﻿FISHERIES 
  01'^ 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  639 
  

  

  yeiir 
  to 
  year. 
  Exports 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  are 
  of 
  large 
  anuniiit 
  and 
  value, 
  

   the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  being 
  from 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  exports 
  of 
  

   1893, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  years, 
  was 
  on 
  aciiount 
  of 
  large 
  (luantities 
  

   of 
  Alaska 
  salmon 
  having 
  been 
  cleared 
  from 
  Port 
  Towusend 
  instead 
  of 
  

   ironi 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  practice. 
  

  

  DEL 
  NORTE 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this, 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  county 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  are 
  pros- 
  

   ecuted 
  in 
  Smith 
  and 
  Klamath 
  rivers. 
  The 
  only 
  fish 
  taken 
  from 
  these 
  

   streams 
  are 
  salmon, 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  canneries 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  few 
  

   settlers 
  who 
  live 
  near 
  the 
  tishing-grouuds 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Indians. 
  Smith 
  

   River 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  stream 
  that 
  has 
  its 
  outlet 
  near 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  of 
  

   Oregon 
  and 
  California. 
  The 
  salmon 
  cannery 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   reports 
  2,250 
  cases 
  packed 
  in 
  181>o 
  as 
  against 
  :3,()5() 
  packed 
  in 
  1892. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  1895 
  consisted 
  entirely 
  of 
  chinook 
  salmon. 
  Silver 
  salmon 
  

   have 
  comprised 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  previous 
  years; 
  during 
  1895 
  

   the 
  run 
  was 
  light 
  and 
  unusually 
  late, 
  but 
  few 
  silver 
  salmon 
  appearing 
  

   before 
  October 
  20. 
  The 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  utilized 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  in 
  1895 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  245,000 
  pounds, 
  gross 
  weight 
  — 
  157,500 
  pounds 
  being 
  canned 
  

   and 
  87,500 
  pounds 
  pickled. 
  The 
  catch 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  haul 
  seines 
  used 
  

   at 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Klamath 
  River 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  county 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   name 
  in 
  southern 
  Oregon; 
  passing 
  into 
  California, 
  it 
  continues 
  in 
  its 
  

   southwestern 
  course 
  across 
  Siskiyou 
  County 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  distance 
  in 
  

   Humboldt 
  County, 
  where, 
  turning 
  north, 
  it 
  enters 
  the 
  Pacific 
  just 
  across 
  

   the 
  line 
  of 
  Del 
  Norte 
  County. 
  A 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  of 
  275 
  miles 
  

   is 
  through 
  a 
  mountainous 
  country 
  with 
  few 
  inhabitants 
  except 
  the 
  

   native 
  Indians. 
  A 
  salmon 
  cannery 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  repre- 
  

   sents 
  the 
  only 
  fishing 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  It 
  packed 
  1,000 
  cases 
  in 
  

   1895, 
  the 
  gross 
  weight 
  utilized 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  being 
  112,000 
  pounds. 
  

   The 
  fishing-grounds 
  for 
  the 
  cannery 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   up 
  stream 
  10 
  miles, 
  only 
  gill 
  nets 
  being 
  used. 
  The 
  few 
  white 
  men 
  

   engaged 
  take 
  their 
  catch 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  with 
  drift 
  nets 
  

   75 
  to 
  90 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  33 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  <!i 
  and 
  7;^ 
  inch 
  mesh, 
  two 
  sets 
  

   of 
  nets 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  taking 
  chinook 
  and 
  silver 
  salmon. 
  The 
  Indians 
  

   fish 
  higher 
  up 
  the 
  stream 
  with 
  gill 
  nets 
  30 
  to 
  50 
  fathoms 
  long. 
  The 
  

   catch 
  ran 
  small 
  in 
  size, 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  chinook 
  being 
  only 
  15 
  pounds 
  

   and 
  silver 
  salmon 
  9 
  pounds. 
  During 
  1895 
  the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  12.V 
  

   cents 
  each 
  for 
  chinook 
  and 
  10 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  silver 
  salmon. 
  

  

  This 
  stream 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  only 
  four 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  that 
  have 
  a 
  

   spring 
  and 
  fall 
  run 
  of 
  salmon. 
  Chinook 
  salmon 
  run 
  from 
  about 
  April 
  1 
  

   up 
  to 
  June, 
  with 
  a 
  second 
  run 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July 
  up 
  t() 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   August. 
  About 
  October 
  1 
  the 
  silver 
  salmon 
  enter 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  run 
  ui»> 
  

   to 
  November. 
  Quite 
  a 
  heavy 
  run 
  of 
  steelheads 
  usually 
  follows 
  the 
  run 
  

   of 
  silver, 
  but 
  are 
  only 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  for 
  food. 
  Silver 
  salmon 
  are 
  

   locally 
  known 
  as 
  blueback; 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  humpback 
  do 
  not 
  enter 
  

   the 
  river. 
  Greeu 
  sturgeon 
  are 
  quite 
  plentiful, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  used. 
  Some 
  

  

  