PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. 



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of fisU annually migrate northward as far as this section which are 

 seldom found in any abundance in higher latitudes. Among the latter 

 are the mackerel, bouito, albacore, and barracuda. The fishermen of 

 this county usually find a great abundance of fish and have the choice 

 of a larger number of species than is found elsewhere on the west coast. 

 The other economic water products of this county consist chiefly of 

 S(iuid and alga\ With few exceptions the fishermen are Portuguese 

 or Chinese, the latter comprising two-thirds of the fishing j)opulation. 

 Most of the Portuguese are naturalized citizens. 



Nearly all of the catch of both whites and Chinese is sent by steamer 

 or rail to San Francisco. The squid and dry fish shipped by the Chi- 

 nese are in large part reshipped to the Sandwich Islands or China. 

 The quantities of fresh fish sent to market by the white and Chinese 

 fishermen of this county were somewhat less in 1892 than during the 

 three previous years, as shown in the following table. The species 

 shipped are specified in the detailed tables elsewhere presented. 



Statement of fresh fish shipjjed to San Francisco by fishermen of Monterey County. 



The following shif)inents were also made by the Chinese fishermen, 

 consisting of dry fish, squid, and abalones and abalone shells, and algae: 



Products. 



1890. 



Dry fish 



Dry squid 



Dry abalones . 

 Abahme shells 

 Algse 



Total . . . 



Pounds. 



102, 000 



468, 000 



1,150 



2, 700 



5, 800 



579, 650 



Pounds. 



64, 000 



256, 000 



1,300 



3,100 



6,500 



Pounds. 



61, 240 



300, 760 



900 



2,800 



6,500 



Pounds. 



63. 830 



357, 622 



1,235 



2, 954 



14, 835 



330, SOO 



372, 200 



440, 476 



SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. 



The fisheries of Santa Cruz County present no new features as 

 compared with the conditions recorded in the last report. The quan- 

 tity of fish taken shows a small increase each year, but the industry 

 may be regarded as only imi^erfectly developed. Shad are found along 

 the coast of this county, but do not appear to be undergoing the marked 

 increase in numbers which is witnessed in the more northern counties 

 of the State. In 1889 20,000 pounds were taken, and in 1892 the 

 catch was 35,000 pounds, Salmon are also caught in limited quanti- 

 ties each year. The few fresh- water streams entering the ocean on this 

 part of the coast probably accounts for the small increase in shad and 



