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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines 
  are 
  100 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  4 
  fathoms 
  deep, 
  3-iuch 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  

   built 
  and 
  5-inch 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  wings, 
  100 
  meshes 
  deep. 
  Purse 
  seines 
  

   average 
  200 
  fathoms 
  in 
  length, 
  2.5 
  fathoms 
  deep, 
  3i 
  to 
  4 
  inch 
  mesh. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  catch 
  of 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  is 
  usually 
  made 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  

   humpback 
  salmon, 
  which 
  only 
  show 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  odd 
  years, 
  first 
  

   arrive 
  from 
  the 
  12tli 
  to 
  Joth 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  remain 
  for 
  one 
  month. 
  Sil- 
  

   ver 
  salmon 
  next 
  ioUow, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  found 
  about 
  September 
  4, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  10th 
  they 
  are 
  generally 
  freely 
  schooling, 
  and 
  continue 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   plentiful 
  up 
  to 
  October 
  20. 
  During 
  1895 
  the 
  run 
  continued 
  later 
  than 
  

   for 
  many 
  years, 
  fish 
  being 
  abundant 
  up 
  to 
  November 
  5. 
  Skowitz 
  or 
  

   dog 
  salmon 
  are 
  the 
  least 
  in 
  value 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  arrive, 
  the 
  run 
  being 
  

   from 
  the 
  n)iddle 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  November, 
  Avith 
  some 
  varia- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  as 
  in 
  1894, 
  when 
  the 
  run 
  was 
  over 
  November 
  5, 
  

   though 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  it 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  January. 
  

  

  The 
  prolonged 
  stay 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  during 
  1895 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  the 
  weather. 
  The 
  

   weather 
  continued 
  mild 
  and 
  dry, 
  with 
  no 
  strong 
  winds, 
  rough 
  water, 
  or 
  

   rains 
  for 
  a 
  much 
  later 
  period 
  than 
  usual. 
  This 
  long 
  stop 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   was 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  by 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  George 
  T. 
  Myers 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   which 
  packed 
  79,750 
  cases, 
  each 
  of 
  48 
  pounds, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  3,828,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon, 
  the 
  largest 
  pack 
  of 
  any 
  single 
  cannery 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  during 
  any 
  one 
  season. 
  

  

  Smoked 
  fish. 
  — 
  Some 
  little 
  attention 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  smoking 
  of 
  fish, 
  

   the 
  amount 
  so 
  prepared 
  in 
  1895 
  being 
  140,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon, 
  50,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  halibut, 
  and 
  20,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  herring. 
  Chinook 
  and 
  silver 
  

   salmon 
  are 
  used. 
  The 
  smoked 
  fish 
  are 
  mostly 
  used 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Slojie, 
  

   a 
  small 
  amount 
  being 
  sent 
  east 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Boston. 
  

  

  Seattle 
  is 
  the 
  central 
  receiving-point 
  for 
  the 
  surplus 
  catch 
  from 
  the 
  

   sound 
  and 
  the 
  many 
  rivers 
  that 
  flow 
  into 
  it. 
  The 
  business 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  gives 
  promise 
  of 
  increase; 
  during 
  189G 
  a 
  new 
  salmon 
  cannery 
  was 
  

   built 
  and 
  operated 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  firm 
  entered 
  the 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  codfish 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  The 
  trade 
  has 
  been 
  chiefly 
  confined 
  to 
  salmon 
  canning 
  and 
  the 
  

   wliolesaling 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish. 
  The 
  fresh- 
  fish 
  trade 
  has 
  within 
  the 
  few 
  

   years 
  of 
  its 
  existence 
  seen 
  many 
  changes, 
  many 
  firms 
  having 
  started. 
  

   The 
  few 
  that 
  remain 
  have 
  seen 
  it, 
  under 
  their 
  efforts, 
  grow 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   importance, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  shipments 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  in 
  carload 
  lots, 
  

   to 
  points 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  as 
  follows: 
  195,250 
  pounds 
  in 
  

   1890, 
  090,210 
  pounds 
  in 
  1891, 
  2,131,130 
  ])ounds 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above, 
  the 
  carload 
  shipments 
  by 
  express 
  in 
  1895 
  

   were 
  2,120,874 
  pounds, 
  distributed 
  in 
  small 
  lots 
  through 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  Idaho, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  Colorado, 
  making 
  the 
  total 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  by 
  rail 
  from 
  Seattle, 
  in 
  1895, 
  4,252,004 
  pounds. 
  

  

  KITSAP 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  clams 
  and 
  

   mussels 
  that 
  are 
  found 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  numerous 
  bays 
  and 
  inlets 
  on 
  

   tlie 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  opposite 
  vSeattle. 
  Small 
  and 
  large 
  hard- 
  

   shell 
  clams 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  these 
  arms 
  of 
  the 
  sound. 
  No 
  razor 
  iar 
  soft-shell 
  

  

  