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SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



Daily Deliveries of Chinook Salmon to a Mild-Curing Plant on the Sacra- 

 mento River, Season of 1909. 



Date. 



Spring, 1909. 



Apr. 16 



17 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



May l 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



10 



12 



13 



14 



15 



17 



IS 



19 



20 



21 



22 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



June 1 



Total 



Date. 



Fall, 1909 



Aug. 17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



30 



31 



Sept. 1 



2 



3 



4 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



Total 



Grand total. 



Num- 

 ber. 



279 

 325 

 147 

 185 

 39 



1,731 

 458 

 279 

 315 

 145 

 86 



1,300 

 812 

 628 

 356 

 242 

 105 



1,176 

 915 

 758 

 704 

 677 

 369 



1,917 



1,343 

 751 

 647 



1,493 



18,182 



26,201 



Total 

 weight. 



Aver- 



471,607 



661,699 



23.8 

 24.6 

 27.3 



26.7 

 25.9 

 24.7 

 26.0 

 26.7 

 26.0 

 25.8 

 28.0 

 25.3 

 25.8 

 26.0 

 27.1 

 27.1 

 27.4 

 26.9 

 26.5 

 26.2 

 26.7 

 26.8 

 26.0 

 25.9 

 26.4 

 26.7 

 26.7 

 24.0 



25.9 



25.45 



The southernmost point on our coast where salmon are taken com- 

 mercially is in Monterey Bay, and it is here that trolling was first 

 engaged in to any extent. Yearly the chinooks come into Monterey 

 and Santa Cruz Bays, where they sometimes remain feeding for 

 months. When they strike in, which in numbers they usually do 

 the latter part of April, they are in the pursuit of squid, sardines, 

 anchovies, and other small fish, and their presence is first indicated 

 to the fishermen by the occasional disturbances of the surface by the 

 small fish. It is a signal for the fishermen and sportsmen, who go 

 out in both sail and row boats. 



During 1909 most of the catch was made in the vicinity of Mon- 

 terey, the salmon appearing in but small numbers in Santa Cruz Bay. 



While evidently coming in schools at first, salmon soon scatter 

 about in pursuit of their prey, thus making the use of nets unprofit- 

 able. In a dead calm troll fishing practically ceases, but with the 

 return of the breeze the fish resume biting. 



