228 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISII AND FISHERIES. 
Astoria is not well provided with fish markets, probably because so 
many of its people are fishermen and supply themselves with fish. 
The following is a statement of the receipts of fish at Astoria, other 
than those landed at the canneries, during 1888 : , 
i 
Description. 
Pounds. 
Salmon (fVosh)- 
50, 000 
200, 000 
5, 000 
500 
3, 000 
1, 872 
Snlmnn (salted in barrels) ._ 
Shad (fresh) . . 
Ferr.h (fresh) . _ 
Sturgeon (fresh) ......... 
Ciams bushels.. 
With the exception of salt salmon the foregoing products were con- 
sumed locally. It is estimated that fully 100,000 pounds of salmon and 
other fish in addition to the above are eaten by the fishermen and their 
families, of which no account can be obtained. 
The movements of fish products and their distribution may be under- 
stood from the following : 
Fresh salmon shipped from Cascade Locks in 1888, via Pacific Express Co. : Lbs. 
To points west of the Missouri Fiver 140,732 
To points east of Missouri 4, 105 
Shipped from The Dalles by the same company : 
Points west of Missouri 88, 233 
Points east of Missouri 2, 430 
Fresh salmon (by express) , 236, 000 
Salt salmon (by rail freight) 100, 000 
The u salmon 77 shipped East in a fresh condition are mostly steelheads, 
which are much better for market purposes thau for canning. 
There is a growingdemandfor canned salmon in the central and eastern 
portion of the United States, as shown by the shipments, while the direct 
consignments to England have steadily declined. The Oregonian (Port- 
land, Oregon) of January 2, 1888, stated that the shipments of salmon in 
cases for three years — 1885 to 1887, inclusive — were as follows : 
Year. 
To San 
Francisco.* 
Eastward. 
England. 
Total. 
1885 
100, 508 
110, 669 
51, 964 
1270, 238 
280, 870 
308, 357 
227, 037 
157, 056 
125, 825' 
597, 783 
548, 595 
486, 146 
1886 
1887 
* San Francisco is a distributing-center whence salmon are shipped 
to Australia or other countries, 
t Includes 39,175 cases shipped to New York by sail vessels. 
