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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FI8H 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  men 
  fishiug 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Ten-Mile 
  Creek 
  make 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  

   catch 
  in 
  the 
  surf 
  at 
  its 
  mouth 
  in 
  the 
  following- 
  novel 
  manner: 
  Gill 
  nets 
  

   are 
  iised 
  in 
  the 
  surf 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  creek, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  ebb 
  tide 
  

   one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  made 
  fast 
  on 
  shore 
  and 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  

   surf, 
  the 
  strong 
  ebb 
  tide 
  soon 
  drawing 
  the 
  net 
  out. 
  After 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  

   the 
  net 
  is 
  drawn 
  by 
  hauling 
  it 
  in 
  along 
  the 
  beach. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  

   of 
  such 
  salmon 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  locally 
  in 
  this 
  sj)arsely 
  settled 
  section, 
  

   the 
  catch 
  is 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  cannery, 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years 
  being 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  salmon 
  used 
  in 
  1895, 
  2,950 
  were 
  chinooks, 
  weighing 
  70,800 
  

   pounds, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  $1,032; 
  46,182 
  were 
  silver 
  

   salmon, 
  weighing 
  over 
  530,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  worth 
  $0,927. 
  The 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  received 
  35 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  chinooks 
  and 
  15 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  silver 
  

   salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  fishermen 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  100, 
  of 
  whom 
  12 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  River 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  on 
  that 
  stream, 
  there 
  being 
  

   only 
  a 
  fall 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  on 
  the 
  Umpqua. 
  

  

  coos 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  Coquille 
  River 
  and 
  Coos 
  

   River 
  and 
  Bay. 
  In 
  1892 
  there 
  were 
  699,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  taken 
  here, 
  

   worth 
  $15,947; 
  1,319,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  1895, 
  Avorth 
  $21,591. 
  

  

  Coquille 
  River 
  fisheries 
  are 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  salmon, 
  which 
  

   enter 
  the 
  river 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter. 
  Gill 
  nets 
  and 
  haul 
  

   seines 
  are 
  used 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  for 
  22 
  miles 
  upstream. 
  

   The 
  catch 
  of 
  1895 
  was 
  all 
  used 
  at 
  one 
  cannery 
  at 
  Bandon 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  

   Parkersburg. 
  A 
  cannery 
  located 
  at 
  Prosper, 
  which 
  packed 
  in 
  1893 
  

   and 
  part 
  of 
  1894, 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  season. 
  

  

  Ill 
  1895 
  the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  35 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  chinook 
  and 
  15 
  cents 
  

   each 
  for 
  silver 
  salmon. 
  The 
  average 
  gross 
  weight 
  of 
  chinook 
  was 
  20 
  

   pounds, 
  and 
  of 
  silver 
  9 
  pounds. 
  The 
  canning 
  operations 
  in 
  1895 
  are 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  : 
  

  

  