REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Cisco Bay, based ou tiausplauted eastern oysters, has the third place, the 

 quantity marketed being worth $482,004. Fur-seal pelts from the Pribi- 

 lof Islands are stated at $350,000. The Chinese shrimp fishery of San 

 Francisco Bay yielded $93,023 worth of products, and the cod fishery 

 was worth $00,058. The sea otter catch landed at San Francisco was 

 valued at $30,000; this fishery, conducted off the coast of Alaska, is 

 declining rapidly, only 154 skins being entered at the custom-house, 

 as prescribed by law, during the year. Other important items are 

 based on the numerous species abundant in local waters. Such species, 

 while of very moderate value, are taken in large quantities and com- 

 prise the greater part of the fish-food supply of the city and region. 

 Prominent among these are the introduced shad and striped bass, the 

 catch of the former amounting to 435,718 pounds, worth only $7,841, 

 and the latter 421,003 pounds, worth $19,707. 



The following table shows bj' months the quantities and values of 

 fishery i^roducts recorded as landed at San Francisco during the year, 

 these figures not including large amounts of which no records could be 

 found : 



statement of (jiianiitieK and values of fisher y })roducts recorded as landed or prepared at 



San Francisco in Ii>9S. 



[Pacific coast products ouly. Information derived from all available sources. Large sales of products 

 are made, of which no records are kept, and which therefore can not be enumerated.] 



Species. 



Barracuda 



Cat-flsh 



Carp and chubs. 



Ciiltuscod 



Plounders 



Halibut 



Herring 



King-fish 



Mackerel 



Perch 



Kock-flsb 



Salmon, fresh . . - 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



January. 



Pounds. Val. 



3,705 



29, 288 

 5, 866 



Tebruary. 



Pounds. Val. 



205 

 235 



173, 600: 2, 315 



35,3461 1,274 



375, 5001 4, 224 



1, 620 65 



Striped bjass 



Sturgeon 



Tomcod 



Trout 



Oysters, native 



Oysters, eastern, trans- 

 planted , 



Clams 



Abaloue, meat and 

 shells 



Crabs 



Spiny lobster 



Shrimp and prawn, 

 fresh 



Shrimp and prawn, 

 dried 



Terrapin 



Green turtle 



^ iscellaneous 



Total 2,913,162 96,487 



10, 801 



32, 373 



312, 881 



194 



906 



9,529 



15, 696 314 

 49, 6271 794 

 18,206! 1,529 

 22, 291, 1, 263 

 3,185 27 



21, 959 



6,452 



44, 397 



5,145 



162, 400 



56, 400 



325, 500 



1,225 



122,500 4,375 



, 334, 000 55. 025 

 111,700 2,234 



59,400 1,723 

 32,520 1,788 

 26, 775| 723 



94,000 4,700 



I 

 23,300 1,570 



5, 280 120 

 13,642 1,167 



7,418 

 53, 133 

 78, 348 



143 

 48, 745 

 17, 223 

 21, 060 

 37,381 



968 



280 



333 



180 



2,436 



1,316 



4, 883 



49 



March. 



April. 



Pounds. Val. Pounds. Val 



24, 200 



5,490 



46, 000 



6,820 



185, 000 



68, 400 



205, 000 



124, 500 



, 329, 000 

 119,200 



2,400 

 31, 260 

 16, 824 



93, 250 



41, 600 



212; 



1,2751 



5, 641 1 



2. 



548 



723 



1,770' 



2, 087, 



34 



6,200 

 90, 000 

 85, 000 



62, 780 



24, 629 



31,215 



1,679 



2,672 



241i 



375 



240 



2,775 



2,400 



3,075 



186 

 1,984 

 6,211 



1,255 



1, 046! 



2,559 



67i 



93 



35, 200 «!, 056 

 7, 2401 354 



46, 758 468 



5, OOO' 150 



375,000: 2,625 



20, 400 408 



May. 



Pounds. Val 



10, 000 



150 



16, 582 



9, 433 



2,200 



6,574 



206, 931 



40, 088 



$532 



283 



17 



164 



4, 139 



802 



9,6241 264 



82,460 1,649 



332,072 9,962 



115, 175 



31, 840 

 101, 400 



4,620 



4,625 122,000 4,066 130,000 4,876 

 49, 8371, 077, 000 40, 3871, 024, 000 38, 400 



2, 151 

 1,273 

 4,416 



138 



6, 726 135 



1, 8041 63 



13, 2221 264 



43,508 1,523 



513,63112,841 



2, 528 51 



65, 343, 980 



21, 467 859 



59,752 1,793 



2,384 



1,720 

 505 



4,662 

 2,831 



18 



608 



102,300| 2,0461 108,674 

 313 



10, 800 

 24, 560 

 14, 874 



96, 600 



68, 000 



7,920 

 10, 458 



89, 797 2, 379, 597 



000 



1, 3511 18, 724 

 446 20, 970 



4,830 

 4,679 



180 

 238 



81,930 



91,842 

 56, 500 



5,940 

 5,850 



!, 448, 289 



2,173 



261 



1, 123 



629 



4,592 



3,854 



135 

 106 



81,213 



6, 8521 206 



6, 420, 538 



121,200 4,545 



i 

 816,000 30,600 



101,422 2,020 



i 



35,000 1,015 



79,920 4,795 



4, 330, 130 



93,000 4,650 



39,000 2,690 



710 64 



10, 2301 232 



15, 434 469 



2, 339, 307,76, 400 



