﻿EEPOKT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

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  Comparative 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  Oyster 
  Product 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  

   FOR 
  Various 
  Years 
  from 
  1880 
  to 
  1912. 
  o 
  

  

  Years. 
  

  

  California. 
  

  

  Oregon. 
  

  

  Washington. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1880 
  

   1888 
  

   1889 
  

   1890 
  

   1891 
  

   1892, 
  

   1895 
  

   1899 
  

   1904 
  

   1908 
  

   1912, 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

   {") 
  

   130,000 
  

   146,150 
  

   151,325 
  

   158, 
  130 
  

   178,645 
  

   163, 
  636 
  

   420, 
  000 
  

   188, 
  613 
  

   104,000 
  

   68, 
  037 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  $509, 
  176 
  

   571,525 
  

   592, 
  137 
  

   618, 
  455 
  

   698, 
  257 
  

   539, 
  497 
  

   867, 
  000 
  

   628, 
  023 
  

   337,000 
  

   280,344 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

  

  4,125 
  

   1,666 
  

   1,470 
  

   1,622 
  

   1,633 
  

   1,480 
  

   985 
  

   992 
  

   1,300 
  

   2,213 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  $6, 
  250 
  

   3,125 
  

   2,758 
  

   3,043 
  

   3,062 
  

   2,220 
  

   1,625 
  

   1,488 
  

   4,200 
  

   9,050 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

   15,000 
  

   60,993 
  

   125, 
  790 
  

   148,150 
  

   166, 
  428 
  

   164,924 
  

   108,067 
  

   98, 
  355 
  

   191,208 
  

   204,000 
  

   143,329 
  

  

  Value. 
  

   $10, 
  000 
  

   86, 
  574 
  

   128, 
  604 
  

   147, 
  930 
  

   154,961 
  

   147,995 
  

   109, 
  232 
  

   174,567 
  

   402,012 
  

   352, 
  500 
  

   386, 
  849 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

   C) 
  

   195, 
  118 
  

   273,606 
  

   300,945 
  

   326, 
  180 
  

   345, 
  202 
  

   273, 
  183 
  

   519,340 
  

   380, 
  813 
  

   209,300 
  

   213,579 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  C) 
  

  

  $601,999 
  

  

  703, 
  254 
  

  

  742, 
  825 
  

  

  776, 
  459 
  

  

  849,314 
  

  

  650,949 
  

  

  1,043,192 
  

  

  1,031,523 
  

  

  693, 
  700 
  

  

  676, 
  243 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  statistics 
  for 
  1908 
  in 
  this 
  table 
  are 
  from 
  data 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Census. 
  

   b 
  Statistics 
  not 
  available. 
  

  

  VESSEL 
  FISHERIES 
  AT 
  BOSTON 
  AND 
  GLOUCESTER. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  

   have 
  been 
  collected 
  and 
  published 
  as 
  montlily 
  and 
  annual 
  buUetiixSy 
  

   giving 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  by 
  American 
  

   fishing 
  vessels 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  ports 
  during 
  the 
  calendar 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  1912 
  there 
  were 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  3,676 
  trips, 
  amountmg 
  to 
  

   100,300,080 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish, 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,731,391, 
  and 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  

   3,973 
  trips, 
  aggregating 
  82,403,979 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,047,868, 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  7,649 
  trips 
  and 
  182,704,059 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted 
  

   fish, 
  valued 
  at 
  $4,779,259. 
  The 
  receipts 
  at 
  Boston 
  were 
  aU 
  fresh 
  

   fish 
  except 
  143,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  mackerel, 
  valued 
  at 
  $9,442, 
  

   while 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  they 
  included 
  51,263,695 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $1,055,295 
  and 
  31,140,284 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  fish, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $992,573. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1911 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  849 
  trips 
  at 
  

   the 
  two 
  ports, 
  but 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  2,449,308 
  pounds 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  

   of 
  $245,238 
  m 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  cod 
  and 
  cusk 
  

   did 
  not 
  vary 
  materially 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  

   considerable 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  value. 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  haddock 
  and 
  halibut, 
  but 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  hake, 
  pollock, 
  

   mackerel, 
  and 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  dealers 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  imported 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  3,637,169 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  cod 
  from 
  Newfoundland 
  

   and 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  are 
  given 
  m 
  detail 
  by 
  months 
  and 
  

   fishing 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables. 
  

  

  