﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
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  The 
  gross 
  weight 
  and 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  hshermeu 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  1895 
  are 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  statement: 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  and 
  pack 
  of 
  1895 
  were 
  considerably 
  less 
  than 
  they 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  strike 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  for 
  higher 
  prices. 
  A 
  

   slow 
  and 
  dull 
  market 
  not 
  admitting 
  of 
  any 
  increase 
  in 
  price, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  

   granted, 
  the 
  fishermen 
  giving 
  in 
  after 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  much 
  valuable 
  time. 
  

   The 
  season 
  of 
  1896 
  found 
  the 
  two 
  canneries 
  united 
  under 
  one 
  manage- 
  

   ment, 
  with 
  only 
  one 
  cannery 
  packing. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  of 
  1895 
  was 
  all 
  made 
  with 
  gill 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  sizes: 
  

   Drift 
  nets 
  140 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  26 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  7 
  and 
  9^ 
  inch 
  mesh; 
  set 
  

   nets 
  30 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  26 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  7 
  and 
  9i 
  inch 
  mesh. 
  

  

  A 
  salmon 
  hatchery 
  located 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   was 
  experimentally 
  operated 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1890 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  The 
  propagation 
  work 
  at 
  this 
  hatchery 
  was 
  

   very 
  satisfactory, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  being 
  secured 
  and 
  hatched 
  

   and 
  the 
  young 
  turned 
  out. 
  

  

  DOUGLAS 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  Umpqua 
  

   Eiver 
  and 
  its 
  Smith 
  River 
  branch, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  catch 
  from 
  two 
  creeks. 
  

   The 
  Umpqua 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  longest 
  and 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  coast 
  

   streams 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  are 
  valuable 
  for 
  their 
  

   run 
  of 
  salmon, 
  which 
  comprise 
  chinook 
  and 
  silver 
  salmon 
  and 
  steel- 
  

   head 
  and 
  salmon 
  trout. 
  No 
  humpback, 
  blneback 
  or 
  dog 
  salmon 
  arc 
  

   found 
  in 
  these 
  waters. 
  Sturgeon, 
  averaging 
  00 
  pounds 
  each, 
  are 
  found 
  

   in 
  considerable 
  numbers. 
  No 
  attention 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  them 
  up 
  to 
  

   1896, 
  when 
  four 
  fishermen, 
  with 
  Chinese 
  baitless 
  hooks, 
  opened 
  up 
  the 
  

   sturgeon 
  fishery, 
  sending 
  their 
  catch 
  to 
  Portland. 
  The 
  salmon 
  catch 
  

   finds 
  a 
  ready 
  market 
  at 
  a 
  cannery 
  at 
  Gardner, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  tbe 
  

   river. 
  The 
  fishing-grounds 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  upstream 
  

   for 
  30 
  miles, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  for 
  10 
  miles 
  uj) 
  the 
  Smith 
  lliver 
  branch 
  of 
  tlio 
  

   Umpqua, 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  being 
  made 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  

   cannery. 
  

  

  Two 
  small 
  streams, 
  known 
  as 
  Five-Mile 
  and 
  Ten-Mile 
  creeks, 
  liow 
  

   down 
  from 
  the 
  mountains, 
  crossing 
  the 
  long 
  sandy 
  beach 
  and 
  entering 
  

   the 
  Pacific 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Gardner. 
  During 
  1895 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   added 
  to 
  their 
  catch 
  by 
  fishing 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  these 
  creeks, 
  taking 
  

   from 
  Ten-Mile 
  (heek 
  037 
  silver 
  salmon 
  and 
  from 
  FiveMile 
  Creek 
  3,000 
  

   silver 
  salmon. 
  These 
  creeks 
  are 
  the 
  outlets 
  of 
  lakes 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  away. 
  Salmon, 
  in 
  making 
  for 
  these 
  lakes, 
  

   enter 
  the 
  creeks 
  a 
  mouth 
  later 
  than 
  those 
  entering 
  the 
  Umpqua, 
  

  

  