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slightly over 75 per cent in value of the catch shown for 1904. Seines 
were the only form of apparatus used. Aside from a few hundred 
pounds of striped bass and sturgeon the catch was confined to chinook 
salmon. Most of the catch was shipped from Chico. 
Glenn County.—The total fishery output of this county in 1915 
amounted to 86,100 pounds, having a value of $6,705. No catch was 
shown for this county in 1904. Willow is the most important fishing 
center in the county. Aside from a few chinook taken with drift 
gill nets the entire catch was taken with seines. Chinook salmon 
constituted about 94 per cent of the catch, the remainder consisting 
of sturgeon and striped bass. 
Oolusa County.—With the exception of a few fykes and hand lines, 
seines were the only form of apparatus used in the county. The out- 
put in 1915 amounted to 58,456 pounds, valued at $4,214. Several 
species were taken, but chinook salmon constituted about three- 
fourths of the catch. Colusa, the county seat, is the most important 
fishing center. No fisheries were shown for this county for 1904. 
Sutter County.—The fishery resources of this county show a decline 
from 148,000 pounds, valued at $6,440, in 1904, to 73,645 pounds, 
valued at $2,921, in 1915. In 1904 the catch consisted largely of 
chinook salmon, but in 1915 nearly 70 per cent of the catch was cat- 
fish. Most of the fishing is confined to the southern part of the coun- 
ty, from Knights Landing down, and is sold to dealers in Sacramento 
and Schlenk: 
San Mateo County.—The output of this county in 1915 amounted to 
26,500 pounds, valued at $1,910, as compared with 216,140 pounds, 
valued at $6,405,in 1904. This difference is due mainly to the decline 
of the shrimp industry through restrictive legislation, The output 
consisted of soft clams, crabs, rockfishes, and a few smelt. Aside 
from a small local consumption, the entire catch was landed and sold 
in San Francisco, whichis not far distant from the fishing grounds of 
the county. 
Shasta County.—This county is the uppermost one on the Sacra- 
mento River in which commercial fishing is prosecuted. The out- 
put in 1915 amounted to 20,997 pounds, valued at $1,289, which is 
about one-half of the value of the output in 1904. Aside from a few 
fish taken with spears, the catch is credited entirely to semes. Chi- 
nook salmon and a few striped bass were the only species taken. 
Cottonwood and Anderson were the principal fishing localities. As 
in the case of most of the counties on the Sacramento River above 
Sacramento, the fish are shipped mainly to Sacramento and San 
Francisco. A few are shipped by the buyers north to Seattle and 
Portland and to neighboring States eastward. Owing to the current, 
seines are best adapted for the fisheries of the Sacramento River above 
Yolo County, and in most instances a horse is necessary in hauling 
theseine. A law passed by the California legislature in 1916 prohibits 
all fishing in the Sacramento River above Vina, Tehama County. 
Previously there was no limit to the fishing in the river. 
Los Angeles County.—This is the most thickly settled county in 
the State and far exceeded any other in the number of persons em- 
ployed, the amount of capital invested in the fisheries, and the quan- 
tity of fishery products taken during the year 1915, but the value of 
the products was less than in San Francisco County. There were 
2,428 persons engaged either as active fishermen or in the various 
