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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following is the output of the company since its first operations at Killisnoo: 
Tear. 
Oil. 
Guano.* 
Herring. 
Year. 
Oil. 
Guano. 
Her- 
ring. 
Salted. 
Herring. 
Salmon. 
Salmon 
bellies. 
1882 
Gallons. 
30, 000 
81, 000 
192, 000 
300, 000 
3fi8, 000 
335, 000 
100, 000 
157, 900 
Tons. 
None. 
None. 
600 
No record. 
No record. 
No record. 
No record. 
None. 
Barrels. 
No record. 
42, 000 
66, 000 
85, 000 
110, 000 
111, 000 
30, 000 
52, 460 
1890 
Gallons. 
156, 750 
242, 050 
318, 900 
223, 450 
234, 350 
101, 650 
90, 650 
125, 000 
Tons. 
None. 
800 
700 
900 
800 
500 
550 
780 
Bbls. 
52, 425 
88, 222 
93, 580 
72, 250 
76, 530 
32, 550 
27, 750 
35, 600 
Half bbls. 
Barrels. 
Half bbls. 
1883 
1891 
1884 
1885 
1893 
1886 
1894 
1895 
1,000 
500 
250 
950 
150 
1887 
1888 . .. 
1896 
25 
105 
150 
275 
1889 
1897 
*The amount of oil and guano made depends upon the demand ; some years there was no market for guano, 
t Salt codfish. 
The following shows the output of salted salmon for 1897: 
Species. 
Number 
of fish. 
Average 
weight. 
Price paid for fish. 
Product.. 
Price received. 
King salmon. .. 
Redfish 
350 
Pounds. 
16 
1 cent per pound, 
live weight. 
5 cents each 
25 barrels 
$10.50 per barrel. 
$6 per half-barrel. 
•$8 per barrel. 
$5 i)e,r half barrel. 
6, OllO 
2, 500 
22, 000 
75 half-barrels of bellies .. 
80 barrels 
Cohoes 
10 
1 cent per pound 
1 cent per fish 
Humx>backs . . . 
3^ 
200 half-barrels of bellies. . 
The redfish and humpbacks salted here are purchased from Indians, who take 
them with seines in the small streams in the vicinity, the redfish from the middle of 
June to the beginning of August, and the humpbacks from July 15 to August 15. 
The king salmon and cohoes are taken entirely by trolling. An ordinary salmon hook, 
baited with fresh herring placed lengthwise over the hook, is used. The best results 
are obtained near the schools of herring. The king salmon seem to follow and feed 
upon them, and can be taken at all times when the herring are in, but they are more 
abundant in certain months. In April and May they are plentiful enough for local 
consumption. Salting is commenced in June, and continued throughout July and 
August, or until the herring run in such large numbers that all the force must be 
employed in making guano and oil. The king salmon, however, continue abundant 
and are taken, though in diminishing numbers, until January. There is no record of 
the capture of any in February, but several have been caught in March, and they can 
probably be taken every month in the year; but in the late winter, when everything is 
covered with snow and ice, no attempt is made to catch hsh in any way. All king 
salmon taken here are in prime condition. A number seen on September 20 appeared 
as though fresh from the sea. The spawn was not advanced toward ripening, and the 
stomachs were full of herring. It is said that on the herring ground on the northern 
side of Kuiu Island, when the steamer is lying to, waiting for the fish to school, 
king salmon are captured at times in considerable numbers on an ordinary hand line 
baited with herring. In October, from the wharf at Killisnoo, king salmon from 10 
to 12 inches long are frequently taken with hand lines (without sinkers) baited with 
herring. In Florence Bay, inside of Point Hayes, on the opposite shore, the Indians 
take large numbers of small king salmon on hand lines during the fall of the year. 
Cohoes are also taken on trolls, but tlie season is short, usually from July 15 and 
throughout August. 
Codfish are found iu the vicinity of Killisnoo, but not in paying numbers. The 
company has sometimes salted 50 barrels a year, from the latter part of May to the 
