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but its most important fisheries are those prosecuted in the Eel 
River. The output of this river in 1915 amounted to 558,893 pounds, 
valued at $22,246, which was less than one-fourth of the catch made in 
1904. Chinook salmon constituted 80 per cent of the catch, the 
remainder consisting of silver salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon. The 
catch was handled by local buyers and shipped mainly to San 
Francisco. Eureka is the center of the county’s wholesale trade, 
two firms located there handling most of the fish taken in Humboldt 
Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Besides those taken in Eel River some 
salmon are also taken in Mad River and Redwood Creek. Several 
men follow clamming in Humboldt Bay at times during the year, 
the catch being disposed of locally in Eureka. Crab nets are set 
both in Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The catch would prob- 
ably be greater than at present if it were not that the law prohibits 
the shipping of crabs out of the county. Some trawl-line fishing is 
followed from Eureka in the Pacific Ocean, the catch consisting 
mainly of flounders and rockfishes. 
Sacramento County.—This county is situated entirely on the Sacra- 
mento River. The total catch in 1915 amounted to 447,167 pounds, 
valued at $23,132, which was less than one-half of the catch shown for 
1904. Nearly 45 per cent of the catch consisted of chinook salmon. 
The catfish ranks as one of the important species of the county. Gill 
nets and fyke nets are the only kinds of apparatus used. Sacramento 
is the most important fishing center in the county. In 1915 three 
wholesale firms, one of them Chinese, located in this city, together with 
one in Yolo County across from Sacramento, handled large quantities 
of fresh fish taken in the vicinity and from a long distance up the 
river. While many of these fish were shipped to States to the east- 
ward, the major portion probably reached San Francisco. The 
fishery resources of the Sacramento River are much greater below 
than above Sacramento. A Chinese firm opposite Antioch salted a 
large quantity of shad during the year, the product being shipped to 
China. The European war caused a discontinuation of this work. 
Alameda County.—This county is situated on San Francisco Bay, 
in which waters most of its fishmg is done. The total output in 
1915 amounted to 1,092,180 pounds, valued at $22,598, as compared 
with 116,958 pounds, valued at $29,804 in 1904. The noticeable 
increase in quantity in 1915 was due to a large catch of stingray and 
shark, disposed of to a nearby plant manufacturing poultry feed and 
oil. Owing to the low price received, these two species did not add 
materially to the total value of products. The decrease in value of 
products since 1904 can be traced mainly to the decline of the oyster 
industry. Both the clam and shrimp industries are of importance in 
this county. There are several wholesale firms in Oakland, but 
most of the fish handled by them were brought from San Francisco 
and more distant points. One firm of Chinese handled clams only. 
Del Norte County.—This is the most northern of the coastal counties 
of California. Requa, though a mere village, is the leading fishing 
center of the county, owing its importance in this particular to the 
location there of a salmon cannery, which handles most of the fish 
taken in the Klamath River, on which the village is located. A 
salmon cannery at Smith River, on the river of that name, utilizes 
practically all of the salmon from that stream. The total output 
of Del Norte County in 1915 amounted to 924,135 pounds, valued 
