﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  643 
  

  

  trawls 
  more 
  or 
  less. 
  Monterey 
  and 
  San 
  Diego 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  i^laces, 
  

   known 
  to 
  the 
  writer, 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  continent 
  in 
  which 
  hooks 
  

   and 
  lines 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  manner. 
  The 
  advantages 
  which 
  are 
  claimed 
  

   by 
  this 
  trawl 
  over 
  the 
  one 
  used 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  are 
  that, 
  being 
  much 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  less 
  number 
  of 
  hooks, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  constantly 
  handled, 
  

   while 
  the 
  bottom 
  trawl 
  is 
  handled 
  but 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  a 
  day; 
  the 
  line 
  

   being- 
  upright 
  the 
  gangings 
  with 
  their 
  hooks 
  are 
  floated 
  clear 
  of 
  the 
  

   main 
  line 
  by 
  the 
  tide 
  and 
  the 
  bait 
  can 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  a 
  fish 
  Avithin 
  

   50 
  or 
  75 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  bottom, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  end 
  is 
  dropped. 
  A 
  fish 
  

   having 
  been 
  hooked, 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  drawn 
  up; 
  in 
  doing 
  this 
  the 
  floating 
  

   baits 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  other 
  fish 
  that 
  follow 
  the 
  line, 
  and 
  in 
  turn 
  are 
  

   caught. 
  As 
  the 
  hooks 
  reach 
  the 
  boat 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  often 
  

   found 
  to 
  have 
  fish 
  attached. 
  

  

  The 
  Chinese 
  use 
  but 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  — 
  the 
  trawl 
  for 
  

   rock 
  or 
  bottom 
  fish, 
  which 
  comprise 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  their 
  catch, 
  and 
  the 
  

   purse 
  seine 
  for 
  taking 
  sijuid. 
  Trawls 
  are 
  in 
  sections 
  with 
  300 
  hooks 
  

   each; 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  sections 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  30 
  boats 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  

   fishery. 
  These 
  sections 
  are 
  united 
  as 
  desired, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  all 
  being- 
  

   united, 
  forming 
  one 
  continuous 
  line 
  with 
  2,500 
  hooks. 
  These 
  hooks 
  

   are 
  baited 
  with 
  fresh 
  sardines 
  or 
  herring, 
  if 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  procured; 
  if 
  

   not, 
  with 
  refuse 
  fish. 
  The 
  lines 
  are 
  worked 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  like 
  gear 
  used 
  

   by 
  American 
  fishermen, 
  by 
  leaving 
  the 
  line 
  and 
  hooks 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   and 
  ''underrunning" 
  or 
  lifting 
  it 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  in 
  a 
  day. 
  During 
  1895 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  took 
  on 
  their 
  trawls 
  500,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  rockflsh 
  and 
  100,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  flounders, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  expressed 
  fresh 
  to 
  the 
  

   San 
  Francisco 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  squid 
  fishery 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  exclusively 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese, 
  and 
  by 
  

   them 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  business. 
  During 
  1892 
  

   the 
  catch 
  of 
  squid 
  amounted 
  to 
  357,622 
  pounds. 
  In 
  1895 
  squid 
  failed 
  

   to 
  arrive 
  in 
  any 
  abundance, 
  the 
  catch 
  amounting 
  to 
  only 
  30,395 
  pounds. 
  

   The 
  squid 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  purse 
  seines, 
  24 
  fathoms 
  long 
  and 
  13 
  fathoms 
  

   deep. 
  The 
  catch 
  is 
  made 
  at 
  night, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  seine 
  being 
  taken 
  into 
  

   each 
  of 
  two 
  boats. 
  A 
  small 
  boat 
  accompanies 
  the 
  seine, 
  and 
  a 
  fisher- 
  

   man 
  lights 
  a 
  torch 
  which 
  attracts 
  the 
  squid 
  to 
  the 
  seine; 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

   two 
  other 
  boats 
  then 
  throw 
  the 
  seine, 
  as 
  the 
  boats 
  are 
  rowed 
  in 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  directions 
  around 
  the 
  squid 
  and 
  the 
  boat 
  with 
  torch 
  until, 
  complet- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  circle, 
  the 
  boats 
  meet 
  and 
  bring 
  the 
  two 
  ends 
  together. 
  On 
  

   reaching 
  shore, 
  the 
  squid 
  are 
  split 
  and 
  then 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  open 
  lands 
  

   near 
  the 
  Chinese 
  camps, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  left 
  

   until 
  thoroughly 
  dried, 
  no 
  salt 
  being 
  used. 
  After 
  curing, 
  they 
  are 
  sent 
  

   in 
  bags 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  Chinese 
  merchants, 
  who 
  sell 
  to 
  Chinese 
  

   dealers 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands 
  and 
  China. 
  

  

  The 
  Chinese 
  also 
  gathered 
  and 
  shipped 
  20,375 
  pounds 
  of 
  alga' 
  and 
  

   6,055 
  pounds 
  of 
  abalone 
  meat. 
  

  

  Of 
  late 
  years 
  salmon 
  have 
  here, 
  as 
  at 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  increased 
  in 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  — 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  1892 
  (6,915 
  pounds) 
  being 
  increased 
  in 
  1895 
  to 
  91,475 
  

   pounds, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  trolling 
  with 
  spoon 
  hooks. 
  

  

  