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Summary of vessel fishitig, 1863 to 1925 — Continued 

 RECAPITULATION 



DETAILED DATA OF THE FISHING FLEET FROM 1863 TO 1925 



The table following shows in detail the operations of the cod- 

 fishing fleet from the inception of the industry in 1863 to 1925, in- 

 clusive. The name, rig, and net tonnage of each vessel, the dates of 

 her departure and return, on what ground she fished, and the number 

 of fish taken are all shown. 20 No detailed data are available for 1866 

 and 1869, while the individual vessel data for 1867 and 1868 are in- 

 complete. From 1863 to 1890, both inclusive, the data relate to 

 California exclusively. Since 1915 vessels fishing on banks off the 

 Alaska coast often fished also on banks in the Bering Sea. The 

 statistics for recent years for these regions, therefore, have been 

 combined under the head "Alaska banks." Owing to the variation 

 in the weight of fish from the various grounds, and also the con- 

 siderable variation in weight of fish from the same ground in dif- 

 ferent years, no effort has been made to show the weight of the 

 catch, while the data on the prices realized are so fragmentary that 

 this item also has been omitted, as it would be nothing but a guess 

 at best. 



20 For the data covering the San Francisco fleet from 1870 to 1914, inclusive, the writer 

 is indebted to the Union Fish Co. (formerly the McCollam Fishing & Trading Co.), of San 

 Francisco, which placed its invaluable records at his disposal. 



