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XJ. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



MONTEREY DISTRICT 



The Monterey district is comprised of Monterey and Santa Cruz 

 Counties. The catch in this district amounted to 334,877,517 pounds, 

 valued at $2,339,705. The most important product contributing 

 to this catch was pilchard or sardine, the catch of which amounted 

 to 323,381,282 pounds, valued at $1,787,597. Other important 

 species were abalone, 682,474 pounds, valued at $136,495; salmon, 

 1,054,096 pounds, valued at $123,781; rockfishes, 1,641,049 pounds, 

 valued at $75,955; and squid, 4,572,555 pounds, valued at $72,243. 



Operating units. — The catch of fishery products in the Monterey 

 district in 1929 was taken by 1,197 fishermen, 36 motor vessels, 285 

 motor and other small boats, and 10 major types of gear. The 

 combined capacity of the vessels amounted to 526 net tons. 



Catch by gear. — Three types of gear accounted for 99 per cent of 

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

 the order of their importance, they were: Lampara nets, which ac- 

 counted for 76 per cent of the catch; purse seines, 22 per cent; and 

 lines, 1 per cent. The catch by lampara nets was principally sardine 

 or pilchard, that by purse seines almost exclusively pilchard or 

 sardine, and that by lines chiefly rockfishes, salmon, and mackerel. 



Fisheries of the Monterey district of California, 1929 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear 



