NOTES ON THE FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
269 
Stalcmeni of the daily average weights of ehiuook salmon taken in gill nets and pound nets at the month of 
the Columbia Hirer and landed at a cannery in Astoria, Oreg., between April 17 and Jane S3, 1893. 
Gill iieta. 
Traps. 
Date. 
No. of 
Average 
No. of 
Average 
fish. 
weights. 
hsli. 
weights. 
Pounds. 
'J*ounds. 
31G 
21. 17 
18 
585 
21. GO 
19 
244 
20.68 
2 
17. 5 
20 
67 
23.14 
16 
23. 44 
21 
122 
21. 66 
5 
20. 00 
24 
409 
21. 13 
46 
19. 04 
25 
657 
2(1. 54 
26 
610 
20. 47 
115 
18.46 
27 
401 
21. 70 
66 
15. 95 
28 
335 
20. 78 
57 
18, 00 
129 
650 
21. 12 
82 
18. 60 
ilay 1 
278 
*■ S Zl . tiU 
*’^■^22. 60 
^ 118 
17. 80 
2 
452 
22. 18 
51 
17. 38 
J3 
442 
21. 80 
118 
18. 20 
4 
420 
21.4(1 
88 
16. 10 
5 
353 
21. 27 
116 
16. 51 
6 
737 
18. 49 
62 
19, 68 
8 
391 
21. 54 
127 
18. 84 
9 
791 
23. 89 
43 
19. 22 
10 
410 
22. 2G 
11 
435 
22. 58 
86 
19. 76 
12 
302 
22. 01 
30 
21. 60 
13 
1.014 
21. 20 
91 
19. 69 
15 
428 
22. 88 
1G9 
19. 05 
16 
950 
21. 75 
60 
17. 92 
17 
863 
23. 19 
78 
20. 39 
18 
910 
22. 59 
25 
20. 44 
19 
1,497 
22. 65 
63 
21. 13 
20 
749 
22.85 
73 
21. 13 
22 
958 
24. 36 
66 
18. 98 
23 
1,418 
23. 42 
32 
23.85 
Gill nets. j Traps. 
Date 
Ko. of 
fish. 
Average 
weights. 
No. of 
fish. 
Average 
weights. 
Poun ds. 
Pounds. 
May 24 
1.235 
23. 44 
25 
23.68 
25 
1, 090 
25. 54 
9 
23. 33 
26 
789 
23. 80 
34 
23. 90 
27 
858 
24. 53 
34 
25. 14 
29 
944 
24. 16 
74 
25. 48 
30 
1, 358 
24. 07 
66 
26. 15 
31 
738 
25. 60 
43 
25. 41 
June 1 
1.112 
25. 58 
90 
20. 75 
2: 
1, 332 
24. 35 
83 
24. 62 
3 
2, 030 
26. 15 
118 
24. 08 
5 
848 
25. 38 
117 
26. 53 
() 
1. 083 
24. 98 
78 
26. 09 
7 
490 
24. 20 
350 
23, 96 
8 
1,075 
24. 21 
267 
24. 62 
9 
895 
24. 12 
31 
27. 95 
11) 
9:i2 
23. 58 
261 
28. 66 
12 
583 
26. 08 
217 
23. 92 
13 
1,025 
24. 56 
116 
22. 82 
14 
462 
24. 63 
13 
25. 4G 
15 
467 
24. 67 
143 
22. 27 
16 
094 
23. 60 
14 
23. 00 
17 
1, 357 
23. 91 
78 
20. 51 
19 
572 
2:h 38 
226 
23. 48 
20 
1,389 
23. 18 
207 
24. 50 
21 
G14 
22. 93 
107 
24. 65 
22 
867 
22. 44 
120 
24. 94 
23 . . - 
517 
22. 01 
3 
21. 66 
24 
001 
21. 67 
153 
21. 25 
26 
610 
23. 09 
91 
23, 72 
27 
713 
23. 19 
52 
24. 73 
28 
614 
23. 49 
129 
23. 13 
27. 900 
3, 349 
* 8.75-incli me.sli. 
* * 9.25-inch mesh. 
t Salmon taken in suiall-meshed nets (7-inch) had an average weight of 11.70 iioiind,s. 
X Salmon taken In small-meshed nets (7-inch) had an average weight of 13.80 pounds. 
Note . — During the week ending .luly 8, 2,488 gill-net lish had an average weight of 24.59 pounds and 1,191 
])Ound-uet fish an average weight of 25.59 pounds.'^ 
Average figures similar to tliose given for cliinook salmon are available for blue- 
back salmon. The weight of this fi.sh is usually estimated by canners and fishermen 
at 5 potuids, which is very close to the actual figure. The following table, giving the 
catch of bluebacks in the same apparatus and by the same fishermen that took the 
Chinook salmon jireviously referred to, shows that the average weight of 9, 1)21 blue- 
backs was 4.9G pounds. The largest fish Avere taken with gill nets, and in May; the 
smallest with seines, and in April. 
Statement showing by months the number, weight, and average weight of blneback salmon taken with gill nets, 
poxind nets, and seines, at the month of the Coltnnbia Itiver and landed at a salmon cannery at Astoria, 
Oreg., in 1893. 
Mouths. 
Caught by gill nets. 
Caught by pouiul nets. Caught by seines. | Total. 
No. of 
fish. 
Total 
weight 
(pounds). 
Aver- 
age 
weight. 
No. of 
fish. 
Total 
weight 
(pounds). 
Aver- 
age 
weight. 
No. of 
fisli. 
Total 
weight 
(pounds). 
Aver- 
age 
weight. 
No. of 
fish. 
Total 
weiglit 
(pounds). 
Aver- 
age 
weight. 
April 
Mav 
June 
J uly 
2 
16 
91 
3 
10 
91 
452 
15 
5. 00 
5. 69 
4. 97 
5. 00 
208 
1,792 
5. 466 
1, 801 
535 
10, 391 
26, ,385 
8, 179 
2. 57 
5. 80 
4. 83 
4. 54 
229 
413 
1. 102 
2, 039 
4.81 
4. 94 
210 
1,808 
5. 786 
2,217 
545 
10, 482 
27, 939 
10, 233 
2. 60 
5.80 
4. 83 
4.62 
Total . . 
112 
568 
5.07 
9, 167 
45, 490 
4. 96 
642 
3,141 
4. 89 
9,921' 49,199 4.90 
