12 



REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS, 



The striped bass fishery shows a marked increase. This 

 STRIPED fish is becoming very common in our markets, finding a 

 BASS. ready sale, and being considered one of the best fish offered. 

 It promises to become one of the most valuable of our fish- 

 eries. This is certainly a gratifying result obtained from the acclimatiza- 

 tion of 100 fingerling fish in 1879, and 350 in 1882. It is a noteworthy 

 fact that these fish have, during the last two years, sold in San Fran- 

 cisco at a price much lower than in the Eastern markets. 



Number of Pounds of Striped Bass Received in San Francisco Market. 



Month. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



January .j 3,041 14,177 28,328 



February ' 2,752 12,572' 15,611 



March 5,190 9,002 11,281 



April 8,351 9,638 22,000 



May 7,232 9,413 12,639 



June.. 4,353 4,820 11,532 



30,918 59,622 . 101,391 



July 2,950 7,2731 13,782 



-August 2,655 5,956 12,419 



September 8,517 10,021 21,063 



October. ; 6,720 22,591 28,724 



November 10,473 17,319 50,245 



December.. - ...| 17,504 21,972 j 24,553 



Totals _..l 79,738 I 144,754 : 252,177 



27,179 

 36,107 

 38,340 

 41,740 

 45,903 

 15,047 



204,316 



Receipts of carp and catfish show an increase for the first 

 CARP AND six months of 1896. These fish, though little considered 

 CATFISH. by most of our people, furnish food for a large number, and 

 figure to a large extent as a market fish. The consump- 

 tion of these fish in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys has been 

 very large, and the receipts in the San Francisco markets were as fol- 

 lows : 



Number of Pounds of Carp and Catfish Received in San Francisco Market. 



Month. 



1893. 



189-1. 



Carp. 



Catfish. 



Carp. 



Catfish. 



1895. 



Carp. 



Catfish. 



1896. 



Carp. Catfish. 



January .. 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 October... 

 November. 

 December 



Totals . . 



624 



519 



4,356 



3,101 



560 



1,469 



10,629 



4,570 

 1,665 

 1,132 

 3,782 

 5,969 

 5,337 



1,175 

 1,766 

 2,988 

 3,705 

 3,265 

 2,155 



15.0.54 



2,299 

 710 

 5,800 

 5,547 

 3,932 

 3,202 



33,084 



36,544 



10,142 



4,755 



6,798 



2,839 



767 



699 



26,000 



729 

 383 

 4,396 

 4,969 

 4,461 

 1,642 



42,580 



4,117 

 1,696 

 4,766 

 5,290 

 2,978 

 2,630 



21,477 



695 

 357 

 2,748 

 2,795 

 1,526 

 1,867 



31,465 



6,017 

 3,755 

 3,851 

 1,568 

 555 

 650 



16,416 



560 



150 



785 



1,355 



4,043 



3,555 



568 



680 



831 



2,358 



3,644 



3,151 



11,232 



753 

 1,159 

 3,257 

 7,162 

 3,047 

 5,672 



22,045 

 13,159 

 8,420 

 4,282 

 1,913 

 2,437 



52,256 



3,896 

 2,714 

 4,807 

 3,461 

 9,160 

 4,830 



28,868. 



26,864 32,282 



