FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



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Fyke nets have increased in number, while hoop nets 

 and traps have decreased. 



Products, by species. Table 1, on page 224, shows for 

 1908 the quantity and value of the fishery products of 

 the state, by species and by apparatus of capture. 



The total product increased from 27,533,000 pounds, 

 valued at $1,185,000, in 1904, to 28,217,000 pounds, 

 valued at $1,356,000, in 1908, an increase of 3 per cent 

 in quantity and 14 per cent in value. In 1904 there 

 were 15 species of products, as compared with 21 in 

 1908. Those not reported in earlier canvasses were 

 cultus cod, flounders, sculpin, squeteague, or sea trout, 

 black snapper, sole, and tomcod, some of which were 

 taken in considerable quantities. The value of the 

 salmon catch represented 96 per cent of the total value 

 of products in 1908. The bulk of the Oregon salmon 

 product was of the chinook variety, wliich contributed 

 68 per cent of the total weight and 81 per cent of the 

 total value of salmon reported for the state. 



Products, by fishing grounds. Tables 2 and 3, on 

 pages 224 and 225, give the fishery products, by species 

 and apparatus of capture, for the Columbia River and 

 Pacific coast districts, respectively, and the following 

 tabular statement shows, for the state as a whole and 

 for the two districts, the distribution by principal 

 species of the total value of products in 1908: 



The following tabular statement shows, for 1908, the 

 fishery products of the state according to fishing 

 grounds : 



Products, by apparatus of capture. Of the total quan- 

 tity, 22,849,000 pounds were taken with gill nets ; and of 

 the gill-net catch, 22,246,000 pounds, or 97 per cent, 

 represented salmon, valued at $1,061,000, or 82 per 

 cent reported for the total salmon catch of the state. 



Seines ranked second both in respect to the quantity 

 and the value of the product taken. In addition to a 

 large amount of salmon, considerable quantities of 

 flounders, herring, and perch of the viviparous variety 

 were included in the seine catch. The catch by wheels 

 is confined to salmon and a few sturgeon. 



In the following tabular statement the value of the 

 total fishery product is distributed according to appa- 

 ratus of capture, for the state and the two districts: 



Salmon. As already indicated, salmon constituted 

 the chief fishery product, and represented 95 per cent of 

 the total quantity and 96 per cent of the total value of 

 products reported. The increase between 1904 and 

 1908 hi the quantity reported was 162,000 pounds, or 

 less than 1 per cent, and in the value reported $150,000, 

 or 13 per cent. There was a decrease in the quantity 

 caught of the chinook and dog or chum species, although 

 the value of each increased. Both the quantity and 

 value of blueback, silver, and steelhead salmon increased . 



The following tabular statement shows the quantity 

 and value of salmon taken from the different fishing 

 grounds in 1908: 



The salmon catch of the Columbia River alone con- 

 stituted 75 per cent of the total salmon catch of the 

 state and represented 87 per cent of its total value. 

 The quantity taken from the Coquille River was greater 

 than that taken from Rogue River, but the value of the 

 latter catch was considerably greater. Almost the 

 entire salmon product of the different rivers, excepting 



