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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  California, 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  supplying 
  a 
  large 
  

   local 
  demand. 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  are 
  received 
  and 
  distributed 
  

   fresh, 
  the 
  amount 
  cured, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  sardines 
  canned, 
  being 
  

   insignificant. 
  Fresh 
  fish 
  are 
  handled 
  in 
  much 
  better 
  shape 
  than 
  in 
  

   some 
  other 
  markets 
  on 
  the 
  coast; 
  herring, 
  sardines, 
  anchovies, 
  and 
  

   smelt 
  excepted, 
  all 
  are 
  dressed 
  with 
  the 
  heads 
  off. 
  If 
  shipped 
  to 
  points 
  

   beyond 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  the 
  cases 
  are 
  there 
  opened 
  and 
  iced 
  by 
  the 
  express 
  

   companies, 
  $12 
  a 
  ton 
  being 
  added 
  to 
  their 
  shipping 
  charges 
  for 
  any 
  ice 
  

   used, 
  the 
  same 
  being 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  receiver. 
  At 
  Redondo 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   show 
  a 
  steady 
  increase, 
  the 
  shipments 
  being 
  51,700 
  pounds 
  in 
  1889, 
  

   181,905 
  pounds 
  in 
  1892, 
  and 
  323,319 
  pounds 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  Eedondo 
  

   fishermen 
  take 
  their 
  catch 
  with 
  haul 
  seines 
  along 
  the 
  home 
  beach, 
  

   and 
  gill 
  nets 
  and 
  set 
  lines 
  used 
  just 
  outside, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  shore, 
  only 
  

   small 
  boats 
  being 
  employed. 
  The 
  catch 
  is 
  sent 
  by 
  express 
  to 
  the 
  Los 
  

   Angeles 
  market. 
  The 
  shipments 
  from 
  Long 
  Beach 
  amounted 
  to 
  145,955 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  in 
  1895, 
  being 
  quite 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  those 
  of 
  1892. 
  

  

  Long 
  Beach 
  and 
  Wilmington 
  are 
  connected 
  by 
  several 
  miles 
  of 
  hard 
  

   sand 
  beach. 
  At 
  low 
  tide 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  many 
  places 
  is 
  strewn 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  mollusk, 
  the 
  Donaw 
  caUfornicus, 
  locally 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  small 
  clam. 
  

   The 
  shells, 
  which 
  are 
  prettily 
  colored, 
  average 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  in 
  length. 
  During 
  1895, 
  favorable 
  experiments 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  

   to 
  utilize 
  these 
  clams 
  for 
  their 
  liquor, 
  a 
  company 
  was 
  formed 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Extract 
  Company, 
  and 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  putting 
  

   up 
  clam 
  extract 
  was 
  begun. 
  The 
  extract 
  is 
  packed 
  in 
  glass 
  and 
  stone 
  

   pint 
  and 
  quart 
  packages 
  and 
  gallon 
  jugs. 
  The 
  extract 
  has 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  

   flattering 
  reception, 
  and 
  encouraged 
  the 
  company 
  to 
  enlarge 
  the 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  The 
  clams 
  are 
  gathered 
  at 
  low 
  tide 
  by 
  boys, 
  who 
  use 
  a 
  small 
  

   hand 
  wagon 
  holding 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  bushels. 
  Clams 
  and 
  sand 
  are 
  shoveled 
  

   into 
  the 
  wagon 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  wire 
  screen. 
  The 
  wagon 
  is 
  then 
  

   run 
  into 
  the 
  surf, 
  which 
  washes 
  out 
  the 
  sand, 
  and 
  the 
  clams 
  are 
  sacked 
  

   and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  factory. 
  They 
  weigh 
  about 
  100 
  pounds 
  to 
  a 
  bushel, 
  

   which 
  produces 
  1 
  gallon 
  of 
  extract. 
  The 
  shells 
  are 
  cracked 
  and 
  sold 
  

   to 
  poultry 
  dealers. 
  These 
  shellfish 
  are 
  so 
  i)lentiful 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  

   ground 
  is 
  worked 
  over 
  day 
  after 
  day; 
  if 
  the 
  beach 
  is 
  gleaned 
  one 
  tide, 
  

   the 
  next 
  leaves 
  a 
  fresh 
  supply. 
  The 
  Donax 
  caUfornicus 
  is 
  found 
  

   between 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  and 
  San 
  Diego, 
  but 
  not 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  

   The 
  Donax 
  fossor, 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  size, 
  is 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  Large 
  as 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County 
  now 
  are, 
  giving 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  nearly 
  400 
  persons 
  and 
  yielding 
  2,905,988 
  pounds 
  of 
  products 
  

   in 
  1895, 
  they 
  will 
  probably 
  increase 
  in 
  importance. 
  

  

  ORANGE 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  show 
  an 
  increase 
  from 
  60,743 
  pounds 
  in 
  

   1892 
  to 
  341,492 
  pounds 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  catch 
  is 
  handled 
  fresh, 
  the 
  larger 
  

   portion 
  going 
  to 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  the 
  remainder 
  being 
  peddled 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  county. 
  

  

  