566 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
112,000 pounds of fish, which represented the catch of the Klamath, 
except that taken by ranchers and Klamath Indians for their own use. 
Humboldt County.—¥or several years the fisheries of this county 
have declined both in the number of fishermen, fishing apparatus, and 
products. In 1895 the fishermen numbered 376, in 1899 only 185; 
the products those years being as follows: 

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1895. 1899. 
Species. SS = =| <= 
Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. 
Salmon, chinook ...... SUE ee Pe PAA Nae ape 277,325 | $8,320 176,100 | $5,189 
Salmon sil wersnaceee Gens soc Asa coins ace epee weer eee 136, 413 4, 092 60, 160 2,105 
Salmon Wbluebaekesosai en -cce sess cece ac dec oe ea en nels eeme eae eerste 21, 600 755 
Salmon steelhead’. 22262 ssestesece cae aeeeeccer | 409, 237 16, 370 1138, 600 3, 876 
HLOUN GEMS 2 apatites oie ise oeiaeisiece aibiee Senile cineeee bee eeiner ae | 57, 000 1, 030 75, 200 1,504 
SING lpieese tee Stee boc ciepisaata eee bate owed omits 30, 000 600 81, 000 2,430 
IROGKSTIS Tiree mac ere wees ee eee eee ee 35, 000 525 20, 000 600 
Herring ssoet ausec detec: SA COAG OOO E CCR cece 20, 000 100 | 39, 000 990 
ROLChie eis cae ee eisiee aca Beets cae Mieke Doe oe ate eee 20, 000 300 26, 000 490 
Otherinshenvaproducts reste ce ccieceince ceietinecinse eee ee | 162, 400 2,124 91, 500 6, 375 
Ota sa tiah nce ON ee Nee ee gE SE eae ra | 1,147,375 | 33,461 | 704,160] 24,314 



The salmon fisheries are of chief importance, their decrease, as 
above shown, being 451,515 pounds. ‘The fishermen attribute the 
decrease largely to a close season in 1899, from February 1 to May 1, 
on steelhead, and from September 11 to October 15 on salmon. In 
1899 the steelhead catch was all made in January; the salmon catch 
in October, November, and December. 
The fisheries of the county are chiefly on the lower end of Eel River, 
with some on Elk and Mad rivers and in Humboldt Bay. For several 
years a cannery and saltery on Eel River canned a large amount and 
salted several thousand barrels of salmon yearly. During the past few 
years no salmon have been canned or salted; after supplying the local 
demand the surplus is sent to fresh-fish firms in San Francisco. 
The continued decrease in the salmon fisheries of Eel River has been 
offset to some extent by cfose-season laws and artificial propagation. 
These agencies have proved beneficial, and fish were more plentiful 
in 1900 than at any time since 1895. The fishermen receive $40 per 
month and their board, their catch in the rivers being made with haul 
seines and gill nets. A small amount of fishing in the bay supplies the 
local demand with halibut, smelt, herring, perch, rock-fish, cultus-cod, 
clams, and crabs. 
Marin County.—The fisheries of this county are represented by the 
cod-drying stations at Pesecada Landing and California City, Chinese 
shrimp camps at San Quentin and Point Pedro, and general fisheries 
in Tomales Bay. The total fishery products amounted to 2,323,060 
pounds of $64,495 value. Over half of this amount was shrimps taken 
by Chinese. The Tomales Bay fisheries are noted for the yield of 
clams at all seasons, and for herring, smelt, sardines, and sea bass in 
their seasons. The fishermen send their products to the San Fran- 
cisco market. During 1899 fish were very plentiful in both Tomales 
