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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  of 
  them 
  weigh 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  200 
  to 
  250 
  j)ouuds, 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  those 
  caught 
  

   beiug 
  100 
  pounds. 
  White 
  sturgeon 
  are 
  only 
  seldom 
  seen. 
  With 
  no 
  

   steamer 
  or 
  railroad 
  facilities 
  for 
  shipping 
  fish 
  and 
  with 
  no 
  local 
  demand, 
  

   any 
  catch 
  from 
  the 
  Smith 
  and 
  the 
  Klamath 
  rivers 
  must 
  be 
  canned, 
  

   pickled, 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  manner 
  i)reserved 
  and 
  shipped 
  by 
  private 
  steamer 
  

   or 
  sailing 
  vessel 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  HUMBOLDT 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  products 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  in 
  1895 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  1,147,375 
  pounds, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  419,860 
  pounds 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  1892. 
  About 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  decrease 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  catch 
  of 
  Eel 
  Eiver 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  flounders 
  and 
  

   ciabs 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Humboldt 
  Bay. 
  The 
  salmon 
  and 
  steelhead 
  

   trout 
  taken 
  from 
  Eel 
  Eiver 
  in 
  1895 
  aggregated 
  822,975 
  pounds 
  and 
  

   formed 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  The 
  run 
  of 
  

   salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  in 
  Eel 
  Eiver, 
  while 
  large, 
  is 
  much 
  below 
  that 
  of 
  past 
  

   years, 
  and 
  of 
  late 
  presents 
  some 
  changes 
  of 
  note. 
  Silver 
  salmon 
  

   formerly 
  comprised 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  Their 
  run 
  in 
  1895 
  

   was 
  very 
  small, 
  being 
  only 
  136,413 
  pounds 
  against 
  782,638 
  pounds 
  

   in 
  1892, 
  and 
  only 
  one-sixth 
  of 
  the 
  aggregate 
  amount 
  of 
  all 
  species 
  

   taken 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  loss 
  in 
  silver 
  salmon 
  was 
  partly 
  made 
  up 
  by 
  

   277,325 
  pounds 
  of 
  chinook 
  taken 
  in 
  1895 
  against 
  none 
  in 
  1892. 
  Chi- 
  

   nook 
  salmon 
  were 
  until 
  recently 
  unknown 
  in 
  Eel 
  Eiver, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  few 
  years 
  they 
  have 
  entered 
  in 
  constantly 
  increasing 
  numbers. 
  

   This 
  increase 
  is 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  iiropagated 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  by 
  the 
  Government. 
  The 
  chinook 
  catch 
  of 
  1895 
  represents 
  

   one-third 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  fish 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  steelhead 
  catch 
  of 
  1895 
  amounted 
  to 
  409,237 
  pounds, 
  an 
  increase 
  

   of 
  148,358 
  pounds 
  over 
  1892. 
  Flounders, 
  rockfish, 
  cultus-cod, 
  and 
  many 
  

   other 
  species 
  of 
  food-fish 
  are 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Humboldt 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  adja- 
  

   cent 
  waters. 
  In 
  j^ast 
  years 
  much 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  taking 
  these 
  

   fish, 
  the 
  shipments 
  of 
  flounders 
  to 
  San 
  Erancisco 
  beiug 
  considerable. 
  

   Since 
  steamers 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  San 
  Fran- 
  

   cisco, 
  they 
  have 
  amply 
  supplied 
  that 
  market 
  with 
  flounders, 
  and 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  Humboldt 
  County 
  have 
  been 
  limited 
  to 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Formerly 
  crabs 
  were 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Humboldt 
  Bay; 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  1892 
  

   was 
  112,320 
  pounds. 
  At 
  present 
  the 
  fishermen 
  report 
  that 
  crabs 
  do 
  

   not 
  come 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  bar 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  harbor 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  breakwater. 
  No 
  fishing 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  outside 
  of 
  

   the 
  bar, 
  and 
  the 
  crab 
  fishery 
  was 
  abandoned 
  during 
  1895. 
  

  

  MENDOCINO 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  numerous 
  mountain 
  streams 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  noted 
  for 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  trout. 
  The 
  commercial 
  or 
  market 
  fisheries 
  are 
  

   insignificant. 
  The 
  high 
  mountainous 
  ranges 
  that 
  form 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

  

  