996 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the San Francisco district of California, 1928 — Continued 

 CATCH: By gear— Continued 



MONTEREY DISTRICT 



The Monterey district is comprised of Monterey and Santa Cruz 

 Counties. The catch in this district amounted to 230,989,032 

 pounds, valued at $1,702,049. The most important product con- 

 tributing to this catch was pilchard or sardine, the catch of which 

 amounted to 221,568,278 pounds, valued at $1,220,958. Other 

 important species were flounders, 2,087,801 pounds, valued at 

 $105,749; rockfishes, 2,286,344 pounds, valued at $89,207; and 

 ahalone, 409,975 pounds, valued at $81,^95. 



OperatiiKj units. — The catch of fishery products in the Monterey 

 district during 1928 was taken by 1,120 fishermen, 10 motor vessels, 

 289 motor and other small boats, and 9 major types of gear. The 

 com})ined capacity of the vessels amounted to 110 net tons. 



Catch by gear. — Three types of gear accounted for 98 per cent of 

 the fishery products taken in this district during 1928. Listed in 

 order of their importance they were lampara nets, which accounted 

 for 92 per cent of the catch; purse seines, 5 per cent; and lines, 1 per 

 cent. The catch by lampara nets was principally pilchard or sardine, 

 that by purse seines, exclusively pilchard or sardine, and that by 

 lines chiefly rockfishes, mackerel, and salmon. 



