﻿2. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  Salmon 
  Industry. 
  — 
  The 
  Salmon 
  fishery 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  is 
  another 
  industry 
  peculiar 
  in 
  its 
  methods 
  

   and 
  extent. 
  The 
  Ouinnat, 
  or 
  King 
  Salmon 
  (Sal/no 
  

   qtiiimat, 
  = 
  OncorhyncJius 
  chouicha), 
  also 
  often 
  called 
  

   the 
  California 
  Salmon, 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  object 
  of 
  cap- 
  

   ture, 
  though 
  other 
  related 
  species 
  are 
  also 
  taken. 
  As 
  they 
  

   ascend 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  to 
  their 
  spawning 
  beds, 
  they 
  are 
  

   taken 
  in 
  gill-nets 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers, 
  also 
  in 
  revolving 
  

   traps 
  of 
  great 
  size 
  and 
  destructiveness. 
  They 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  packed 
  in 
  tins, 
  though 
  many 
  are 
  smoked 
  or 
  

   pickled 
  ; 
  pickled 
  salmon-belly 
  is 
  a 
  favourite 
  delicacy 
  of 
  the 
  

   region. 
  Though 
  the 
  capture 
  is 
  enormous, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  kept 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  

   small 
  outlay 
  in 
  artificial 
  culture. 
  In 
  1880, 
  3370 
  fishermen, 
  

   mostly 
  Chinese, 
  took 
  51,862,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  full 
  statistics 
  are 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  appended 
  table. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duct 
  in 
  1880, 
  was 
  $3,389,934. 
  This 
  industry 
  has 
  sprung 
  

   into 
  existence 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  decade. 
  

  

  