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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  CLATSOP 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  This 
  countyj 
  being 
  bordered 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  liiver 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   favorably 
  situated 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  counties 
  in 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  pack 
  of 
  1895, 
  most 
  largely 
  represented 
  at 
  Astoria, 
  shows 
  

   a 
  great 
  increase 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  1892, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

   ' 
  canneries. 
  

  

  Cases. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  1892. 
  

   1895. 
  

  

  225, 
  376 
  

   375, 
  532 
  

  

  $1. 
  254, 
  116 
  

   1,887,671 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  canneries 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  9 
  at 
  Astoria 
  and 
  1 
  at 
  Clifton 
  were 
  on 
  

   the 
  Columbia 
  Eiver, 
  and 
  1 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  Nehalem 
  Eiver. 
  The 
  pack 
  of 
  

   these 
  canneries 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  309,138 
  cases 
  at 
  Astoria, 
  59,490 
  at 
  Clifton, 
  

   and 
  0,901 
  on 
  the 
  Nehalem 
  Eiver. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  amount 
  of 
  salmon, 
  

   gross 
  weight, 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  this 
  pack 
  was 
  25,091,755 
  pounds 
  from 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  Eiver 
  and 
  483,280 
  pounds 
  from 
  the 
  Nehalem 
  Eiver, 
  for 
  which 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  $994,219. 
  The 
  amount 
  and 
  value 
  by 
  species, 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  1892, 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  1895, 
  16,470,197 
  pounds 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  gill 
  nets, 
  

   3,043,718 
  pounds 
  by 
  haul 
  seines, 
  and 
  0,061,120 
  pounds 
  by 
  pound 
  nets. 
  

   This 
  large 
  increase 
  in 
  1895 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  1892, 
  amounting 
  to 
  10,659,419 
  

   pounds, 
  of 
  $468,532 
  value, 
  is 
  of 
  special 
  note. 
  From 
  the 
  general 
  depres- 
  

   sion 
  in 
  trade 
  and 
  shrinkage 
  in 
  values, 
  an 
  urgent 
  call 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  

   lower 
  and 
  cheaper 
  grade 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon. 
  To 
  meet 
  this 
  demand 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  packers 
  of 
  Clatsop 
  County 
  made 
  a 
  late 
  fall 
  pack 
  of 
  

   lower-grade 
  fish, 
  which 
  had 
  heretofore 
  very 
  seldom 
  been 
  utilized 
  at 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  Eiver 
  canneries. 
  The 
  fall 
  pack 
  consisted 
  of 
  1,584,575 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  dog 
  salmon, 
  which 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  canned 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   Eiver 
  in 
  1895, 
  and 
  5,266,194 
  pounds 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon 
  against 
  574,000 
  

   pounds 
  in 
  1892. 
  

  

  Clams. 
  — 
  The 
  13 
  miles 
  of 
  sea 
  beach 
  between 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   Eiver 
  and 
  Neconicum 
  Creek 
  are 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  razor 
  clams. 
  In 
  a 
  

   few 
  places 
  within 
  this 
  space 
  soft 
  shell, 
  or, 
  as 
  known 
  locally, 
  eastern 
  

   clams, 
  are 
  found, 
  but 
  in 
  too 
  small 
  numbers 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  commercially. 
  

   No 
  other 
  species 
  are 
  found. 
  Eazor 
  clams 
  are 
  plentiful, 
  and 
  are 
  much 
  

   wider, 
  thicker, 
  and 
  firmer 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  They 
  are 
  

   of 
  fine 
  flavor 
  and 
  find 
  a 
  ready 
  market 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Astoria, 
  and 
  neigh- 
  

  

  