﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXLIII 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  i)ounds 
  of 
  striped 
  bass 
  

   handled 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco 
  in 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  1895, 
  and 
  1896: 
  

  

  Statement 
  by 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  pounds 
  of 
  striped 
  hass 
  handled 
  by 
  San 
  Francisco 
  dealers 
  in 
  

  

  1S9S, 
  1894, 
  1895, 
  and 
  1896. 
  

  

  Months. 
  

  

  January 
  ... 
  

   February 
  .. 
  

  

  March 
  

  

  April 
  

  

  May 
  

  

  Juno 
  

  

  July 
  

  

  August 
  

  

  September. 
  

  

  October 
  

  

  November 
  . 
  

   December.. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  3,448 
  

   3, 
  087 
  

   5,403 
  

   8,351 
  

   7,232 
  

   4,353 
  

   2,950 
  

   2,655 
  

   8,507 
  

   6,820 
  

   10,473 
  

   17,514 
  

  

  80, 
  793 
  

  

  14, 
  177 
  

   12, 
  572 
  

   9,002 
  

   9,638 
  

   9,413 
  

   4,820 
  

   7,521 
  

   6,863 
  

   10,218 
  

  

  23, 
  192 
  

   17, 
  950 
  

  

  24, 
  631 
  

  

  149, 
  997 
  

  

  1895. 
  

  

  28, 
  328 
  

   15,611 
  

  

  11, 
  281 
  

   22, 
  000 
  

  

  12, 
  639 
  

  

  11, 
  532 
  

  

  13, 
  782 
  

  

  12, 
  419 
  

   21, 
  063 
  

   28, 
  724 
  

   50, 
  245 
  

   24, 
  553 
  

  

  252, 
  177 
  

  

  27, 
  179 
  

   36, 
  107 
  

   38, 
  340 
  

   41, 
  740 
  

   45, 
  903 
  

   15, 
  047 
  

   13, 
  531 
  

   15, 
  574 
  

  

  24, 
  214 
  

   40, 
  704 
  

   40, 
  089 
  

  

  25, 
  319 
  

  

  363, 
  747 
  

  

  Eeceipts 
  in 
  1890, 
  5,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  in 
  1891, 
  25,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  in 
  1892, 
  50,000 
  pounds 
  (estimated). 
  

  

  The 
  prices 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  did 
  not 
  average 
  more 
  than 
  5 
  

   cents 
  per 
  pound 
  in 
  1896, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  were 
  much 
  lower. 
  In 
  April, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  only 
  3 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

  

  SHAD 
  ON 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST. 
  

  

  Distribution, 
  abundance, 
  etc. 
  — 
  Inquiries 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  1896 
  disclosed 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  shad 
  is 
  becoming 
  more 
  evenly 
  distributed 
  along 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  although 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Bay 
  

   region 
  and 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  are 
  still 
  the 
  centers 
  of 
  greatest 
  abun- 
  

   dance. 
  The 
  fish 
  seems 
  to 
  range 
  regularly 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  

   County, 
  Cal., 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Stikine 
  River, 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

   Following 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  special 
  notes 
  regarding 
  the 
  shad's 
  distribution 
  and 
  

   abundance 
  supplemental 
  to 
  the 
  information 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  report* 
  based 
  

   on 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  subject 
  in 
  1891: 
  

  

  In 
  April, 
  1895, 
  a 
  5-pound 
  shad 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  seine 
  in 
  San 
  Pedro 
  

   Bay, 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County, 
  Cal., 
  and 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  others 
  were 
  taken 
  

   during 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  at 
  San 
  Pedro. 
  In 
  Monterey 
  Bay 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  found 
  

   from 
  August 
  to 
  December. 
  It 
  is 
  taken 
  chiefly 
  in 
  gill 
  nets 
  having 
  a 
  

   3 
  to 
  4 
  inch 
  mesh 
  set 
  for 
  perch 
  and 
  horse-mackerel 
  {Trachurus). 
  Shad 
  

   are 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  are 
  increasing 
  yearly. 
  In 
  that 
  i)art 
  of 
  

   the 
  bay 
  adja(^ent 
  to 
  Santa 
  Cruz 
  and 
  Cajiitola 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   than 
  at 
  Monterey. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  small 
  fresh-water 
  streams 
  near 
  Santa 
  

   Cruz 
  which 
  may 
  attract 
  them. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  7 
  to 
  9 
  

   pound 
  fish 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  that 
  section, 
  while 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  bay 
  is 
  

   only 
  5 
  pounds. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Sacramento, 
  shad 
  are 
  taken 
  mostly 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  

   May, 
  although 
  some 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   summer 
  and 
  fall 
  months. 
  The 
  heaviest 
  run 
  is 
  in 
  May, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  379-472. 
  

  

  