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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  LINCOLN 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fislieries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  

   the 
  Alseya 
  and 
  Yaquina 
  rivers 
  during 
  their 
  only 
  run 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  

   winter, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  native 
  oyster 
  business 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  

   stream. 
  This 
  district 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  Benton 
  County. 
  The 
  

   catch 
  on 
  the 
  Alseya 
  is 
  made 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  there 
  located. 
  The 
  products 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  amount 
  canned 
  in 
  1895, 
  35,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   salted 
  and 
  45,090 
  pounds 
  sold 
  fresh, 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  utilized 
  being 
  

   433,910 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $4,749 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  catch 
  from 
  the 
  

   Yaquina 
  Eiver 
  in 
  1895, 
  disposed 
  of 
  fresh, 
  amounted 
  to 
  71,040 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  silver 
  salmon 
  and 
  35,520 
  pounds 
  of 
  chinook, 
  the 
  amount 
  salted 
  being 
  

   45,500 
  pounds 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon. 
  The 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Yaquina 
  find 
  a 
  

   ready 
  market 
  at 
  Salem, 
  Albany, 
  and 
  other 
  interior 
  cities 
  and 
  towns, 
  

   the 
  State 
  institutions 
  at 
  Salem 
  taking 
  a 
  good 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  catch. 
  Ship- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  all 
  dressed 
  fish, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  fishermen 
  receive 
  2 
  to 
  2 
  J 
  cents 
  

   a 
  pound, 
  equal 
  to 
  IJ 
  to 
  If 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  gross 
  weight. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  

   taken 
  with 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  one-third 
  chiuook 
  and 
  two 
  thirds 
  sil- 
  

   ver 
  salmon. 
  Kets 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  j)art 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  are 
  50 
  fathoms 
  

   long, 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  river 
  100 
  fathoms 
  — 
  16 
  and 
  35 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  7 
  and 
  9 
  

   inch 
  mesh. 
  The 
  fishing-grounds 
  extend 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   12 
  miles 
  upstream. 
  A 
  small 
  cannery, 
  built 
  at 
  Newport, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Yaquina, 
  will 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  utilize 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  

   salmon 
  during 
  189G. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  continue 
  to 
  show 
  a 
  large 
  decrease 
  as 
  comjiared 
  with 
  the 
  

   amounts 
  taken 
  in 
  past 
  years. 
  The 
  limited 
  oyster-grounds, 
  covering 
  

   some 
  2 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  are 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  miles 
  above 
  its 
  mouth. 
  The 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  oyster 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  probably 
  from 
  overfishing, 
  

   this 
  small 
  area 
  being 
  worked 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  for 
  10 
  months 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

   During 
  1895 
  the 
  business 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  12 
  men, 
  that 
  produced 
  

   888 
  sacks 
  of 
  88,800 
  pounds 
  weight 
  and 
  $2,220 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  LANE 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  For 
  several 
  years 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  have 
  

   been 
  confined 
  to 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Siuslaw 
  Kiver. 
  Two 
  canneries 
  near 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  packed 
  13,301 
  cases 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  1893, 
  10,858 
  

   cases 
  in 
  1894, 
  and 
  12,102 
  cases 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  