CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



of their three junks used sixty Chinese shrimp nets such as are described 

 under ''Methods of Operating Nets." Two of the five Hunter's Point 

 camps, located on the south side of the point, were owned by the Quong 

 Lee Chong Company of San Francisco. Each of the two boats fished 

 forty nets and they dried their entire catch. Their fishing ground was 

 about a mile off shore, a little west of south from the point, which 

 brought them within San Francisco County. Of the three camps on the 

 north side of the point, the two camps nearest the point were controlled 

 by the Fook On Lung Company, also known as the California Shrimp 

 Company. The third camp on the north side of the point belonged 

 to the Union Shrimp Company, a Chinese company of San Francisco. 

 The three last-named camps sent part of their catch to the fresh shrimp 

 market and dried the rest. They fished in Alameda County a mile south 

 of the Alameda mole. The four Red Rock camps were located in a 

 cove on the Contra Costa shore about two miles to the south of Point 

 San Pablo. These camps belonged to the Union Shrimp Company of 

 San Francisco and their four boats fished just to the north of Red Rock 

 in water from four to six fathoms deep. This depth is greater than 

 that fished by any of the other boats and it was not possible for them, 

 on account of the depth and tide, to use more than thirty nets to each 

 boat. Part of their catch went to the fresh market but the main part 

 was dried. Of the seven camps near Point San Pedro, Marin County, 

 one was situated in the first cove to the south of the point near the rock 

 quarr}^ It Avas an independent company drying most of its catch but 

 selling a few to the Union Shrimp Company, for the fresh market. 

 Their boat fished about one-half mile southwest of the point. The next 

 camp to tlie north of the point belonged to the Union Shrimp Company. 

 Its boat fished about one-half mile off sbore and sometimes across the 

 channel in Contra Costa County. This camp sent part of its catch to 

 the fresh market but dried most of it. One-half mile further to the 

 north was a Quong Lee Chong Company camp and next to it in the 

 same cove a Quong Sing Lung Company camp, while just to the north 

 in the next cove was a second camp of the Quong Sing Lung Company 

 and next to this two other Quong Lee Chong camps. These last five 

 outfits uanied. dried their entire catch and tlirii- five boats opci'ated sixty 

 nets each. They fished far out on Avhat is knowii as tlie "Petaluma 

 Flats," the furthest boat fishing one-half nulc due south of the outer 

 Petaluma Creek Beacon, the other near but to the southwest. All five 

 fished within the county of Marin. 



The following description of the boats, nets and fishing metliods 

 applies to the industry today just as it does to the industry as it 

 existed twenty years ago: 



Boats. The boats used by these camps are of Chinese pattern and 

 make. They vary in size, but the majority are about fifty feet long 

 and tAvelve feet beam, with rounded bottoms without a keel, and with 

 s([uare sterns and rather blunt bows. They have one mast which 

 carries a Chinese cleated sail. About fourteen feet of the stern is 

 decked in and constitutes the living (quarters of the crew. This com- 

 partment is entered through a small sliding hatch and there the five 

 men of the crew cook their meals, eat and sleep. Just forward of this 

 is the open shrimp locker, about twelve feet square, for holding the 

 catch, and next forward is a locker of similar size for holding the nets. 



