﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  G19 
  

  

  the 
  northwest 
  coast, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  cities 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Kocky 
  Moun- 
  

   tains, 
  and 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  to 
  England 
  and 
  Europe. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  

   leading 
  species 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  distributed 
  from' 
  Tortlaud 
  during 
  1805 
  

   was 
  4,146,240 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon; 
  1,025,471. 
  ])Ounds 
  of 
  sturgeon; 
  8;>,817 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  shad; 
  40,700 
  pounds 
  of 
  catfish. 
  

  

  Shad 
  continue 
  to 
  rapidly 
  increase 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  special 
  fishing 
  for 
  them, 
  the 
  limited 
  demand 
  being 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  shad 
  incidentally 
  taken 
  in 
  fishing 
  for 
  salmon. 
  

  

  WASCO 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

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

   a 
  limited 
  amount 
  of 
  sturgeon 
  from 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  

   northern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Three 
  salmon 
  canneries, 
  of 
  which 
  

   two 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  The 
  Dalles 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  Celilo, 
  packed 
  19,110 
  cases 
  of 
  

   salmon, 
  of 
  $83,200 
  value. 
  The 
  salmon 
  used 
  were 
  chiefly 
  caught 
  by 
  fish- 
  

   wheels 
  located 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  The 
  Dalles. 
  This 
  county 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  terminal 
  of 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River. 
  

   A 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  east 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  lor 
  

   local 
  use. 
  

  

  CLACKAMAS 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Eighty-two 
  fishermen, 
  living 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  Oregon 
  City, 
  represent 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Willamette 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  branch 
  the 
  Clackamas. 
  

   The 
  distance 
  covered 
  by 
  these 
  men 
  in 
  both 
  .streams 
  is 
  30 
  miles. 
  Their 
  

   catch 
  is 
  marketed 
  fresh 
  at 
  Portland 
  and 
  their 
  fishing 
  season 
  is 
  short. 
  

   The 
  season 
  opens 
  legally 
  on 
  April 
  10. 
  From 
  that 
  date 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  

   May 
  10 
  chinooks 
  of 
  large 
  size 
  are 
  taken, 
  a 
  second 
  ran 
  of 
  smaller 
  size 
  

   following 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  catch 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  month, 
  during 
  

   the 
  run 
  of 
  the 
  large-sized 
  fish, 
  is 
  made 
  with 
  drift 
  gill 
  nets, 
  after 
  which 
  

   set 
  nets 
  with 
  a 
  smaller-sized 
  mesh 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  run. 
  

  

  From 
  July 
  1 
  up 
  to 
  September 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  fish 
  running, 
  and 
  the 
  

   business 
  is 
  suspended 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  last 
  of 
  September. 
  Silver 
  

   salmon 
  are 
  fished 
  for 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  September 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   November. 
  Steelhead 
  trout 
  (locally 
  called 
  salmon) 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   fished 
  for 
  from 
  November 
  until 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  begins, 
  jMarch 
  1. 
  No 
  

   bluebacks 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Willamette. 
  The 
  catch 
  averages 
  five-tenths 
  

   Chinook, 
  one-tenth 
  silver, 
  and 
  four-tenths 
  steelhead. 
  

  

  The 
  fishermen 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  have 
  an 
  association 
  with 
  some 
  60 
  active 
  

   members, 
  their 
  headquarters 
  being 
  at 
  Oregon 
  City. 
  

  

  Crawfish 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Willamette 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  During 
  

   1895, 
  30,422 
  dozen, 
  of 
  $3,043 
  value, 
  were 
  secured. 
  This 
  catch 
  is 
  made 
  

   by 
  ranchers 
  and 
  semi-professional 
  fishermen 
  living 
  near 
  the 
  streams 
  

   from 
  which 
  they 
  make 
  their 
  catch. 
  Crawfish 
  weigh 
  lA 
  to 
  2 
  pounds 
  

   to 
  the 
  dozen, 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  being 
  10 
  cents 
  a 
  dozen. 
  

   The 
  entire 
  catch 
  is 
  sold 
  at 
  Portland, 
  where 
  the 
  average 
  retail 
  price 
  is 
  

   15 
  to 
  20 
  cents 
  a 
  dozen. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  common 
  

   hoop 
  net 
  that 
  requires 
  constant 
  attention 
  in 
  operating 
  it. 
  

  

  