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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  obtained 
  by 
  white 
  and 
  Chinese 
  fish- 
  

   ermen 
  of 
  Monterey 
  County, 
  in 
  1895, 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,109,786 
  pounds, 
  a 
  

   decrease 
  of 
  327,947 
  pounds 
  over 
  1892. 
  The 
  failure 
  in 
  the 
  squid 
  fishery 
  

   accounts 
  for 
  the 
  decrease. 
  The 
  numerous 
  species 
  of 
  food-fish 
  were 
  of 
  

   an 
  average 
  abundance, 
  and 
  present 
  no 
  special 
  feature 
  of 
  interest. 
  

  

  SAN 
  LUIS 
  OBISPO 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  railroad 
  and 
  steamer 
  shipping-point 
  of 
  Port 
  Harford 
  continues 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  home 
  and 
  headquarters 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  fishermen 
  who 
  represent 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  The 
  fish 
  business 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  more 
  

   energetically 
  since 
  the 
  recent 
  completion 
  of 
  railroad 
  connections 
  giving 
  

   all-rail 
  facilities 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  market 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  

   towns. 
  The 
  products 
  of 
  1895 
  show 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  those 
  of 
  1892 
  of 
  

   123,799 
  pounds, 
  with 
  no 
  special 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  fish 
  or 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  fishing. 
  A 
  few 
  scattering 
  salmon, 
  amount- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  3,000 
  pounds, 
  were 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  southern 
  

   limit 
  in 
  which 
  salmon 
  are 
  found. 
  

  

  SANTA 
  BARBARA 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  show 
  a 
  steady 
  but 
  small 
  gain, 
  the 
  yield 
  

   of 
  food-fish, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  three 
  last 
  investigations, 
  being 
  90,320 
  

   pounds 
  in 
  1888, 
  111,800 
  pounds 
  in 
  1892, 
  and 
  164,000 
  pounds 
  in 
  1895. 
  

   Including 
  crawfish, 
  abalone, 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  fishery 
  products, 
  the 
  figures 
  

   for 
  1895, 
  as 
  shown 
  below, 
  indicate 
  a 
  net 
  gain 
  of 
  162,725 
  pounds 
  over 
  1892 
  : 
  

  

  Products. 
  

  

  1892. 
  

  

  1895. 
  

  

  Fish 
  

  

  Abalone 
  . 
  

   Crawfish. 
  

   Algie 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Ill, 
  800 
  

  

  238, 
  463 
  

  

  154, 
  850 
  

  

  13, 
  490 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  164, 
  000 
  

  

  207, 
  068 
  

  

  304, 
  650 
  

  

  5,610 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  518, 
  603 
  

  

  681, 
  328 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  many 
  advantages 
  afforded, 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  

   should 
  attain 
  much 
  greater 
  importance. 
  These 
  advantages 
  consist 
  in 
  an 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  fine 
  food-fish 
  near 
  the 
  harbor 
  of 
  Sauta 
  Barbara, 
  excellent 
  

   weather 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  sailing 
  boats 
  in 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  use 
  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  a 
  good 
  home 
  market 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  largely 
  

   extended 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  the 
  nearness 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  fish 
  market 
  of 
  Los 
  

   Angeles, 
  and 
  direct 
  railroad 
  connections 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  other 
  places 
  

   of 
  the 
  interior; 
  also 
  shipping 
  facilities 
  by 
  steamer 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

   With 
  all 
  these 
  advantages 
  the 
  business 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  represented 
  by 
  

   a 
  few 
  Austrians 
  and 
  Italians 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  fisheries 
  at 
  Santa 
  Bar- 
  

   bara, 
  a 
  few 
  crawfish 
  traps 
  that 
  are 
  set 
  by 
  residents 
  of 
  Gaviota 
  and 
  

   Carpenteria, 
  and 
  the 
  abalone 
  fishery 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  of 
  four 
  camps 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  around 
  which 
  they 
  take 
  their 
  abalones. 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  

   increase, 
  as 
  above 
  shown, 
  was 
  from 
  crawfish, 
  which 
  comprised 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  aggregate 
  catch. 
  This 
  increase 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  around 
  the 
  

  

  