Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-15
Figure l'.'.,t..:ii.. Our Fisheries.

Il tilt al tI!ilE'. OF the lSitGN
Division, nuor Tie fishery indus
ties q the Pacific States and Teni-
tolies. The information given is
complied from statistics tor 1850,
prepared from the returns OF Prof.
ID. ; Jordan. james G.. Swan and
DR.. I. H. BcaH, vino visited tbs
coast IA behalf of the census Office.
The total number Of persons en-
p.uyc Ill ;l~>e Industries, says the
san Francisco nm Cp!u1rttiF, is
given at 6.I1j. Of whom 1,HI0 ale
E,quilnauX, Aleuts and Indians, ana
about t,00U are Chinese. The fish
crnen number II BOO, and the
. shOremen and factory hands $50.
| They are divided as follows: Cod
fishery, 2G3; seal-fur fishery, 10;
general fisheries, 800; marine salt
industry, 40; oyster fishery, -;
salmon fishery-Columbia and
Rogue Rivers, 5000; Eel and Smith
Rivers, 105; Puget Sound, p;
Sacramento River, 300; Sitka and
klawack, so; seal fishery, III. As
to locality, they are thus described
California, 3,03G; Oregon, G,S35, OF
whom 200 are Indians; Washington
Territory, IA, of whom G3O are
Indians; Alaska, 6, $50, mostly Esqui-
maux, Aleuts and Indians.
There are employed 5,547 boats
and SO vessels, of the total value OF
1888, 145; value of the fishery APP
paratus and outfits, S455, 23S; value
of buildings and apparatus of man
ufacture, $500, 900; one-half of the
total capital of the Alaska Com
mercial Company, this being con-
sidered fair proportion for the fish
cries, $750,000; total amount OF
capital employed, S2,74S,3S3. The
distribution of this is, as to locality
California-Shore fisheries, ISL 1915;
cod and halibut, SlSS, 500; salmon
Sacramento River, $500 600, and
Eels and Smith rivers, $4,000;
whale, $G3, 800; oyster, SIC, 900; seal
$4,000; marine salt industry, s202.-
600; total, S759,G75. Oregon
Shore, $3.50; salmon, Columbia
and Rogue Rivers, S1,129, 900; to-
tai 81 ,131 $50. Neutrality-suspicious.,
$40, 34S; salmon, Puget Sound, ST.
Goo; seal, S14, 410; total, $50, 1853.
Alaska--Salmon, Sitka and Klawack
SIC, 900; fur seal, $3.50 900, general,
SCI 900; total, 1927 900.
The statistics of the salmon indus
try are specially interesting. The
number of fishermen employed is 3,
$40, as follows: Columbia River, 9
500; Sacramento River, 500; Smith,
Eel and Rogue Rivers, no; Alaska,
$50; Puget Sound, 10. The number
of boats is us; value of boats and
apparatus, $4,000; fish caught
2,755. 900. weighing l,SG2, 0O(
pounds; amount salted-pounds
fresh, 1856, 800; pounds sailed, l, ;.
24G, 900; value, SD, 900. The Co.
lumbia River catch was l 1925 900;
Sacramento, G0G,700. The value Of
the amount smoked was S. 1000; sold
fresh to San Francisco, 1000, 00O
pounds, worth 100000; consumed
locally or unaccounted for, 1896.
95S pounds, worth SIG, 500; sold tc
canneries, 2,152, 500 fish, weighing
1878, 542 pounds, and worth $780,.
SIS. The fish sold fresh to Saa
Francisco came all from the Sacra-
mento River, of course. OF those
sold to the canneries, 32l ,549 were
from the Sacramento, 100000 from
the Smith, Eel and Rogue Rivers
1,G1S,761 from the Columbia, 49,.
600 from Puget Sound, and g., 2O(
from Alaska. The number of can
neries is As, as follows: Sacrament
to River 10; Smith, Eel and Rogue
Rivers, 3; Columbia River, 20; Puget
Sound, l Alaska, 2. The total pro.
duct of the canneries was G55 PA
cases; pounds in lib cans, 81 ,453, ;.
1872; value, 1926 1865. The en-
hancement of the value of the sal.
mon in the process of canning was
$2,345 SAT. The average number oil
factory hands was 4 $40; total mum.
Der of persons employed, $50; cap
ital, 1881 200; value of product
50, 3S9, 1874.
The following is a statement OF
the total quantities and valu,s of the
products of the sea bordering the
Pacific States and Territories.
Fresh fish-pounds, 17S,O4S, 800
value, $3,G49,3lO. Crabs, shrimps,
etc.-pounds, 100000; value,
$66. 1853. Oysters, mussels, '.ta.ones,
etc.-bushels, H., 900; value, $7O3,-
$50. Whale oil-sallons, 15s, GS5,
value, SSO.15O. Fish Obligations,
1GS, 600, value, SOB 300. Whalebone
pounds, 81, 900; value, 1922 900.
Seal flesh-pound, 1000, 900; value,
$4,000. Seal skins-number, 155, ;
us; value, 81 ,540,9l2. Sea otter
skins number, 1876; value, $17S,-
$50. Eggs of sea birds-number,