56 FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES IN 1904. 



The cannery at East San Pedro in 1904 packed 188 cases of lobsters 

 in ^-pound cans (1 dozen to the case) and 1,857 cases of 1-pound cans (4 

 dozen to the case), 5,000 pounds of dried abalones, and 54,709 pounds of 

 abalone shells. 



Orange County. — The fisheries of this county are prosecuted by 

 men from Newport and the products shipped by express from that 

 point. The catch in 1904 amounted to 478,492 pounds, or a gain of 

 123,075 pounds since 1899. The shipments consisted chiefly of rock- 

 fish, smelts, and halibut, taken on the local fishing grounds. 



San Diego County. — The fisheries of this county show a small gain 

 in capital, number of persons engaged, and amount of products taken. 

 The aggregate catch in 1904 was 2,249,192 pounds of fishery products, 

 with a value to the fishermen of $58,195. The leading species handled 

 were barracuda, fresh, 451,318 pounds; salted, 211,753 pounds; bas- 

 tard halibut (tabulated under flounders), 375,265 pounds; rockfish, 

 277,529 pounds; spiny lobsters, 176,336 pounds. 



The dried and pickled fish were all caught and prepared for market 

 by 17 fishermen of La Pla} 7 a, just across the bay from San Diego. 

 Each of these men has a gasoline boat put into use since 1899. The 

 catch has been increased but little, even with gasoline boats, as the 

 men are not desirous of taking more fish than they can handle readily. 

 One man goes in a boat during the summer and two in the winter. 



Albacore, barracuda, chub mackerel, and yellow-tail are taken by 

 trolling with spoon hooks; jewfish and rockfish by a perpendicular 

 troll, which is used from the boats in from 50 to 100 fathoms of water; 

 each line has from 50 to 75 hooks attached to short snoods placed 

 about 1 foot apart on the line. Next to lines, the most important 

 apparatus are trammel nets and lobster pots. 



The fishing grounds of the county are chiefly from Point Loma 

 north 25 miles, and, at times, 30 miles south of that point. 



The following tables give by counties the number of persons em- 

 ployed, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value of 

 the products of the fisheries of California in 1904; also the catch taken 

 in the vessel and shore fisheries by each form of fishing apparatus: 



