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Table showing the monthig catch of chinook, blncback, and steelhead salmon in a certain number of gill nets, 
pound nets, and seines emploged at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1893. 
Gill nets. Pound nets. 
(Aijril 17 to August 10.) (April 17 to August 10.) 
Months. 
Num- 
ber 
of nets 
used. 
Number of fish taken. 
Num- 
ber 
of nets 
used. 
Number of hsh taken. 
Chinooks. 
Steel- 'T’ctfqi 
Chinooks. 
Blue- 
backs. 
Steel- 
heads. 
Total. 
April 
115 
0,409 i 2 
18 i 6,429 
40 
416 
208 
59 
683 
May 
100 
23,468 1 16 
17 1 23,501 
75 
1,793 
1,792 
207 
3, 792 
J line 
165 
22,008 1 91 
511 ! 22,610 
75 
3, 350 
5, 406 
4, 137 
12, 953 
J nlv 
168 
15,917 ! 3 
847 1 16,767 
75 
6, 550 
1, 801 
10, 031 
18, 382 
135 
12,892 1 
647 1 13,539 
3, 109 
2, 305 
5, 414 
Total 
80, 604 112 
1 
2, 040 82, 846 
1 
15,218 
9, 107 
16, 739 
41, 224 
Months. 
Num- 
ber of 
seines 
used. 
Seines. 
(June 20 to August 10.) 
Number of lish taken. 
Total number of fish taken. 
Chinooks. 
Blue- 
ibacks. 
Steel- 
heads. 
Total. 
Chinooks. 
Blue- 
backs. 
Steel- 
heads. 
Total. 
■ 
G, 825 
210 
77 
7, 112 

1 
25! 261 
1 , 808 
224 
27, 293 
June 
3 
158 
229 
426 
813 
25,516 
5,' 786 
5, 074 
36, 376 
July 
5 
5, 889 
413 1 
5, 827 
12, 129 
28, 356 
2,217 
16, 705 
47, 278 
5 
2, 872 
1,555 
4, 427 
18, 873 
4, 507 
23, 380 
Total 
8, 919 
642 
7,808 
17, 369 
104,831 
10, 021 
26, 587 
141,439 
.detailed statistics for salinoti udteels . — TLruugh the courtesy of 5Ir. Frank War- 
ren and Dr. Jolin Williamson, of Portland, Oreg., the following detailed data are 
presented, showing, for a period of years, the daily catch of salmon by certain 
wheels operated at the Cascades of the Columbia, which is the lowermost part of the 
river where the use of wheels is possible. The number now operated there annually 
is about 35, and about 23 more are employed in the upper river at The Dalles and 
Celilo. 
The following figures, Avhich have been drawn from the records of Mr. Warren, 
the owner of the wheels, show, for a series of eleven years, terminating in 1894, the 
daily catch of each kind of salmon in one Avheel fished on the Oregon side of the riv^er 
and one on the Washington shore. The catch of the wheels in question Avas selected 
for detailed presentation because theyAvere o])erated continuously during each season 
and the yield represents the productive ca])acity of that part of the river for Avheel 
fishing. Theuncertainties attending the prosecution of thisfishery; the influence of the 
volume of Avater on the catch; and the daily, monthly, and annual fluctuations in the 
abundance of the different salmon are Avell exhibite<l in the tables. The data are also 
valuable for the comparisons that may be made. Separate figures are giA^en for the 
salmon Aveighing 20 pounds or mirre and those weighing less than 20 pounds. 
The aggregate catch of the tAvo Avheels in ([uestion during the years 1883 to 1894, 
inclnsiA^e, Avas 804,093 marketable salmon, as shown in the following SAunmary. Of 
these, 103,520 Avere Chinooks, 589,183 Avere bluebacks, and 51,984 Avere steelheads. The 
latter have only recently come into use, and the catch is not reported prior 1o 1887. 
The largest numl)er of fish, namely, 134,144, Avas taken in 1880; the smallest number, 
1,077, in 1894, while in 1880, owing to the low state of the Avater, the wheels could not 
be used. The catch of Chinooks Avas larger in 1884 than in any other year; it will be 
recalled that the acme of the canning industry on the river AAms then attained. The 
blueback yield was largest in 1880. The bieniiial character of the I'un of this fish, of 
