SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



107 



The silver salmon come into Monterey Bay in July and are usually 

 taken in that one month alone. Some of them run as large as 12 to 

 13 pounds eacli and all are feeding. 



During 1909 the dealers had an agreement with their fishermen, 

 who are mostly Japanese, under which they kept back a certain per- 

 centage of the price until the end of the season. This was done in 

 order to make certain that the fishermen woidd not go off and sell to 

 some one else the better fish and bring them the poorer quality. 



The following table shows the daily receipts of chinook salmon 

 at the mild-curing plant of one of the companies operating at Mon- 

 terey during 1909. The table also shows the number of boats fishing, 

 the number of fish caught, and the total weight of same, and the 

 average weight per fish : 



Daily Deliveries op Chinook Salmon at a Mild-curing Plant on Monterey 



Bay, Season of 1909. 



Date. 



1909 

 Apr. 30.. 

 May 1 . . 



3.. 



4-5 



6.. 



7.. 



8.. 

 10.. 

 11.. 

 12.. 

 13.. 

 14.. 

 15.. 

 16.. 

 17.. 

 18.. 

 19.. 

 22.. 

 23.. 

 24.. 

 25.. 

 26.. 

 27.. 

 28.. 

 29.. 

 30.. 

 31.. 

 June 1 . . 



2.. 



3.. 



4.. 



5.. 



6.. 



7.. 



8.. 



9.. 

 10.. 

 11... 

 12.. 

 13.. 

 14.. 

 15... 

 16.. 

 17.. 

 18... 

 19... 

 20... 



Num- 

 ber of 

 boats. 



12 



30 



41 



35 



23 



15 



28 



82 



83 



93 



103 



16 



107 



87 



63 



31 



82 



107 



114 



118 



54 



68 



93 



118 



119 



95 



115 



109 



112 



96 



114 



95 



80 



68 



66 



83 



95 



106 



89 



112 



115 



105 



117 



112 



111 



Date. 



1909. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 boats. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 fish. 



1,808 



1,678 



1,135 



1,811 



595 



615 



142 



212 



566 



1,175 



1,416 



634 



1,313 



1,687 



1,568 



1,428 



971 



973 



581 



400 



407 



466 



513 



495 



506 



257 



422 



205 



356 



460 



1,284 



1,176 



1,487 



961 



267 



114 



144 



287 



78 



71 



170 



274 



114 



20 



71,619 



Total, 

 weight. 



1,043,358 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight. 



16.6 



12.2 



14.0 



14.5 



16.0 



15.0 



12.7 



12.8 



12.5 



13.0 



13.0 



13.5 



12.2 



15.0 



13.0 



14.25 



14.0 



13.5 



14.0 



13.0 



12.0 



11.7 



12.0 



11.6 



11.25 



12.4 



13.1 



15.75 



15.0 



13.5 



12.0 



14.0 



15.30 



19.5 



20.7 



22.7 



19.9 



17.0 



20.0 



19.0 



20.9 



18.0 



19.0 



25.0 



14.6 



