200 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
most of the fish after curing are stripped of their skins, cut up, and 
packed as boneless fish. This modern way of placing cod on the market 
has been most favorably received in Australia, where the American 
boneless cod has nearly driven the hard-cured “stock fish” of northern 
Europe from the market. 
Changes are taking place in the grounds resorted to by fishermen. 
The distant Okhotsk Sea and far eastern waters, where attention was 
first called to the cod of the Pacific, have nearly been abandoned by 
American fishermen for the nearer home fishing-grounds of Bering 
Sea, and the vessel fisheries of the latter are giving way to the estab- 
lishment of permanent fishing stations on the islands bordering Bering 
Sea. Both American and native fishermen remain at these stations 
and fish on the adjacent banks, which are quickly and easily reached 
by small boats. The fares are soon taken, and on returning to the 
station the fish are dressed, salted, and packed away until vessels from 
San Francisco arrive. These bring salt for curing and supplies for the 
men, and return with loads of kench-cured fish to be unloaded at the 
home station, and there prepared as boneless cod. 
Firms at San Francisco engaged in the cod fishery have branch sta- 
tions at the following points on the Shumagin Islands: Sand Point, 
Red Cove, Company Harbor, Squaw Harbor, Ikaluk, Chichagof Bay, 
Henderson Island, Unga Island, Nelson Island, Pirate Cove, Sanborn, 
Rasatska, Johnson’s Harbor, and Port Stanley. 
The San Francisco cod fleet in Okhotsk Sea in 1889 and 1890 con- 
sisted of two brigs of 618 tons, whose aggregate catch was 1,168,484. 
pounds and 1,123,941 pounds, respectively. During 1891 no American 
cod vessels visited that region. In 1892 a three-masted schooner of 
369 tons took 516,000 pounds of cod. 
The extent of the Bering Sea cod fishery carried on by San Francisco 
vessels during the four years beginning 1889 was as follows, two small 
schooners being employed in transporting the catch: 
No. of vessels. Catch. 
Years. leone Tonnage. 
Brigs. geeeees Pounds. | Value. 
NIB RO Seas oie lcinln ais wrote c's cima nia ere Se mtete SC Rn oe ee 1 2 208 294, 940 $7, 374 
SOO sac Sates wise ancicee ene wee gare a6 nice a oe ete 2 2 376 655, 188 16, 378 
BU eres Ble a wcetie c'cje bee ae brad See iae CeCe ee eee ene 4 3 1,120 2,114, 711 52, 868 
BOO iin civic bd qateetie de couse Kee es one Senet Ce eeneee 4 2 994 1, 742, 155 43, 554 
The aggregate receipts of salt cod by San Francisco firms, specified 
by fishing-grounds, are shown for four years in the following table: 
Grounds, 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. | Pounds. 
Wkinotaky Shas 22 bs. cide alaisies BERR cet ai Saan eee eee 1, 168, 484 A MOB IOST: oh skeen ee ccs 516, 006 
FROTINO SOAS sos ane a cise seni hese See eee eee EER Eee 294, 940 655,138 | 2,114, 711 1, 742, 155 
MslanosoteAlaskais 5 2Leh5. 222.023 5 fee ey 1,134,775 | 1,659,602 | 1,637, 000 | 2, 208, 035 
TRE ocbcs 5 abn Seen coe AaseSconmene Saud aooece 2,598,199 | 3,438,681 | 3,751, 711 4, 466, 190 
