The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-04
sacramento salmon Fisheries.

sacramento salmon Fisheries.
The hshing interest in the Sacramento al this point 10
increasing and expanding with astonishing rapidly from
year 10 year and from month 10 month. The water OF
ne iisei must be alive with salmon, such numbers
eaushl daily would sensiby reduce their numbers But
experienced fishermen inform while the lasts
countless IS The number that matter how many
poyed IN The business how many taken daily no
dlmhusioh can be perceived Even the "tues" between
i' ana the coast range are reported 10 be hlled with
samon.
The run this year is said to be greater than ever before
known al hls season, The heaviest runs heretofore hay-
ing been experienced in June and July. The exraor-
binary run OF the present time is expected to continue Tor
something like lhres weeks The fish seem TO run IN
immense schools with weeks intervening between
me appearance OF each school, during which the numbers
takeh are light as compared with the quantity taken du
ring time like the present
No aecoust is kept OF the number engaged in fishing,
or oil The amount caught, and all statements relative
lheelo are made from estimates obtained from those who
have experience IN the business. and probably approx
mate correctness.
These estimates give the number of men employed now
IN taxing ish IN the Sacramento at about six hundred
the number OF fish taken daily, on average at two
thousand-helr average weight seventeen pounds ma
KING lhiiy-iour thousand pounds per day Two cents
per pound which ispobaby more than The present
age rce by The quantity, would give daily income TO
number Of men engaged in the business, imagine,
mus be over estimated or the number OF fish caught I'M
der estimated
1t requires two to man boat; which would give
three hundred boats for six hundred Two thou
sand hsh day would give TO each a fraction
three as his share We presume few fishing who do
not catch good many more than that number. We
boat load The product OF the previous night consisting
OF sixy.sx salmon, weighed yesterday morning. They
averaged fraction over seventeen pounds, and gave
thirty three the number caught by each man, instead
OF three as estimated above
Say the six hundred fishermen man average two
hundred boats night; the average number caught by
each boat bat a, twenty and the total would be
four thousand fish. instead of two thousand estimated
Oar impression is that the latter the mark
than the former good many OF the fishermen send
their fish directly 10 San Francisco others take them to
diileren points Tor sailing.
and individuals being extensively engaged in this branch
of the trade e......
The fish are put down in hogsheads which average,
when filled, about eigh, hundred pounds. From one TO
three thousand pounds put down daily by those en-
gagged in sailing An acquaintance has filled sixty five
hogsheads this season.
The Of those engaged in sailing live the Wash
ngton side OF the river, and salt their fish there.
Including those engaged in sailing, catching, and SELL
ing, probably the fish business furnishes employment for
a thousand men.
The salmon fish is found in no other waters in such
vas. muutudes met in the rivers emptyiDg into
the Pacific On the Atlantic side the leading fish feature
is the OF shad in The spring; the Pacific side,
salmon ascend FLYERS al all seasons in numbers be-
yond all computation. In California and Oregon our
rivers alive with them the great number taken by
fishermen are but drop jlom the bucket Above this,
The coast SIDE tribes OF Indians other food.
In the course OF few years, salmon fishing will
tend itself TO all the prominent rivers in the State. Catch
ICED business The fish consumption will then have ex-
tended itself generally the State and than like
iy become III the mean time, an important article OF ex-
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