FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1899. 531 
The harbor of Port Angeles is one of the best on the Pacific coast. 
Fish are plentiful in the vicinity, and the place will no doubt have 
more important fisheries in the future. The cannery here, in 1899, 
packed 29,124 cases of salmon and 2,000 cases of clams and clam nectar 
of $116,428 value; 2,038,680 pounds of salmon, gross weight, and 4,570 
bushels of clams were used at the cannery. The clams were bought at 
30 cents a bushel from the Indians of Port Williams. 
New Dungeness and the adjoining Port Williams have important 
crab fisheries, the catch being made in the harbors of these two places 
with pots similar to those used in New England for lobsters. The pots 
are baited with clams and refuse fish and anchored in about 3 fathoms 
of water. This fishery is followed more or less all through the year, 
the catch being made chiefly during the winter and spring, the summer 
demand being light. The catch by fishermen of New Dungeness 
amounted to 135,480 pounds of $6,435 value, and from Port William 
37,440 pounds of $1,794 value. 
Crabs are reported to be of average abundance from year to year, 
notwithstanding the large amount taken from a small area of fishing- 
grounds. The catch as soon as landed is packed alive in large boxes 
holding 10 dozen each. The average weight of the crabs was 2 
pounds each; the average price received by the fishermen, $1.15 per 
dozen. The crabs are shipped by steamer to Seattle and are distributed 
all through the Northwest and as far south as San Francisco. 
The quantity of fish taken in Clallam County since 1895 does not 
vary so much in amount as in value, showing that the fishermen have 
received a decided gain during a more prosperous condition of the 
country, the comparison being as follows: 
1899. 
| 1895. 
Items. 
Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value. 
GIS Nise ae Heat's o ateersearsrais eae ema inne sors earns ona eee 2, 065, 025 | $17, 879 1,987,119 | $34, 486 
COVA DSi soos 2 www cioe die cia gSsie 4< cise epeteieiaie was aa nian ass einen 121, 520 | 3, 206 182, 920 | 8,495 
Jefferson County.—The fisheries center at Port Townsend, supplying 
that city, the surplus finding a market at Seattle. Fish of numerous 
varieties are reported plentiful in this vicinity and the fisheries are 
quite likely to show an increase in the future. In 1899 the few fish- 
ermen of the county marketed 1,316,827 pounds of fish of $28,879 
alue, as against 912,435 pounds of $16,724 value in 1895. 
Chehalis County.—The fisheries of this county are limited to the 
salmon catch from the Chehalis River and near its outlet. Just outside 
the river’s mouth many species, including smelt, herring, flounders, 
rock-fish, perch, and bastard halibut are plentiful. As they are within 
quick reach of the large fresh-fish markets of Seattle and Portland, 
these grounds will probably at an early day contribute materially to 
the income of the fishermen. 
