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valued at less than $10,000 and aggregating 2,056,318 pounds, 

 valued at $70,746, made up the remainder of the fish production. 



The production of shellfish amounted altogether to 5,310,609 

 pounds, valued at $456,970, most important of which, from the 

 standpoint of value, were oysters, which yielded 94,598 pounds, 

 valued at $101,351. Shrimps, spiny lobsters, crabs, abalones, 

 clams, squid, octopus, mussels, and turtles, named in order of their 

 value, made up the remainder of the yield of shellfish. 



In addition to iish and shellfish, there were whale products to the 

 value of $432,855, consisting of whale oil, 915,000 gallons, valued at 

 $366,000; sperm oil, 5,050 gallons, valued at $2,525; and other 

 products, 3,136,000 pounds, valued at $64,330. 



Los Angeles, San Francisco, Monterey, and San Diego were the 

 important centers of fishing. Los Angeles County, with its tuna and 

 sardine fisheries, produced 86,803,137 pounds, valued at $2,771,177. 

 San Francisco County, with an important market fishery, followed 

 Los Angeles with a production oi 24,939,899 pounds, valued at 

 $1,101,288. Next in miportance was Monterey County, with her 

 large sardine fisheries, producing 49,351,971 pounds, valued at 

 $1,087,858. San Diego County, with tuna and sardine fisheries 

 similar to those of Los Angeles but of lesser magnitude, produced 

 18,241,117 pounds, valued at $852,620. The remaining counties, 

 none of them with remarkably large catches, yielded 11,800,728 

 pounds, valued at $961,038. 



The following table shows in detail the statistics of the fisheries 

 of California in 1922: 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of the fisheries of California in 1922, by 



counties 



