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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  fisheries 
  of 
  California 
  preseut 
  no 
  new 
  features 
  of 
  special 
  interest. 
  

   The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  investigation, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1891}, 
  noticed 
  

   the 
  steady 
  development 
  and 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  

   the 
  likelihood 
  of 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  The 
  investigation 
  of 
  '1806 
  

   shows 
  that 
  previous 
  j)redictions 
  have 
  been 
  fufllled 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  relates 
  

   to 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  while 
  from 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  

   causes 
  the 
  fisheries 
  represented 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  adjacent 
  counties 
  

   in 
  some 
  cases 
  show 
  a 
  decrease. 
  

  

  Large 
  as 
  the 
  fresh-fish 
  business 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  is, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   increase 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  its 
  natural 
  advantages. 
  The 
  bulk 
  

   of 
  the 
  business 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  local 
  demand 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  largely 
  

   increased 
  with 
  a 
  better 
  system 
  of 
  handling. 
  The 
  wholesale 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  fish 
  throughout 
  the 
  interior 
  is 
  constantly 
  receiving 
  increased 
  

   attention 
  at 
  ports 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  

   any 
  attention 
  at 
  the 
  latter. 
  With 
  ice 
  plants 
  furnishing 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   ice 
  at 
  low 
  prices, 
  the 
  proper 
  handling 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  energy 
  of 
  other 
  

   ports, 
  the 
  wholesale 
  fresh-fish 
  business 
  should 
  be 
  of 
  large 
  importance. 
  

  

  Condensed 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  tables, 
  after 
  which 
  a 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  

   in 
  each 
  county 
  is 
  presented, 
  with 
  detailed 
  tables, 
  by 
  counties, 
  covering 
  

   the 
  various 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  persons 
  employed. 
  

  

  How 
  employed. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  VesseLs 
  fishing 
  ' 
  1,419 
  

  

  Vessels 
  transporting 
  j 
  32 
  

  

  Shore 
  or 
  boat 
  fisheries 
  2, 
  716 
  

  

  On 
  shore, 
  in 
  cannei'ies, 
  etc 
  j 
  G03 
  

  

  Total 
  4,770 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  apparatus 
  and 
  vupital. 
  

  

  Vessels 
  fishing 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Vessels 
  transporting 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Apparatus 
  — 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  Seines 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  

  

  Paranzellaiiets 
  

  

  Guns 
  

  

  Speara 
  

  

  Lines 
  

  

  Apparatus 
  — 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  

  

  Trammel 
  nets 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets 
  

  

  58 
  

   9, 
  215. 
  43 
  

  

  581. 
  44 
  

   '"1,442 
  

  

  3 
  

   12 
  

  

  20 
  

   208 
  

   212 
  

  

  ,096 
  

   265 
  

   830 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $672, 
  630 
  

  

  447, 
  950 
  

   32, 
  900 
  

  

  1,205 
  

   121, 
  670 
  

  

  2,700 
  

  

  1.500 
  

  

  3, 
  000 
  

  

  14, 
  686 
  

  

  318 
  

  

  433 
  

  

  150, 
  161 
  

  

  6,715 
  

  

  4,700 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Apparatus 
  — 
  shore 
  fisheries- 
  

   Continued. 
  

  

  Paranzella 
  nets 
  

  

  Crab 
  nets 
  

  

  Bag 
  nets 
  

  

  Beam 
  trawl 
  

  

  Seines 
  

  

  Set 
  lines 
  

  

  Hand 
  lines 
  

  

  Crawfish 
  pots 
  

  

  Hoes 
  and 
  rakes 
  

  

  Dip 
  nets 
  

  

  Guns 
  

  

  Tongs 
  

  

  Shore 
  pro])erty 
  

  

  Cash 
  capital 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1,425 
  

  

  112 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  108 
  

  

  1,194 
  

  

  (16 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  .$700 
  

  

  2,850 
  

  

  1,680 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  12, 
  105 
  

  

  16, 
  252 
  

  

  1,507 
  

  

  1,003 
  

  

  148 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  410 
  

  

  059, 
  830 
  

  

  454, 
  800 
  

  

  , 
  612, 
  298 
  

  

  