TitlePacific salmon fisheries
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1930
AuthorsCobb, John N.
Secondary TitleBureau of Fisheries Document
Volumeno.1092
Paginationp.409-704
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Valley SH11 .A4, Guin SH11 .A4, Digital Open Access
Keywordscanneries, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, commercial fisheries - salmon, hatcheries, Pink (humpback) salmon = Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, sockeye salmon = Oncorhynchus nerka
NotesGeneral reference. History of fisheries, canned pack statistics, records of fish planting in rivers. Colorful language at times. Photographs. "Salmon canning was begun on this river [the Yaquina] in 1887, when two small canneries were constructed. . . The fishermen of this section are fortunate in that they have railroad communication with the outside world." Gives canned salmon pack statistics, 1887-1911. Gives statistics for salmon planting in the Yaquina from 1898-1928. Gives salmon pack statistics for major coastal streams from the 1880s to the point in the 1920s when the canneries closed down. Available in Google Books.
URLhttps://tinyurl.com/5hrs8ne5
Series TitleU.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for 1930. Appendix xiii