﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  

  

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  Tlie 
  followinii' 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   utilized 
  at 
  the 
  canneries 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  salted 
  in 
  18'J5: 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  catch 
  of 
  38,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  rockflsh, 
  halibut, 
  and 
  cultus-cod 
  

   taken 
  near 
  Empire 
  City 
  and 
  600 
  bushels 
  of 
  clams 
  were 
  used 
  locally. 
  

  

  CURRY 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Kogue 
  Kiver 
  comprise 
  the 
  leading 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   this 
  county. 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  salmon 
  caught 
  within 
  the 
  county 
  

   was 
  1,098,961 
  pounds 
  in 
  1895 
  against 
  933,050 
  pounds 
  in 
  1892. 
  The 
  

   catch 
  of 
  1895 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  many 
  rivers 
  of 
  Oregon 
  that 
  are 
  entered 
  by 
  salmon, 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  and 
  the 
  Kogue 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  streams 
  that 
  have 
  a 
  spring 
  run 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  fall 
  run, 
  which 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  all. 
  Tiie 
  

   catch 
  on 
  the 
  Kogue 
  Kiver 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  drift 
  gill 
  nets 
  that 
  are 
  used 
  from 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  12 
  miles 
  upstream, 
  and 
  set 
  gill 
  nets 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Illinois 
  Kiver, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  30 
  miles. 
  The 
  gill 
  net 
  catch 
  

   is 
  only 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  during 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  chiuook 
  salmon. 
  Haul 
  

   seines 
  are 
  used 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  run 
  of 
  silver 
  

   salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  drift 
  nets 
  are 
  115 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  30 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  S.Vinch 
  mesh. 
  

   Set 
  gill 
  nets 
  are 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  35 
  fathoms 
  in 
  length, 
  a\^eraging 
  20 
  fathoms, 
  

   30 
  to 
  45 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  8^-inch 
  mesh. 
  Haul 
  seines 
  are 
  1(>0 
  to 
  200 
  fathoms 
  

   long, 
  average 
  150 
  fathoms 
  each, 
  200 
  meshes 
  deep. 
  3.^-inch 
  mesh. 
  

  

  Ohinooks 
  are 
  usually 
  taken 
  from 
  April 
  15 
  up 
  to 
  August 
  15, 
  and 
  silver 
  

   salmon 
  from 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  November 
  1. 
  No 
  humpback, 
  bhieback, 
  or 
  

   dog 
  salmon 
  enter 
  Rogue 
  River. 
  The 
  silver 
  salmon 
  is 
  quite 
  often 
  locally 
  

   known 
  as 
  blueback. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  local 
  catch 
  by 
  ranchers 
  and 
  others 
  who 
  

   live 
  near 
  the 
  rivers, 
  the 
  Rogue 
  River 
  yield 
  is 
  utilized 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  

   near 
  its 
  mouth, 
  the 
  only 
  cannery 
  on 
  thd 
  river. 
  Its 
  i)ack 
  of 
  18i)5 
  

  

  