14 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
Comparative tables for the years 1880 and 1888, showing the extent of the fisheries of the 
Pacific States .* 
1. Persons Employed. 
. States. 
Fishermen. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
California 
2, 089 
4,731 
1,005 
607 
3, 094 
6, 338 
Oregon 
2, 795 
3, 098 
4, 040 
1,584 
6, 835 
4, 682 
Washington 
729 
2, 854 
15 
976 
744 
3, 830 
Total 
5, 613 
10, 683 
5, 060 
3, 167 
10, 673 
13, 850 
2. Apparatus and Capital. 
Vessels. 
States. 
No. 
Value. 
v ame oi apparatus 
and outfit. 
capital ami value 
of shore property. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
California 
49 
94 
$535, 350 
$1, 046, 500 
74, 050 
71, 600 
$205, 840 
245, 750 
8, 648 
$802, 150 
449, 343 
433, 697 
$307, 000 
639, 000 
4, 000 
$590, 550 
1, 572, 144 
866, 220 
Oregon 
13 
Washington 
7 
17 
11, 100 
Total 
56 
124 
546, 450 
1, 192, 150 
460, 238 
1, 685, 190 
950, 000 
3, 028, 914 
States. 
Boats. 
[ 
Total investment. 
No. 
Value. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
I 1880. 
1888. 
California 
853 
1, 354 
$91, 485 
$245, 010 
$1, 139, 675 
$2, 684, 210 
Oregon 
1,360 
1,545 
246, 600 
201, 095 
1, 131,350 
2, 296, 632 
W ashington 
334 
1, 202 
6, 610 
, 145, 880 
30, 358 
1, 517, 397 
Total 
2,547 
4, 101 
344, 695 
591, 985 
2, 301, 383 
6, 498, 239 
3. Results of the Fisheries. 
States. 
Fish. 
1880. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
California 
24, 577, 920 
39, 500, 000 
5, 707, 000 
$750, 961 
855, 302 
96, 520 
23,(313, 324 
25, 169, 266 
18, 914, 336 
$1, 091, 398 
1, 010, 843 
763, 108 
Oregon 
Washington 
Total 
69, 784, 920 
3 , 702, 783 
67, 576, 926 
2, 865, 349 
States. 
Value of whale, walrus, 
seal, and sea-otter 
products. 
Value of crusta- 
ceans and mol- 
lusks. 
Value of other 
miscellaneous 
products. 
Total value of 
fishery products. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
1880. 
1888. 
California 
Oregon 
t$2, 289, 900 
4, 300 
58, 912 
t$2, 490, 373 
$194, 608 
$866, 538 
14, 291 
90, 844 
$3, 500 
10, 000 
2, 500 
$15, 060 
8, 440 
4, 000 
$3, 238, 969 
869, 602 
167, 932 
$4, 463, 369 
1, 033, 574 
890. 860 
Washington 
32, 908 
10, 000 
Total 
2, 353, 112 
2, 523, 231 
204, 608 
971, 673 
16, 000 
27, 500 
4, 276, 503 
6, 387, 803 
* It would appear that the figures for "Washington for 1880, taken from the Fisheries and Fishery 
Industries of the United States, section II, do not include the fisheries of that Territory prosecuted 
on the Columbia River. It is probable that the entire fishery industry of that river has been cred- 
ited to Oregon, which fact should be borne in mind in noting comparisons between 1880 and 1888. 
t Including the fur-seal and sea-otter fisheries of Alaska that are prosecuted by California capital, 
