FISHERY IXDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922. 



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Fishery products, hxj months, taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle, Wash., by col 

 Iccting vessels, 1922 — Continued. 



121, 590 dozen. 



FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA IN 1922. 



Through the courtesy of the CaHfornia Fish and Game Commission 

 the bureau has received copies of its monthly sheets showing the 

 catch ot fish, b}^ species and by counties, for CaHfornia, and also the 

 quantity of fish imported into California from Mexico, during the cal- 

 endar year 1922. These statistics have been compiled b}^ species and 

 bv months, as shown in the appended tables. 



' In 1922 the catch of fish for California amounted to 168,969,733 

 pounds, an increase of 41,241,110 pounds, or 32.28 per cent over the 

 catch of 1921. The species taken in largest quantities were pilchard, 

 93,399,900 pounds; albacore and tuna, 17,920,019 pounds; flounders, 

 11,341,262 pounds; bonito or skipjack, 10,998,855 pounds; salmon, 

 7,235,124 pounds; barracuda, 4,710,753 pounds; rockfishes, 4,238,480 

 pounds; yellowtail, 3,111,198 pounds; mackerel, 2,466,762 pounds; 

 white sea bass or squeteague, 2,195,932 pounds; abalones, 1,523,394 

 pounds; and shad, 1,109,445 pounds. 



The imports of fresh fish from Mexico in 1922 amounted to 

 12,146,066 pounds, an increase of 5,446,249 pounds, or 81.29 per cent, 

 as compared with 1921. The principal species imported were albacore 

 and tuna, 6,179,754 pounds; barracuda, 1,528,770 pounds; bonito or 

 skipjack, 1,792,592 pounds; flounders, 817,304 pounds; white sea bass 

 or squeteague, 736,220 pounds; sea crawfish or spiny lobster. 640,466 

 pounds; and yellowtail, 303,292 pounds. 



Products, in pounds, of the fisheries of California, 1922. 



Species. 



Albacore and tuna 



Anchovies 



Barracuda 



Blueflsh, California or 



squeteague 



Bonito or skipjack 



Carp 



Catfish 



Flounders 



"Hake" 



Hardhead 



April. 



7,375 

 527,589 



1,440 

 4,190 

 3,367 

 7,114 

 879,955 

 4,424 



May. 



149 



96,717 



1, 213, 656 



925 



695 



16,723 



8,206 



867,028 



3,600 



June. 



875,364 



27,511 



634,650 



1,735 

 5,580 

 4,140 



1, 253, 309 

 13,998 



July. 



9,386,822 

 37,470 

 369,462 



5,677 



31,471 



3,894 



838, 590 

 7,537 



