174 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISII AND FISHERIES. 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Boats 
93 
18 
117 
10 
$1, 860 
4, 800 
7, 100 
250 
1, 500 
2, 500 
TTmil seines 
Gill nets for salmon 
Gill nets for perch and flounders. 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
18, 010 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Salmon fresh .... 
747, 200 
315, 000 
20, 000 
400 
41, 500 
72, 000 
$18, 394 
9,450 
600 
40 
2, 075 
1, 200 
Salmon, pickled ................. 
VI mind era, fresh 
Shad, fresh 
Other fiahj fresh 
Clams.. 
Total * 
1, 196, 100 
31, 759 
24. FISHERIES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY. 
Geographical characteristics.— This is the northernmost shore county 
of the State. It has a short coast line, which, north of the center, is 
interrupted by Pelican Bay. There are two rivers in which all the 
fishing of the county is done : Smith Biver, which enters the Pacific 
Ocean just north of Pelican Bay, and the Klamath Biver, which forms 
the boundary between this and Humboldt County on the south. Smith 
Biver rises in the northeastern part of Del Norte County and flows 
thence in a westerly direction to the Pacific Ocean. The Klamath Biver 
issues from the lower Klamath Lake, in Klamath County, Oregon, and 
runs southwesterly across Siskiyou County, passes through the south- 
eastern section of Del Norte County, keeping its southerly course into 
Humboldt County, where it forms a juncture with the Trinity Biver, 
whence its course is directed to the northwest until it reaches the 
Pacific Ocean. Near the mouth of the Klamath Biver is an Indian 
reservation. The Indians are extensively engaged in fishing for the 
salmon cannery at the Indian town of Bequa. 
Importance of fisheries .— The fisheries of Del Norte County supply 
salmon for the canneries on the Klamath and Smith Bivers. In 1888 
there were but two canneries. The one at Bequa, on the Klamath, was 
built in 1888; the one on Smith Biver was established a number of 
years previous. The pack in 1888 was light, aggregating only 6,747 
cases, valued at $43,012, this representing 440,755 pounds of fish as 
taken from the water, or 324,856 pounds as canned. 
Species , seasons , etc .— -Salmon is the only object of the fisheries in 
Del Norte County. There is only a spring run of this species in Smith 
Biver* The Klamath Biver is important as a salmon stream because 
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