The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-18
Salmon Industry
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Some remarkable figures relative
to the fishing industry of the state
OF Washington are embodied in the
report of State Fish Commissioner
John L. Riseland which is now in
course of com oilation and which.
while it is not vet complete by any
means is still sufficient to convey an
excellent impression of the results
attained during the fiscal year end
ing March 81, 1918. Owing to the
fact that the report is still incofn-
plete, it is impossible to set forth at
this time anything like detailed
statement of the actual condition of
the industry as at the date mention
ed; nevertheless, by dint of expert
cross-examination on the part of
a representative of the Bellingham
Journal information, of which the
following is a summary was elected
from Mr.. Riseland and is now
placed exclusively before the read
ers of that newspaper.
The total capital employed in the
fishing industry of the state during
the year ending March 81, 1918,
was So, $40, ,450 of which So .127,450
is employed on Puget Sound: $780,
600 on the Columbia river; $140.-
900 at Willapa Harbor and $298, 900
at Grays Harbor.
The total number of persons en-
ployed was 12,2O6 of whom 8.57l
were employed on Puget Sound;
2.QQe on the Columbia river; 968 at
Willapa Harbor. and 65s at Grays
Harbor. y
The amount paid to labor in the
state was $s.797. .S65.l3, of which
$2,718,276.40 was paid to Puget
Sound employees; S673,313.53 to
Columbia rive workers; S284.705 to
Willapa Harbor men and S121, ,570.-
20 to employees at ,Grays Harbor.
The value of the output for all
fisheries in the state was 81 1884,
1862 apportioned as follows: S.
Oil. 1852 for Puget Sound; ST.
O84 ,47O.20 for the Columbia river;
$485, ,472.40 for Grays Harbor and
1892 .951 40 for Willapa Harbor.
During the year 655.039 cases
of salmon were packed valued at a
total of $3.726.985.7O. This pack
is distributed as follows: Puget
Sound 436,572 cases valued at ST.
$50, ,114.7O; Willapa Harbor 28.148
cases valued at $1O8, 156 40: Grays
Harbor 58.981 cases valued at
S248.347.4O and Columbia river
131 1888 cases valued at $84O.277.2O.
The Puget Sound pack may be
taken as comparatively representa-
tive of that of the other districts
except that the proportio OF SOCK
ewes is heavier and is made up as
follows: 193.442 cases OF sockeye
valued at $1.508,847.6O; 22,08l
cases of springs and chinooks valu-
ed at s132 ,486; 1911 cases OF
silyersides valued at $722. .738.2O;
62. .73O cases of chums valued at
S163 .O98 and .2O2 cases of hump
backs valued at S2,944.9O; total
number of cases as above 436.572
and value as above $3.50, 144.H.
On Puget Sound the poundage OF
fish put up or disposed Of in this
way was 46, $50. .1O3, including sal
mon. sturgeon. smelt, halibut, cod,
sole founders, salmon. trout. her
ring, shad and catfish. all valued at
SO. .6s7 ,9O5.15. The total pound
age of smoked fish for the state was
therefore so. .603 pounds OF .
total value Of So. .O44. 035.15.
The value Of the fishing ap-
pliances used on Puget Sound IS
placed at 81, ,601. IT'S; 81, ,283. 900 on
the Columbia river; $500. TAO in the
Willapa Harbor district and $749,-
$50, for the Grays Harbor district.
The total value Of appliances used
throughout the state being there
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