. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. the fish delivered,the fisherman prepares his breakfiist and rests during the time inter-vening between the tides. His boat is sailed to a quiet spot out of thechannel, the anchor is dropped, the sail taken in, and his simple mealcooked over a small oil stove. The rudder is then unshipped and stoodup on deck at the stern, the mast is taken down, the sail removed, andthe mast is ]»laced lengthwise the boat, one end resting in the bow, theother end on the top of the unshipped rudder, forming a ridgepole forthe extempo
. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. the fish delivered,the fisherman prepares his breakfiist and rests during the time inter-vening between the tides. His boat is sailed to a quiet spot out of thechannel, the anchor is dropped, the sail taken in, and his simple mealcooked over a small oil stove. The rudder is then unshipped and stoodup on deck at the stern, the mast is taken down, the sail removed, andthe mast is ]»laced lengthwise the boat, one end resting in the bow, theother end on the top of the unshipped rudder, forming a ridgepole forthe extemporized tent formed by the sail. Often several hundred boatsmay be found witliin a small area, each containing the sleeping fisher-man and his assistant. While Chinook salmon constitute the great bulk of the gill-net catch,the quantity of other fish thus taken is considerable and is increasingyearly. With the demand tor cheaper grades of salmon the size of themesh of the gill nets has been reduced. Report U. S. F. C 1893. Pacific Coast Fisheries. (To face page 243.) Plate PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. 243 Seines are used at Sand Island, near the mouth of tlie river, and onthe sand bars to a distance of 15 to 30 miles above the ocean. Thesebars as a rule are dry at low tide, at which time the seines are to a comparatively recent time the bars in the Columbia Kiver wereowned by the State and their fishing privileges were free. As theybecame valuable for seine fishing, and had no other use, i)rivate partieshad them surveyed and bought them from the State at a low price. Atitle deed having been secured, the value of these bars at once increasedfrom a few dollars to many thousands. The desirable seining-groundsare limited and have fallen into the hands of a few persons, which factaccounts for the relatively small number of seines used, and this formof apparatus is the only one which does not show an increase in recentyears. Fish-wheels are the most interesting form of appara
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