FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



TABLE 3 OHIO FISHERY PRODUCTS OP OHIO RIVER DISTRICT: 1908. 



221 



i Less than $100. 

 OKLAHOMA. 



The commercial fisheries of Oklahoma, all of which 

 were of the shore and boat class, were confined to the 

 Arkansas River. The statistics for 1908 are given in 

 the following summary : 



Number of fishermen 



Capital $50 



Boats 



X umber 



Value $35 



Apparatus of capture $10 



Shore and accessory property $5 



Products: 



Total quantity (pounds) 6, 700 



Total value $300 



Drum, fresh-water 



Pounds 4, 500 



Value $200 



Buffalo fish 



Pounds 1, 200 



Value* $50 



Catfish- 

 Pounds 1, 000 



Value $60 



OREGON. 



The fishing grounds of Oregon may be grouped in 

 two districts, comprising, respectively, the Columbia 

 River and its tributaries, and the Pacific Ocean to- 

 gether with the rivers emptying into it other than the 

 Columbia. Most of the coast rivers are short, and 

 their descent is so rapid that fishing is confined to 

 within a few miles of the ocean. The Rogue and 

 Umpqua Rivers, however, furnish abundant fishing 

 for the sportsman, but little commercial fishing is 

 done on either river east of the Coast Range. Trout 

 are found in all the mountain streams, while salmon 

 ascend the rivers in small numbers as far east as the 

 Cascade Range. The fishing industry of the state 

 shows a healthy growth, and the product is being 

 rapidly extended to include other species than salmon, 



3 Includes pearls and slugs valued at $400. 



which was for years the only species taken to any 

 extent. The general statistics for 1908 are as follows: 



Number of persons employed 4, 772 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $508, 000 



Apparatus of capture 795, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 65, 000 



Value of products 1, 356, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. The number 

 of persons employed in 1908 was 4,772, as compared 

 with 3,609 reported for 1904 by the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries, exclusive of 1,690 employed on shore in canner- 

 ies, etc. The returns of the Bureau of the Census 

 exclude employees in canneries and include but three 

 shoresmen. During the period between the two can- 

 vasses, vessels and boats increased in value from 

 $369,000 to $508,000, or 38 per cent; apparatus of 

 capture, from $645,000 to $795,000, or 23 per cent; 

 and products, from $1,185,000 to $1,356,000, or 14 

 per cent. 



The following tabular statement gives a comparison 

 of the number of persons employed, the capital in- 

 vested in vessels, boats, and apparatus of capture, and 

 the value of products in 1908, with the figures for 

 certain earlier years for which statistics are available : 



Persons employed. The distribution of the persons 

 employed in the fisheries of Oregon in 1908, according 

 to the character of their connection with the industry, 

 is shown in the following table for the state as a whole 

 and for the two main fishery districts: 



