212 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
and bring but a small price. They are probably the fish that, having 
escaped the many nets of the lower river, finally reached the spawning- 
grounds and later fell into the nets of the fishermen of the upper river, 
The amount and value of the catch of late years have been as follows: 
Years. | Pounds. Value. 
GEL ee AOR este Gedo 8 a a ER a he tele Sh 8 eke 55 BS Gace 118, 145 $2, 955 
SOO Ei Bose ein foe seco aie sere ancinmiepctemte te eae Stores theta uaiatca Sater anne tote | 125, 860 3, 147 
ICs ais gies eae tees SOROS INGE SCS ed ae Ree CET YR OE Lee nll ae | 115, 628 2, 890 
TiC OE ie ao och A ES AL SA ale On Te a ne ie ae a SEEM id adstio aoe noube | 128, 389 3, 210 
HUMBOLD?T COUNTY 
Of the four years covered by this report the fisheries of Humboldt 
County were most important in 1889, in the matter of products and 
capital invested, owing to the fact that in that year a salmon cannery — 
was operated which was idle during the three following years. This 
is one of the most important fishing counties in California. Over 300 
fishermen are regularly employed during the fishing season and the 
value of the catch is from $45,000 to $80,000 annually. The most 
prominent product is the salmon. The catch of salt-water fish and of 
clams and crabs is also important. The principal fishing center is 
Eureka, situated near Eel River, in which most of the salmon are taken. 
The salt-water fish are obtained at the mouth of the river, off Trinidad, 
located a few miles to the north, and in Humboldt Bay. The local 
demand for fish in Kureka and vicinity takes a large part of the catch, 
the surplus fish being sent to San Francisco by steamer. The yield of 
salmon during the four years named was over 1,000,000 pounds annu- 
ally, and that of other fish aggregated several hundred thousand 
pounds. About 1,000 bushels of clams and 2,400 to 3,000 dozen of 
crabs were taken and sold each year. The number of cases of canned 
salmon prepared at the cannery during 1859 was 11,652. 
DEL NORTE COUNTY. 
Up to the present time the fisheries of this county have been limited 
to the taking of salmon at and near the mouths of Smith and Klamath 
rivers. A small saimon cannery on each river consumes the bulk of 
the catch, a part of which is also used for local consumption, and a 
part salted and shipped to San Francisco. 
Nearly all the persons employed in the fishing industry of these two 
rivers are Indians, native to the section, there being a strong objection 
to the employment of Chinese laborers in this county. 
The following is a statement of the quantities of salmon packed in > 
this county in the years 1889 to 1892, inclusive. The fish utilized in > 
canning consist of chinooks and eerie: in about equal proportions. | 
Véaw Klamath! Smith | otal. | 
River. River. 
Cases. Cases. Cases. 
BO eee SEs aralate diate blalerd ate “oid Sia alata we us ata Peteieye caietaretavete ciate brotaie archer Slade tate Ce 2, 669 3, 000 5, 669 
MBO Ais cic iaje onde adersieh a sie) sbrisieS.< nia eya/e de mate einige baie els Me aeie ne SEo eee ate 5, 000 2, 500 7, 500 
TOI Seite a een Se satarslals cinfore bid a leialataictohs Hate ap ete ve clea ats brlata ela rere e Sete eae 4: 500 Re tieh eee 4, 500 
BOD ero ayeyee aracamramns eae Ask emt Cee wes wis oeremiets mimee ete aiote Clee Giese wicca mene ae 1, 200 3, 050 4, 250 
