512 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON. 
The remarkable growth in the fisheries of Washington between 
1895 and 1899 has probably never been exceeded in so short a time 
In any section of the country. The capital invested has increased from 
$2,024,469 to $6,601,243, the value of products to the producer from 
$1,402,433 to $2,871,438, and the employees from 6,212 to 9,911. By 
far the largest portion of this increase has been in the catch and can- 
ning of salmon, the increase in canneries being from 17 in 1895 to 28 
in 1899, the new canneries having more than double the capacity of the 
former ones. The halibut fishery has increased from 1,714,315 pounds 
in L895 to 6,860,640 pounds in 1899, and the oyster fishery, in value 
of products, from $109,282 to $174,567. With the exception of the 
now prohibited fur-seal fishery, all branches of the fishing business 
have been prosperous and show a gain in products, the aggregate gain 
in pounds being from 59,079,527 in 1895 to 120,587,726 in 1899; and 
this large increase has been met by a constant demand, at prices 
encouraging to the producer and reasonable for the consumer. 
STEELHEAD (Salmo gairdnert). 
The three following tables show the apparatus and capital, the num- 
ber of persons employed, and the products of the fisheries of the State 
of Washington in 1899: 
Table of apparatus and capital. 
Items. | No. Value. Items. No. Value. 
> an a7 7 <a se ae | 
Vessels fishing. ............. 32 $72,400 | Apparatus—shore __ fisher- 
TONNE PC. 22 lcemoeecese a. 80! le soot eee ies—continued. | 
Oats ee ee ole eee 44,715 | Reef Mets. 2 2-cecce co cae 20 $600 
Vessels transporting......... 72 275,200}, “Dip mets: 2 ast2e.--ssee-- = 55 140 
MONMAPC sci .2 een nn eee ese LY ee cen Seren rere 1 “Crab Motss-s.S5--ceeae =< = 574 685 
Outfit 86,314 || Wheels 025.2252 822ee-=-- 29 66, 300 
IBY Oy HIG. BO a eee eae ieee 3 ; 233,475 || . iSPCATS 2 sccecee o-ceemee cas 88 255 
PAUL G-ATIV.CLS: <== aieve<o:are eae een 30 63,283 | Lines—trawl and hand...)....... 638 
Apparatus—vessel fisheries: | HAT POONSs easeesen- see see {hit cea 675 
IDTed PCS, fo. Beck snsseas I 100 || _Dredges, tongs, rakes, ete .|....--- 3, 453 
Lines, trawl] and hand.....|......- 5,780 | Shore and accessory prop- | | 
Apparatus—shore fisheries: | Il ELLY tion ace tede ones sales sees | 1,200, 892 
S@INCS © ce ccweranieas a sesjencic 205 93/420) ||nCashtca pltalieecsscnseoescee see ace 2,779,977 
Gillsnetsse coc55 Sn. lke. 1, 900 119, 591 | en 
Pound nets. 2222.5. 2..5..- 540 1, 552, 650 Total fesse css. cece see leceeee. | 6,601, 243 
Lipid son ale) pee 70 700 | 
