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  liEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  J^evada. 
  — 
  The 
  commercial 
  fislieries 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  were 
  canvassed 
  in 
  

   April, 
  1890, 
  Ly 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Alexander, 
  fishery 
  expert 
  on 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  wIm 
  

   was 
  detailed 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  investigation 
  while 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  from 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast. 
  The 
  water 
  area 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  very 
  

   limited, 
  and 
  the 
  fisheries 
  are 
  of 
  little 
  value, 
  although 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  more 
  extensive 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  fishing 
  of 
  commercial 
  importance 
  reported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  is 
  

   done 
  in 
  Pyramid 
  Lake 
  and 
  Trnckee 
  River. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  some 
  fishing 
  

   carried 
  on 
  by 
  Imlians 
  and 
  others 
  for 
  home 
  consumption 
  in 
  various 
  

   lakes, 
  rivers, 
  and 
  sloughs, 
  of 
  which 
  no 
  record 
  was 
  obtained. 
  The 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  who 
  can 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  fishermen 
  numbered 
  only 
  31) 
  in 
  181»4 
  and 
  

   40 
  in 
  1895, 
  30 
  of 
  these 
  each 
  year 
  fishing 
  in 
  Pyramid 
  Lake. 
  The 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  lines 
  used 
  was 
  about 
  $085. 
  The 
  catch, 
  consisting 
  

   wholly 
  of 
  trout, 
  was 
  worth 
  $3,050 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  $2,083 
  in 
  1895, 
  these 
  

   sums 
  representing 
  42,820 
  pounds 
  and 
  28,700 
  pounds, 
  respectively. 
  

  

  Winnemucca 
  Lake 
  was 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  a 
  rather 
  important 
  fishing-ground, 
  

   but 
  no 
  fishing 
  is 
  now 
  done 
  in 
  it, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  scarcity 
  of 
  water, 
  which 
  

   began 
  to 
  recede 
  in 
  1891 
  ; 
  but 
  lately 
  the 
  water 
  has 
  been 
  slowly 
  increasing 
  

   and 
  the 
  fishermen 
  are 
  looking 
  forward 
  to 
  a 
  resumption 
  of 
  business. 
  

  

  CaUfornia. 
  — 
  While 
  the 
  Commission 
  had 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  can- 
  

   vassed 
  all 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  rivers 
  of 
  California, 
  it 
  had 
  

   never 
  inquired 
  into 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  lakes. 
  

   Therefore, 
  Mr. 
  Alexander, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  his 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  of 
  Nevada, 
  was 
  ordered 
  to 
  visit 
  lakes 
  Tahoe, 
  Tulare, 
  

   and 
  such 
  other 
  lakes 
  in 
  California 
  as 
  supported 
  any 
  fishing 
  for 
  market 
  

   purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  i^rincipal 
  fishing 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  exist 
  in 
  Lake 
  Tahoe, 
  where 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  rather 
  imi)ortant 
  line 
  fishery 
  for 
  cut-throat 
  trout, 
  the 
  catch 
  being 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  also 
  sold 
  locally 
  to 
  hotels. 
  About 
  40 
  

   men 
  made 
  a 
  business 
  of 
  taking 
  trout 
  by 
  trolling; 
  in 
  1894 
  these 
  caught 
  

   47,800 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $7,109, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  41,590 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $0,035. 
  In 
  Independence 
  and 
  Donner 
  lakes 
  and 
  the 
  

   Truckee 
  IJiver, 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  line 
  fishing 
  for 
  trout 
  was 
  met 
  with. 
  

   In 
  Lake 
  Tulare, 
  a 
  large 
  shallow 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  south-central 
  i)art 
  

   of 
  the. 
  State, 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  terrapin 
  fishing 
  in 
  1894, 
  which 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  

   supplemented 
  by 
  seine 
  fishing 
  for 
  Sacramento 
  perch. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  ascertained 
  to 
  be 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  was 
  50 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  08 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  capital 
  invested 
  

   was 
  $3,230 
  and 
  $5,093, 
  respectively, 
  of 
  which 
  $2,710 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  $2,905 
  

   in 
  1895 
  represented 
  boats. 
  The 
  total 
  catch 
  was 
  55,714 
  pounds 
  worth 
  

   $8,246 
  in 
  1894, 
  and 
  70,960 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $8,542 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  INDIAN 
  RIVER, 
  FLORIDA. 
  

  

  The 
  sundry 
  civil 
  bill 
  making 
  appropriations 
  for 
  this 
  Commission 
  for 
  

   the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1895-90 
  contained 
  a 
  provision 
  for 
  " 
  a 
  special 
  investigation 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  migratory 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Iliver 
  of 
  

   Florida." 
  The 
  investigation 
  was 
  conducted 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  February, 
  

  

  