146 



REPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Salmo)i output of Washington, Oregon, and California in 1903. 



Species. 



Chinook salmon . . 

 Sockeye salmon. . . 



Silver salmon 



Humpback salmon 



Dog salmon 



Steelheads 



Total 



Number of cases. 



1-pound 

 tails. 



285, 145 



93, 959 



106, 461 



106, 236 



12, 848 



9, 373 



674, 022 



1-pound 

 flats. 



64, 003 



53, 084 



19, 384 



8,798 



145,269 



^-pound 



flats. 



24,990 

 26, 137 

 15, 188 



i,.5e3 



67, 878 



Total. 



374,138 

 173, 180 

 141, 033 

 176, 597 

 12, 848 

 9,373 



887, 169 



Salmon pad: of Washington, Oregon, and California in 1901, 1902, and 1903. 



THE ALASKA SALMON FISHEKIES. 



The output of the fisheries of Alaska for 1903 compares favorably 

 with the season of 1902. While in 1903 the pack was 290,611: cases 

 less than the pack of the preceding year, the advance in the price of 

 salmon caused the value to exceed that of 1902 by nearly $1,251,000, 

 the latter year yielding 2,536,821 cases, valued at $8,498,360, while in 

 1903 the output was 2,216,210 cases, with a value of $9,718,799. Of 

 this amount the Alaska Packers' Association canned 1,267,693 cases, 

 in addition to salmon salted and placed in cold storage. 



The decrease in the pack of 1903 was not wholly the result of the 

 small run of salmon, but was in a measure due to the smaller number 

 of canneries operated, and to the fact that many of the canneries in 

 southeast Alaska, on account of the low price of salmon at the begin- 

 ning of the season, had contracted for a smaller number of cases than 

 they would have packed had the increased value been foreseen. 



