﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IX 
  1895. 
  

  

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  water 
  much 
  interferes 
  with 
  or 
  entirely' 
  suspends 
  the 
  working 
  of 
  

   wheels. 
  

  

  Sturgeon 
  having 
  been 
  largely 
  exterminated 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   river, 
  fishermen 
  prospected 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  bordering 
  Skamania 
  County. 
  

   Here 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  sturgeon 
  were 
  very 
  plentiful 
  and 
  of 
  quite 
  large 
  size, 
  

   some 
  very 
  large. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  limited 
  areas 
  of 
  deep 
  water, 
  

   and 
  1,177,106 
  pounds 
  of 
  sturgeon, 
  representing 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   output 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  were 
  soon 
  taken. 
  The 
  catch 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  

   trawls 
  on 
  which 
  sharp-pointed 
  baitless 
  hooks 
  were 
  used. 
  The 
  fish 
  

   were 
  vsoon 
  caught 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  fishermen 
  moved 
  on* 
  up 
  to 
  Snake 
  River, 
  

   as 
  elsewhere 
  noted. 
  

  

  KLICKITAT 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Commercial 
  fishing 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  practically 
  ends 
  at 
  the 
  

   western 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  county. 
  The 
  fish 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  east 
  of 
  this 
  

   section 
  are 
  of 
  some 
  value 
  to 
  ranchers 
  and 
  Indians, 
  but 
  are 
  as 
  yet 
  of 
  

   no 
  importance 
  commercially. 
  The 
  business 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  

   a 
  catch 
  of 
  212,192 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon 
  that 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  5 
  fish-wheels 
  

   located 
  in 
  the 
  narrow 
  swift 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  near 
  The 
  Dalles, 
  at 
  the 
  

   southwestern 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  and 
  69,322 
  pounds 
  of 
  sturgeon 
  taken 
  

   with 
  hooks. 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  shmoing 
  iij 
  counties 
  the 
  nuniher 
  of 
  persona 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Washington 
  

  

  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  