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  EEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  , 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  prosperous 
  

   condition 
  in 
  1912, 
  but 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  sUghtly 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  although 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   pack 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  year 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  prosperous 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  purse- 
  

   seine 
  fishery 
  for 
  salmon 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound. 
  Comi:)ared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year, 
  however, 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  from 
  136 
  to 
  170 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  purse-seine 
  boats 
  employed 
  in 
  tliis 
  fishery. 
  The 
  hahbut 
  catch 
  in 
  

   1912 
  varied 
  but 
  fit 
  tie 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  being 
  about 
  

   35,000,000 
  pounds. 
  The 
  product 
  in 
  1912 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   marketed 
  at 
  liigher 
  prices 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  than 
  in 
  1911. 
  The 
  cod 
  

   fishery 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  7 
  firms 
  having 
  13 
  vessels, 
  8 
  of 
  which 
  sailed 
  

   from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  Puget 
  Somid 
  ports, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  for 
  

   the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  9,300,000 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  collecting 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  

   fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  Wash., 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  

   vessels 
  and 
  boats, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  freight 
  steamers, 
  was 
  begun 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  February, 
  1912. 
  The 
  only 
  fish 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   landed 
  that 
  month, 
  after 
  this 
  work 
  began, 
  was 
  629,625 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  

   hahbut 
  from 
  Flattery 
  Bank, 
  valued 
  at 
  $27,773. 
  An 
  interruption 
  in 
  

   the 
  work 
  occurred 
  early 
  in 
  July 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  resignation 
  of 
  the 
  

   local 
  agent 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  and 
  consequently 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  July 
  and 
  

   August 
  are 
  incomplete. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  resumed 
  earl}^ 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  

   continued 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  April 
  the 
  following 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  landed 
  at 
  Seattle 
  duruig 
  the 
  period 
  

   covered 
  by 
  the 
  returns 
  were 
  hahbut, 
  herring, 
  and 
  salmon. 
  Black 
  cod, 
  

   cod, 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  species 
  were 
  also 
  landed 
  in 
  considerable 
  quan- 
  

   tities. 
  The 
  products 
  were 
  obtained 
  cliiefly 
  from 
  Alaska, 
  Flattery 
  

   Bank, 
  and 
  Puget 
  Somid. 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  cjuantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  

   fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  this 
  port, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  available, 
  are 
  given 
  by 
  

   months 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  December, 
  1912, 
  and 
  from 
  January 
  to 
  April, 
  

   1913, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables. 
  

  

  