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The following table gives the detailed statistics of the wholesale 

 fish trade of California in 1922: 



Investment, persons engaged, and wages paid in the wholesale fish trade of California 



in 1922 



FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES, 1923 



Realizing the value, both to the conservationist and to the fish 

 trade, of annual statistics on our fisheries, the general canvass of the 

 Pacific Coast States for 1922 was followed by a similar though less 

 detailed canvass for 1923. This was done in part to determine the 

 feasibility of taking annual statistics with the limited personnel and 

 funds available for this purpose. The Pacific Coast States were 

 particularly favorable for such a trial, for a certain amount of statis- 

 tics on the fisheries are collected annually by the State organizations 

 responsible for the administration of the fisheries of those States. 

 In California statistics were available on the number and type of 

 fishing boats and vessels, number of fishermen, and the catch of each 

 species by counties or by groups of counties. In Washington and 

 Oregon statistics were available on the number of fishermen and the 

 catch of certain fishes in Territorial waters. The statistics given 

 herein are the available State statistics, supplemented and made 

 uniform in character and scope by canvassing the industry for the 

 necessary additional information. 



In 1922 the total number of fishermen in the Pacific Coast States 

 was 14,223, the number of fishing vessels 555, the number of boats 

 5,741, and the total catch 409,885,597 pounds, valued at $18,914,976. 

 The following table gives the detailed statistics, by States, of the 

 Pacific Coast States in 1923: 



Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States, 1923 



