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



counties — Continued 



VESSEL FISHERIES 



The fisheries of Cahfornia in 1922 employed in actual fishing 7 

 steam, 199 gasoline, and 3 sailing vessels of 5 tons net burden and over, 

 as measured by the Customs Service, not including 53 vessels engaged 

 in transporting fish. The yield of the fishing vessels amounted to 

 77,556,811 pounds, valued at $2,523,979. 



Judging from the value of the catch, lines were the most important 

 gear employed in the vessel fisheries, producing 15,409,209 pounds, 

 valued at $772,126. Albacore and tuna were most important in this 

 catch, contributing over half the yield; bonito and skipjack followed, 

 with about one-third of the catch; the cod caught in Alaskan waters 

 and the rockfishes caught principally off Los Angeles and San Diego 

 were next in order, w^hile some 20 species of fish caught in smaller 

 quantities made up the remainder of the catch by this type of gear. 



Purse seines, operated principally from the port of Los Angeles, 

 were next in importance, with a total catch of 8,500,584 pounds, 

 valued at $420,373. Their most important catches were barracuda, 

 2,395,635 pounds, valued at $166,086; tuna, 3,891,781 pounds, valued 

 at $142,084; bonito and skipjack, 736,331 pounds, valued at $36,710; 

 and white sea bass, 616,114 pounds, valued at $36,056. A number of 

 other fishes caught incidentally in fishing for these principal species 

 made up the remainder of the catch by purse seines. 



Lampara nets produced an amount of fish much in excess of that 

 produced by purse seines and nearly equaling the purse-seine catch in 

 value, altogetlier amounting to 31,692,669 pounds, valued at $412,662. 

 Three-quarters of the catch by this gear consisted of sardines, while 

 smaller amounts of bonito, barracuda, yellowtail, mackerel, white sea 

 bass, and other fishes made up the remainder. Lampara nets were 

 also important in providing bait for the line fishery, although the 

 amount of bait caught does not enter these statistics. 



Paranzella nets, operated exclusively from the port of San Fran- 

 cisco, produced 9,047,496 pounds, valued at $287,086. Soles, 

 flounders, and other bottom fish made up the catch of this gear. 



Gill nets, fished principally for barracuda and white sea bass, caught 

 566,727 pounds, valued at $32,228; trammel nets, catching almost 



