5292 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Summary of the yield of the shore fisheries of Washington in 1899. 
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Apparatus and species. Lbs. | Value. || Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. 
Seines: Reef nets: 
Flounders............. 20, 000 $400 Salmon, blueback .... 800, 000 $10, 000 
[Skzingbel:ee aes om aera 424, 000 2,820 | 
PerGh, sae esencscs cece 43, 000 770 | Lines, trawl and hand: 
Salmon: Black-cod...........-- 55, 000 1,100 
Blueback...........- 181, 554 Cultus-cod .........--. | 91, 000 15380 
@iinOOk sans. cnnceee 52, 967 HlounG@ers 222242 222. 8, 000 160 
DO Ree ceee eee se | 67,318 Halibwtecessenee scene 349, 640 4,580 
Humpback 22. .-..--- 8, 745 | ROGk-fsh tescen gaeeee 55, 000 1,100 
UVC Te cee ictet me ereteistelela Se 137, 264 Salmon: 
Steelhead ........... 3,651 SUulven ae sn. ees 162,108 2,071 
Salmon trout.......... 3, 080 Steelhead ........... 50, 000 1, 000 
SL0:N0 De ee a ee , 000 750 Sea bass.............-- 5, 000 150 
Meiers asteeae mass cer © 35, 000 7,300 | SLUIRRON s. ccsecs ccc =e 51, 632 2,491 
MUUPP COM eases soc onc. oes 3, 333 500 e = 
OCH ei ee eae 827, 380 14, 182 
TOUAesee sees 20, 423, 514 467,119 — 
= = Wheels: 
Gill nets: Salmon: 
Salmon: Blueback ........... 476, 613 17, 404 
Blueback............ 2, 417, 834 79, 455 Chinookv. eee ees ee 692, 199 32, 607 
Chinook ..........--. 4,112, 607 137, 607 Silvererecsse aceee 8,500 255 
DO Seaee cee aoe ats =e 1, 445, 488 17, 490 SLcelneadeeeacne. eee 182, 354 5, 476 
Humpback .......... 137,329 1,387 
Silver se. soe ee. aoe 5, 734, 83 97,192 ADO Dele Se See es 1, 359, 666 55, 742 
Steelhead ........... 697, 304 | 34,610 | = 
AS} OV: K 6 bi isin ees Ae eee en 35, 000 525 || Crab pots and dip nets: | 
DINMClbeas << ec ce oben ens 20, 000 100 Salmon, chinook ..... 6, 000 240 
StULPEON <: 2. sccnce es 24,720 OIG: | GSmeCltsS owe sae -cecec ee 482, 000 2,410 
- Crabs) ck a2 eccske meee 274, 696 11,119 
ROU eeeas ee eee 14, 625,113 | 369, 282 | 
=| — POH sxe coches eee 762, 696 13, 769 
Pound nets: | == 
Salmon: | Harpoons and spears: 
Blueback, fresh ..... 33, 766, 249 1,019, 101 Salmon, chinook ..... 20, 000 500 
Blueback, salted .... 70,000 | 2,801 | Fur-seal pelts .......-. 375 1, 000 
Chinook, fresh ...... 4, 748, 100 1638, 199 Whale Oil 220522026 2< 15, 000 300 
Chinook, salted ..... 5,911 || 
Dog, fresh ........... 1, 97 25,132 SICH epee re eee 30,375 | 1, 800 
Dog, salted .......... 2 446 || — 
Humpback, fresh ...) 16,711,378 122,927 | Dredges, tongs, rakes, | 
Humpback, salted... 1,266,093 31,653 | ete: 
Sllver, fresh ......... 6, 337,918 | 127,505 | (01K) 111; Serer iere Sree |) Sar Blesoe 23, 248 
Silver, salted ........ 21) 000 630 || Oysters .....--...----. | 5,901;320 | 174/567 
Steelhead :.......... 472, 244 | 24,505 | WSS IS meee eee | 19, 200 240 
MO YLIOD acres Saysiatee aint 4, 000 400 
00} fst] acannon ees 65,510,337 | 1,523,810 | a 
= | Totals ae eceee | 9,055, 845 198, 455 
Fyke nets: | |] 
@at-fish® 322-3: 252522< 105, 700 | 2,114 ! Grand total ....... | 1138, 005, 626 | 2, 656, 273 
Whatcom County.—In 1899 this county, the northern boundary of 
which borders British Columbia, contained 11 of the largest salmon 
canneries of the State, producing 605,406 cases of salmon against 
53,118 cases put up by the only two canneries of the county in 1895. 
Six of the canneries were located at or near Blaine, at the international 
boundary line, and five at Fairhaven. The waters of this vicinity 
appear to be quite well supplied with numerous species of fish other 
than salmon, to which scarcely any attention has yet been given. 
Pound nets produce the principal part of the salmon catch of What- 
com and adjoining counties, and call for particular notice. Their 
general construction is similar to those in common use on the Atlantic 
coast and in the Great Lakes, but they are of larger size. The pot of 
the pound is nearly 40 feet square, the leaders from 500 to the legal 
limit of 2,500 feet in length. Galvanized wire is much used for lead- 
