NOTES ON THE FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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days before tlie suspension of tishing, 45 tons of eliinooks, equivalent to over 3,000 
fish, were landed at one cannery in xVstoria. Taking the season through, the year was 
the best one for gill nets in a long time. According to Mr, Kinney, many gill-net 
crews took 13 tons of fish, and one caught 17.1 tons, equivalent to over 1,700 tish. 
The catch of blneback salmon in traps had been nnnsnally large up to the time 
of the Avriter’s visit (June. 22), and advices received after the suspension of the tishery 
reiiorted a general continuance of the run. Some daily catches of single nets and sets 
of nets in June were larger than corresponding weekly lifts during the previous season. 
The seasoTi’s run was said to have been larger than for live or six years. In the upper 
river, uotwithstaiidiug the destruction of wheels by high water, the catch of bluebacks 
was at times almost unprecedented. The yield of steelheads was also large. 
The catch of chinook salmon in traps was, however, remarkably small. Up to 
June 22 sometraj)S had taken oidy200 pounds of chinooks, and during thcAvhole sea- 
son the quantities of chinooks obtained in this way were much below the average. 
The prices agreed on. by the canners and tishermen of the lower river Avere 5 cents 
a pound for chinooks, 4 cents a pound for bluebacks, and 2 cents a pound for steel- 
heads. The condition of the industry on June 15 is thus described in a dispatch from 
Astoria, published in the Or’egonian, of Portland, on June 10: 
The run of salmon has improved greatly, aud the catch of the gill-net men to-day was greater 
than for any day in the history of the canning business for many years jiast. During the warm and 
pleasant Aveather of the last ten days hundreds of boats could be seen out around the jetty. The 
success of the gill-net men does not, howev^er, mean that their receipts are in excess of those of the 
corresponding time last year. As yet the traps have jdelded Imt small returns, while seining is out of 
the question, owing to the high wa ter. Cannery men claim that while- the gill nets may take enough 
tish to pack 100,000 cases mor.A than were packed last 5 'ear from the same sources of supply, the short- 
age in receints from seines, traps, and tish-wheels will reach fully 200,000 cases. This view of the 
situation is borne out by the fact that orders for over 50,000 cases are known to liaA'e been canceled 
during the past two Aveeks. 
By the eud of the mouth the estimated shortage was considerably reduced, and 
a.s the season wore on it became apparent that instead of a shortage there Avould be 
a larger pack than in 18!)3. 
The cauueries operating- iu the Columbia basin in 1894 numbered 24 and Avere 
located as follows: 
Loc.ility. 
County. 
Kumber. 
Oregon : 
9 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
10 
24 
....do 
AV ashington : 
do 
... do 
PiilaVKock 
Total 
