FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



NOTES AND GENERAL STATISTICS. 



The fisheries of California in 1904 represented an investment of 

 $3,764,056, employing 5,530 persons, which, compared with the 

 returns for 1899, is a gain of $989,563 in the amount invested, and 

 1,556 in the number of persons employed. The fishing is mostly con- 

 ducted in small boats, of which there were 2,028 in 1904, against 1,355 

 in 1899, or an increase of 673, of which 231 were fitted with gasoline 

 power. There were 37 fishing vessels and 24 transporters in the deep- 

 sea fisheries, a gain of 4 and 9, respectively, since 1899. These ves- 

 sels were engaged mainly in the whale and cod fisheries. The aggre- 

 gate catch of the shore and vessel fisheries was 52,109,654 pounds, 

 valued at $2,523,141, which is a slight decrease since 1899. 



The yield of nearly all products except whales and cod shows again in 

 1904, that of salmon, the greatest,amounting to 7,059,458 pounds, which 

 represents an increase of $193,470. The increases in other species were 

 as follows: Flounder and sole, 3,491,304 pounds; barracuda, 967,777 

 pounds; crabs, 1,433,880 pounds, and striped bass, 336,084 pounds. 



Number of Persons Employed in the Fisheries of California in 1904. 



How engaged. 



On vessels, fishing 



On vessels, transporting. . . 



In shore fisheries 



On shore, in canneries, etc 



Total 



77 

 3,491 

 1,124 



5,530 



Investment in the Fisheries of California in 1904. 



Item. 



Vessels, fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels, transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats, sail and row 



Boats, gasoline 



Apparatus: 



Vessels, fisheries- 

 Seines (913 yards) 



Paranzella nets 



Gill nets (1,680 yards) 



Trammel nets (2,400 yards) 



Trawl and hand lines 



Hoop nets 



Pots 



Number. 



37 

 6,096 



1,798 

 231 



19 

 130 



Value. 



223, 479 

 100, 600 



11,370 

 218, 220 

 202, 850 



1,400 

 2,800 



880 



2,700 



1,480 



29 



180 



50 



