FISHERIES OF THE PACIFICO COAST IN 1899. 529 
Avtsap County.—Vhe tisheries are prosecuted by about 40 Indians, 
who furnish the Seattle market with clams and mussels, taken almost 
within sight of the city. They receive $1 per sack of 125 pounds, or 
about 50 cents per bushel. Only hard-shell clams are found. 
Pierce County. —The fisheries of this county are of some impor- 
tance, being represented by three small vessels, one steamer of 78 tons, 
and 96 small boats, 321 fishermen, and 41 shore employees, the capital 
invested amounting to $130,729. The products included 6,845,528 
pounds of fish of $190,967 value to the fisherman, and $1,900 worth of 
clams and shrimp. 
Of the fish receipts 2,365,000 pounds were halibut and 3,957,528 
pounds salmon. The remainder consisted of smelt, herring, rock, 
cultus-cod, flounders, and a few other species. Shipments of fresh 
halibut to the east of the Rocky Mountains amounted to 1,811,000 
pounds. The remainder, after supplying the home demand at Tacoma, 
was distributed to numerous points throughout the interior. 
The steamer mentioned is engaged exclusively in the halibut fishery 
in Alaskan waters, making headquarters and shipping to eastern points 
from Tacoma. 
Shrimp are taken near Anderson Island at the southern end of 
Puget Sound, by the use of drag nets. 
The fisheries of the county center at’Tacoma, which has also one fish 
cannery that put up a general assortment of prepared fish, including 
salmon, canned and in oil, clams and clam chowder, smoked salmon, 
herring, and halibut; also smoked herring in olive oil in 1-pound tins, 
marinated and deviled herring in glass packages, Russian sardines in 
15-pound pails, and salt herring in barrels. 
There were two wholesale fish establishments at Tacoma in 1899, 
valued at $17,000, and with a capital of $38,000. They employed 27 
persons, who received $10,000 in wages. The quantities and value of 
the products handled in that year by these establishments are shown 
by the following table: 
Products. Lbs, Vaiue. || Products. Lbs. Value. 
Black cod, fresh ........-- 12, 000 $610 || Salmon: 
Black cod, salted 1,000 280 || Chinook, fresh......... 70, 000 #4, 700 
Basshireshl- <2 .c.cccc< se: 5, 000 450 || Silver, fresh ........... 300, 000 | 14, 000 
Catfight treshs casi. <020- 2, 000 1203) 9 Dor ireshi sees: asnce-22 300, 000 14, 750 
Cultus-cod; fresh .:....... 9, 000 340 | Dog;-smoked':- 20.22%. 100, 000 | 3, 500 
Flounders, fresh.......... 6, 000 120 Humpback, fresh. ..... 325, 000 5, 500 
Herring firesny.o. 2 ---s..2 125, 000 2,375 || Steelhead, fresh ......... 27,000 | 2,390 
Herring, salted ........... 10, 000 250 || Trout, brook, fresh ...-.-. 1,000 120 
Halibut. fresh. 2s. o-:c2...<,- 2,410, 000 84,350 || Trout, salmon, fresh..... 44, 000 4,320 
Haiibutysalted 2.22... ---. 204, 00C SO 2O00N Clams)... 2. c2exseeeniee tens 169, 000 | 1, 830 
Berehe freshiesscne.. secs S 13, 000 400) |PCraDSih 5 2cc-c5 se tccee ease 12, 000 750 
Rock-fish, fresh........... 30, 000 Le BOOM SOTTO s saeacte cease say | 4, 000 500 
Smelt: fresh) 22-22. -.2-.... 70, 000 2,900 
Sturzeonetresheesn crc. 4, 000 400 TOA as-cast eee 4, 298, 000 | 155, 705 
Salmons isaltieaseccest se 42, 000 1, 200 
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F. C. 1901——34 
