FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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Disposition of products . — Much good fish food obtainable on the 
Umpquah is not utilized on account of the lack of transportation facil- 
ities. The catch is now chiefly sold to the canners and the surplus 
salted and packed in barrels; but with quick transportation to some 
ready market, the fishermen would be able to realize a much greater 
protit than they now obtain. In 1888, 675,000 pounds of fresh salmon 
were used at the cannery, and 3G0 barrels of salted salmon were packed, 
the whole having a value of $16,380. 
' Salmon canning . — There are two canneries located on the Umpquah ; 
one on an island opposite the town of Gardner, and the other about 1£ 
miles from the mouth of the river. The latter has not been in opera- 
tion since 1884. The pack of the cannery near Gardner was 4,000 cases 
in 1887 and 9,000 cases in 1888. 
The tables show the extent of the fisheries of this river in 1888: 
Persons employed. 
Country. 
Fishermen.* 
Factorymen. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States. ......... 
28 
47 
3 
5 
United States (Indians) 
Norway 
10 
10 
2 
Germany 
12 
5 
Great Britain 
2 
2 
Sweden _ 
14 
6 
2 
Russia, 
2 
2 
Austria 
6 
4 
1 
1 
Portugal 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Italy 
2 
2 
China, 
43 
43 
Total . 
80 
so 
51 
51 
*The figures include 42 persons from the Columbia River, who are shown 
here to make the statistics complete, but are omitted in the general tables 
and included in the Columbia River statistics. 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
• 
Boats 
39 
18 
27 
1 
o 
6 
$2, 925 
2, 250 
4, 050 
500 
1, 000 
15, 000 
25, 000 
Set nets 
Drift nets 
Drag seines 
Pound nets 
Building, machinery, etc 
Cash capital 
Total 
50, 725 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Salmon, fresh pounds. . 
Salmon, pickled do 
Total 
B9 . — 
675, 000 
72, 000 
$13, 500 
2, SS0 
677, 000 
16, 380 
