706 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
during each season, to determine the relative efficiency of each type. For one com- 
pany we have records from 1905-16, inclusive, giving the catches of their individual 
fishermen. During this 12-year period the average annual catch of their Japanese 
fishermen was 1,782 sockeyes, their white fishermen 1,057 sockeyes, and their Indian 
fishermen 768 sockeyes (see table 3). 
Table 2. — Gill net licenses of the Puget Sound-Fraser River region, 1877-1934 
Year 
Fraser River 
Puget Sound 
Grand 
total 
Type of license 1 
Total 
Type of gill net 
Total 
Com- 
pany 
Individual 
Between- 
bridges 
license 
Drift 
Set 
Japanese 
Indian 
White 
1877 
285 
285 
1878 
449 
449 
1879__ ... 
304 
304 
1880._ - 
274 
274 
1881_ 
396 
396 
1882 
666 
666 
1883 __ 
715 
49 
764 
1884 
645 
57 
702 
1885 
611 
44 
655 
1886 
625 
109 
734 
1887 
615 
320 
935 
1888_ 
10 
323 
167 
500 
1889 
25 
308 
167 
500 
1890 
25 
308 
167 
500 
1891 
50 
283 
167 
500 
1892 
108 
373 
240 
721 
1883 
235 
558 
381 
1, 174 
1894 
417 
549 
701 
1,667 
1895 
* 
434 
539 
731 
30 
1,734 
1896 
926 
530 
1, 130 
60 
2, 646 
1897 
928 
520 
780 
90 
2,318 
422 
668 
1,090 
3, 408 
1898 
1,321 
511 
690 
120 
2, 642 
281 
460 
' 741 
3, 383 
1899 
1, 361 
501 
710 
150 
2, 722 
322 
344 
666 
3, 388 
1900. 
393 
1, 659 
555 
1,076 
3, 683 
380 
330 
710 
4, 393 
1901 
416 
1, S05 
396 
'909 
3,526 
414 
369 
783 
4, 309 
1902 
381 
929 
583 
781 
2, 674 
353 
361 
714 
3, 383 
1903 
343 
1,416 
477 
860 
3, 096 
334 
470 
804 
3; 900 
1904 
232 
795 
446 
742 
2, 215 
438 
540 
978 
3, 193 
1905 
339 
1,056 
464 
915 
2, 774 
348 
574 
922 
3, 696 
1906 
200 
494 
392 
660 
1.746 
310 
618 
928 
2, 674 
1907 
193 
769 
270 
494 
1,726 
329 
755 
1,084 
2,810 
1908. 
3 
717 
175 
273 
195 
1,363 
362 
836 
1, 198 
2, 561 
1909 
1, 263 
584 
638 
243 
2, 728 
366 
686 
1,052 
3,780 
1910.. 
766 
236 
426 
148 
1, 576 
403 
666 
1, 069 
2, 645 
1911 
607 
232 
411 
146 
1,396 
459 
813 
1,272 
2,668 
1912 
655 
217 
486 
72 
1. 430 
377 
829 
1,206 
2,636 
1913.... 
1, 132 
476 
843 
109 
2,560 
427 
807 
1,234 
3, 794 
1914... 
1,250 
333 
842 
231 
2, 656 
544 
458 
1,002 
3, 658 
1915 
1,332 
317 
768 
199 
2,616 
512 
559 
1,071 
3, 687 
1916- 
1,435 
211 
437 
157 
2,240 
449 
541 
990 
3,230 
1917 
1, 520 
300 
570 
237 
2, 627 
537 
658 
1, 195 
3, 822 
1918 
l’ 025 
106 
303 
149 
1, 583 
417 
646 
1, 063 
2, 646 
1919 
874 
56 
294 
113 
1, 337 
540 
686 
1, 226 
2, 563 
1920 
875 
36 
275 
102 
1,288 
364 
439 
803 
2, 091 
1921 
857 
68 
359 
153 
1,437 
346 
318 
664 
2, 101 
1922 
871 
32 
277 
116 
1, 296 
119 
37 
156 
1,452 
1923 
523 
26 
304 
111 
964 
136 
14 
150 
1, 114 
1924 
523 
40 
289 
117 
969 
181 
10 
191 
1, 160 
1925 
444 
36 
357 
132 
969 
391 
17 
408 
1,377 
1926 
444 
53 
429 
137 
1, 063 
361 
11 
372 
1,435 
1927 
400 
68 
619 
172 
1,249 
397 
18 
415 
1,664 
1928 
400 
57 
695 
151 
1,303 
353 
22 
375 
1,678 
1929 
400 
73 
830 
170 
1,473 
368 
23 
391 
1,864 
1930... 
400 
60 
863 
200 
1, 523 
398 
20 
418 
1, 941 
1931 
400 
35 
739 
184 
1, 358 
319 
19 
338 
1,696 
1932 
400 
26 
840 
180 
1, 446 
254 
8 
262 
1,708 
1933 
400 
25 
1,026 
234 
1, 685 
302 
9 
311 
1,998 
1934. 
400 
31 
1, 105 
267 
1, 803 
318 
12 
330 
2,133 
1 From 1877 to 1899 the nationalities have been estimated from various notes. The company licenses before 1900 are not separated 
from the total, and so are allocated amongst the other types. There were no special “between bridges” licenses prior to 1908, so the 
figures from 1895 to 1899 merely represent a rough estimate of the number of this type of resident up-river fishermen before 1900. 
From 1900-1907, inclusive, no estimate of these fishermen was made as it was impossible to segregate the nationalities accurately. 
