FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



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Halibut. — Next to salmon the halibut product is the 

 most important of the fishery products of Washington. 

 The catch of 1908, a year which was one of the most suc- 

 cessful ever experienced by the fisheries of the northwest 

 coast, was the heaviest yet reported, amounting to 

 30,072,000 pounds, valued at $1,236,000— an increase 

 since 1904 of 149 per cent in quantity and 246 per cent 

 in value. The growth of the halibut fishery has been 



more marked than that of any other branch orf the 

 Washington fisheries. During the summer months the 

 halibut fleet, which has recently been increased by the 

 addition of a number of splendid steel vessels, operates 

 off Cape Flattery, but as winter approaches it becomes 

 too rough in this locality, and the smaller boats tie up 

 for the winter, while the larger ones go to Alaska, where 

 the fishing grounds are better protected from storms. 



Tabee 1.— WASHINGTON— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



i Includes apparatus with catch, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 1,425,000 pounds, valued at $352,000; traps and hoop nets, 2,179,000 pounds, valued at $51,000; dip 



nets 900 000 pounds, valued at $12,000; beam trawls, 15,000 pounds, valued at $1,100; and minor apparatus, 389,000 pounds, valued at $34,000. 



» Less than $10o! 3 19,000 bushels. ' 23,000 bushels. ' 189,000 bushels. c 15,000 bushels. 



