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Table 27 shows the annual catch by the principal forms of gear. The total com- 
mercial take of sockeye from 1873-1934 comes to 253% million, of which 116% million, 
or 46 percent, have been caught by gill nets in, or off the mouth of the Fraser River. 
The traps, both Canadian and American, account for 94 million, or 37 percent, and 
of the remaining 17 percent, 14 percent were taken by purse seines and 3 percent by 
miscellaneous gear. The miscellaneous included most of the fish caught at Qua- 
thiaski, as well as fish taken by minor Puget Sound gear such as gill nets, set nets, 
drag seines, and reef nets. Approximately 5 million of the trap fish and one-half 
million of the purse seine fish were taken by Canadian gear, so that, if the miscellaneous 
gear is ignored, the catches total 122 million by Canadian gear and 124 million by 
United States gear. 
The slight difference in pack in favor of the Canadians was due largely to ship- 
ments of fresh sockeye from Puget Sound waters to the canneries on the Fraser River, 
outweighing shipments in the other direction. In the early days the canning facilities 
on Puget Sound were too limited to handle the catch, and the Fraser River canneries 
were much closer to the sockeye fishing grounds. In 1894 the Canadians placed an 
embargo on the shipment of fresh sockeye out of the Province. This embargo, 
however, was not always in effect. In 1905, for instance, over 2 million pounds of 
late-run sockeyes were shipped from the Fraser River to Puget Sound canneries. 
Table 27 . — Sockeye catch of the Fraser River system by various types of gear 
Year 
Fraser River 
gill nets 
Purse seines 
Traps 
Miscellaneous 
gear 
Total 
Territorial 
waters 
High seas 1 
1873 
100, 839 
(?) 
107, 332 
799, 107 
1,077,000 
571, 350 
272, 500 
1, 768, 766 
1,884, 750 
1. 142, 700 
272, 500 
1, 112, 257 
387, 720 
1,428,375 
433, 000 
3,651,393 
2, 263, 250 
1,296,937 
543, 100 
5, 397, 005 
3, 737, 200 
4, 033, 720 
3,120, 523 
9, 959, 350 
2,293, 715 
4, 514, 385 
1, 873, 981 
11, 792, 692 
3. 142, 814 
2, 338, 987 
742, 081 
10, 143, 517 
1, 983, 698 
584, 033 
707,011 
100, 839 
(?) 
(?) 
107, 332 
799, 107 
1. 077. 000 
571, 350 
272, 500 
1, 768, 766 
1,884,750 
I, 142, 700 
272, 500 
1, 112,257 
387, 720 
1, 428,375 
436, 000 
3,771,393 
2, 423, 250 
1, 840, 937 
943, 100 
6, 240, 896 
4. 282. 001 
5, 150, 757 
4, 297, 971 
14, 422, 178 
5, 040, 360 
II, 368, 243 
4, 386, 345 
25, 760, 031 
7, 179, 255 
4,252,619 
2, 399, 071 
20, 681, 236 
4, 097, 154 
1, 721, 569 
2, 749, 880 
1874 
1875 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1879... 
1880 
1881... 
1882 
1883 
1884.. 
1885- 
1886... 
1887 
1888 
3,000 
120, 000 
160, 000 
a 200,000 
a 100, 000 
a 372, 535 
• 194, 801 
207, 183 
• 283, 134 
a 734, 342 
a 216 , 502 
438, 759 
• 389, 856 
a 509, 382 
a 499, 784 
a 261, 620 
163, 264 
a 500, 000 
107, 602 
» 33, 729 
•60, 000 
1889 
1890 
1891 . 
>344,666 
300, 000 
371,356 
> 200, 000 
903, 852 
• 694,314 
•3,128,486 
2, 230, 143 
6, 610,418 
• 1, 722, 508 
• 12, 457, 957 
a 2, 736, 657 
• 1,252,012 
1,239,069 
a 8, 662, 974 
1, 505, 854 
• 903, 807 
a 1, 667, 295 
1892 
1893 
» 100,000 
a 150, 000 
6,002 
a 200, 000 
a 600, 000 
> 300, 000 
804, 681 
a 400, 000 
3 1, 000, 000 
1894 
1895 — 
1896 
1897... 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
a 800, 000 
a 400,000 
254, 657 
> 1, 374, 745 
a 500, 000 
a 200, 000 
> 325, 574 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
, 
1 High seas catch 1925-1934 from TJ. S. Fishery Industry reports, before that from our data, plus sockeye canned at Neah Bay. 
Some taken before our records. 
• Estimated: From 1900 to 1912 the U. S. trap catch equals our data plus 20 percent, from 1896 to 1898 plus 50 percent, 1894 
purely an estimate, and 1891 equals our data times 2. 
