
  by 
  ranchers 
  for 
  home 
  use. 
  

  

  KING 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  tliis 
  county, 
  centering 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  continue 
  to 
  increase; 
  

   the 
  products 
  in 
  1892 
  amounted 
  to 
  2,385,352 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $72,300, 
  while 
  in 
  1895 
  they 
  were 
  11,109,118 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $123,582. 
  

   Seven 
  vessels 
  also 
  took 
  6,196 
  seals, 
  of 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $16,470. 
  The 
  fish 
  

   were 
  received 
  fresh 
  and 
  consisted 
  of 
  6,102,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon 
  used 
  

   at 
  the 
  cannery 
  that 
  packed 
  79,950 
  cases 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  

   following 
  sold 
  to 
  and 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  wholesale 
  fish 
  firms: 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  ... 
  

   Halibut... 
  

   Cultus-cod 
  

   Black-cod 
  . 
  

  

  3, 
  994, 
  650 
  

  

  790, 
  000 
  

  

  19, 
  000 
  

  

  10, 
  500 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Herring 
  .. 
  

  

  Perch 
  

  

  Smelts 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  211,110 
  

   114,218 
  

  

  IGO, 
  720 
  

   86, 
  920 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  are 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  small 
  sailboats 
  of 
  cat, 
  sloop, 
  or 
  schooner 
  

   rig, 
  ten 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  under 
  {;ustom-house 
  i)apers 
  and 
  ranged 
  from 
  6 
  

   to 
  34 
  tons, 
  these 
  last 
  mentioned 
  being 
  engaged 
  chiefly 
  in 
  fishing 
  for 
  

   halibut 
  at 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Fuca. 
  The 
  other 
  

   small 
  craft 
  engaged 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery, 
  which 
  they 
  followed 
  

   through 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Fuca 
  and 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  and 
  their 
  numerous 
  arms 
  

   and 
  bays, 
  between 
  Point 
  Koberts 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  Hoods 
  Canal 
  on 
  the 
  

   south. 
  The 
  salmon 
  catch 
  is 
  made 
  between 
  August 
  and 
  November. 
  

   A 
  few 
  boat 
  fishermen 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  through 
  the 
  winter, 
  their 
  

   catch 
  being 
  herring, 
  perch, 
  smelt, 
  and 
  tlounders. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  apparatus 
  has 
  also 
  largely 
  changed; 
  pound 
  nets 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  up 
  and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  haul 
  seines 
  has 
  decreased. 
  Gill 
  nets 
  and 
  purse 
  

   seines 
  have 
  largely 
  increased 
  in 
  number 
  and 
  favor, 
  (lill 
  nets 
  have 
  a 
  

   wide 
  range 
  in 
  length, 
  being 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  100 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  the 
  average 
  

   being 
  20 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  very 
  short 
  nets 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  tlie 
  many 
  bays 
  and 
  

   arms 
  of 
  Paget 
  Sound, 
  the 
  long 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  body 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  

   mesh 
  varies* 
  from 
  5A 
  to 
  9 
  inches 
  for 
  the 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  