﻿638 
  REPOKT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FIS}r 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  pounds 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  lisliermen 
  of 
  Solano 
  County 
  and 
  1,150,500 
  

   pounds 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  Contra 
  Costa 
  County 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  shows 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  1(M,977 
  pounds 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  1S92, 
  

   but 
  a 
  less 
  amount 
  was 
  realized 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  depressed 
  market. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch, 
  gross 
  weight, 
  and 
  value 
  

   to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Tear. 
  

  

  1892. 
  

   1895. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  3, 
  416, 
  267 
  

   3, 
  581, 
  244 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $137, 
  598 
  

   107, 
  968 
  

  

  The 
  canned-salmon 
  business 
  will 
  long 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  Sacra- 
  

   mento 
  River, 
  on 
  which, 
  in 
  18G4, 
  it 
  first 
  started. 
  With 
  a 
  constantly 
  

   increasing 
  business 
  new 
  and 
  distant 
  fishing-grounds 
  have 
  been 
  resorted 
  

   to, 
  and 
  the 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  stream 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  two 
  in 
  

   Solano 
  County 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  Contra 
  Costa 
  County. 
  The 
  amounts 
  canned 
  

   at 
  these 
  factories 
  are 
  here 
  shown 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Sacramento 
  River 
  salmon 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  canned 
  finds 
  a 
  ready 
  sale 
  

   at 
  the 
  fresh-fish 
  market 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  in 
  smaller 
  towns. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   catch 
  in 
  1895 
  six-thirteenths, 
  or 
  1,637,025 
  pounds, 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  canners, 
  

   and 
  seven-thirteenths, 
  amounting 
  to 
  1,941,219 
  pounds, 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  fresh- 
  

   fish 
  markets. 
  The 
  constant 
  and 
  largely 
  increased 
  demand 
  for 
  fresh 
  

   salmon 
  has 
  replaced 
  the 
  decrease 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  partial 
  transfer 
  of 
  the 
  

   cannery 
  business 
  to 
  more 
  remote 
  localities. 
  The 
  nearness 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  market 
  and 
  many 
  favorable 
  shipping 
  points 
  by 
  rail 
  all 
  along 
  

   the 
  fishing-grounds 
  will 
  maintain 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  of 
  the 
  Sacramento. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  foreign 
  exports 
  of 
  fishery 
  

   l)roducts 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  foreign 
  exports 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  

   of 
  canned 
  salmon, 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  great 
  value, 
  and 
  show 
  few 
  changes 
  from 
  

  

  