176 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
IIL— THE FISHERIES OF OREGON. 
25. GENERAL REMARKS. 
Oregon ranks next to California in the extent and value of its fisheries. 
The State has no vessels employed in fishing,* but its shore salmon fish- 
ery is of vast extent, that in the Columbia River surpassing in magnitude 
any other stream on the globe. In the importance of its salmon-cauning 
interests Oregon takes first place, the output of canned goods in 1888 
amounting to nearly $2,000,000. The extent of the salmon-canning 
industry in 1888 is shown in detail in the accompanying statement: 
The salmon-canning industry of Oregon in 1888. 
Location of canneries. 
No. of 
canner- 
ies. 
No. of 
factory 
hands. 
Salmon used for can- 
ning. 
Canned salmon 
placed on market. 
Pounds. 
Price paid 
fishermen. 
Cases. 
Value. 
Rogue River 
1 
106 
1, 474, 340 
$29, 487 
21, 062 
$121, 107 
Coquille River 
2 
40 
770, 000 
11, 550 
11, 000 
63, 250 
Koos Bay and River 
1 
46 
385, 000 
5, 775 
5,500 
31, 625 
Umpquah River 
1 
51 
675, 000 
13, 500 
9, 000 
51,750 
Siuslaw River 
1 
45 
837, 200 
12, 558 
11, 960 
68, 770 
Alseya River - 
3 
65 
673, 400 
10, 101 
9, 620 
55, 315 
Yaquina River 
3 
61 
352, 344 
10, 570 
5, 088 
29, 256 
N estuggah River - 
1 
38 
350, 000 
5, 250 
5,000 
28, 750 
Tillamook River 
2 
87 
1, 074, 310 
21, 236 
14, 633 
84, 140 
Neconicum Creek 
1 
8 
28, 000 
420 
400 
2, 300 
Columbia River 
18 
1. 037 
14, 771, 054 
769, 325 
227,559 
1, 365, 354 
Total 
34 
1, 584 
21, 390, 618 
889, 772 
320, 822 
1. 901,617 
The following tables give the figures of persons employed, apparatus, 
and products for each stream that maintains commercial fisheries: 
Persons employed in the fisheries of Oregon in 1888. 
Streams. 
Fishermen 
on vessels. 
Fishermen, 
on boats. 
Shores- 
men. 
Total. 
Windchuck River. . ............................... .... 
2 
30 
41 
5 
7 
184 
58 
38 
136 
92 
78 
30 
154 
6 
2, 104 
80 
2 
30 
165 
5 
7 
224 
108 
89 
181 
157 
139 
68 
241 
14 
3, 172 
80 
Chetco River .... 
Ro<rue River. . ..... ... ............... ...... 
18 
106 
EJ k River .... ...... ...... ................ .... 
Sikhs River ... ....... ...... ......... 
Coquille Uiv*vr - ----------------- 
40 
46 
51 
45 
65 
61 
38 
87 
8 
1, 037 
Koos Bay and River 
Umpquah Kiv^r T ... 
4 
Siuslaw River ............ ... .......... 
Alseya River 
Vaqmnn, Ttiver ... 
Restuggah River 
Tillamook River ......... .... 
Keconicum Creek 
flolnmhia, Piver _ .... 
31 
VV illrmiAt.t.Pi R i ppr ... 
Total - 
53 
3, 045 
1, 584 
4, 682 
* No vessels were actually engaged in catching fish in 1888, but a few small steamers 
and sailing vessels were employed in connection with the canneries. 
