. A review of the fisheries in the contiguous waters of the state of Washington and British Columbia [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale. e wiugs, because bich are a lengtb ons tbis e size of dofgreat it is still to one common a two up, und nets even 8 or le Paget 'ts, which ct of this occupies o become very poor they be Qou which Thus tbe 3 operated rmit a fair u. Other- ou, a time 1 at inter- git rivers. I it seems »r another, irge a pro- ;er may be respect to )us may be Washing- itageously t Uoberts. , however, more than be allowed uld be an issageway fas
. A review of the fisheries in the contiguous waters of the state of Washington and British Columbia [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale. e wiugs, because bich are a lengtb ons tbis e size of dofgreat it is still to one common a two up, und nets even 8 or le Paget 'ts, which ct of this occupies o become very poor they be Qou which Thus tbe 3 operated rmit a fair u. Other- ou, a time 1 at inter- git rivers. I it seems »r another, irge a pro- ;er may be respect to )us may be Washing- itageously t Uoberts. , however, more than be allowed uld be an issageway fas placed Lnd it was ' come into. FISHERIES OP TVASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. 343 a less depth than 1 fathom at low tide. Laterally successive iiets should be separated by at least 2,500 feet, approximately half a mile. The greater the distance in this respect the less are the evils to be expected from any alternating arrangement. By the act of 1897 the legislature of Washington recognized the jus- tice of these requirements. Besides prohibiting the use of trap nets and other fixed appliances in rivers or within 3 miles of their mouths, as well as in Deception Pass and in water of greater: depth than 05 feet, i>u8 law limitij the length of leaders to 2,500 feet and provides for an end passageway between all traps of at leasi 000 feet and a lateral passageway of at least 2,400 feet. The purse seines, though very unlike the trap nets', are nevertheless to be classed with them as having great individual scope and requiring a considerable outlay for their operation. They are chiefly fished in the upper part of Puget Sound for the \a,U r-running species, especially the silver salmon, of which they take enormous quantities. Elsewhere they are not much utilized, and in connection with the sockeye fishery thoy cut no figure, although sometimes set in the neighborhood of the traps at Point Roberts. The purse seine fishery has not been sufficiently studied to determine how far it
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