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SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT, 



The San Francisco district is comprised of Marin, Solano, Yolo, 

 Sacramento, San Joaquin, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, 

 and San Mateo Counties. The catch in this district amounted to 

 77,127,313 pounds, valued at $1,956,160. Considered according to 

 value, the more important species comprising this catch were: 

 Flounders, 12,101,717 pounds, valued at $549,353; whale products, 

 5,537,994 pounds, valued at $368,697; pilchard or sardine, 41,091,857 

 pounds, valued at $215,597; crabs, 1,691,784 pounds, valued at 

 $154,345; and salmon, 1,240,215 pounds, valued at $142,958. 



Operating units.— The catch of fishery products in the San Fran- 

 cisco district during 1929 was taken by 1,263 fishermen, 5 steam 

 vessels, 29 motor vessels, 2 sailing vessels, 642 motor and other small 

 boats, and 12 major types of gear. The combined capacity of the 

 vessels amounted to 1,504 net tons. 



Catch by gear. — Five types of gear accounted for 92 per cent of the 

 fishery products taken in tliis district during 1929. Listed in the 

 order of their importance they were: Lampara nets, which accounted 

 for 54 per cent; paranzella nets, 18 per cent; lines, 8 per cent; harpoons, 

 7 per cent; and gill nets, 5 per cent. The catch by lampara nets was 

 chiefly pilchard or sardine, that by paranzella nets principally floun- 

 ders, that by lines largely cod taken in Alaska waters, that by harpoons 

 exclusively whales, and that by gill nets chiefly shad, herring, salmon, 

 and striped bass. 



Fisheries of the San Francisco district of California, 1929 

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