THIRTY-EIGHTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES 



By Richard Van Cleve, Chief 



Total landings of Hsh, in pounds, for the State of California for the 

 years 1942 and 1943 are shown in Table I, with the production of canned 

 fish, fish meal and fish oil. 



TABLE I 



19.',2 19/,3 Total 



Total landings, pounds ^1 1,171,514,793 1,229,754,615 2,401,269,408 



Cases of canned fish 6,941,643 6,698,134 13,639,777 



Tons of fish meal produced 79,003 86,151 165,154 



Gallons of fish oil produced 12,686,640 14,016,179 26,702,819 



Value of canned and processed 



fishery products $67,432,689 $70,496,100 $137,928,789 



The total landings in these two years M'ere 416,172,000 pounds behind 

 the landings in the previous biennium, but the total value of the fishery 

 products produced was the highest ever recorded for this State. Short- 

 age of labor resulted in a decrease of 29 per cent in the production of 

 canned fish. 



The value of the principal species of fish to the fishermen in the two 

 years is shown in Table II. 



TABLE II 

 Pounds and Value of Commercial Fish Landings in California — 1942-43 



1942'^ 1943 



Species Pounds Value Pounds Value 



Sardine 969,747,099 $10,369,736 972,249,015 $10,781,440 



Yellowtin tuna 41,466,614 3,823,857 49,261,328 4,880,540 



Skipjack 38,735,228 3,334,608 28,893,784 2,582,850 



Albacore 11,091,699 2,107,209 21,384,864 3,477,417 



Bluefin tuna 12,844,564 1,158,514 10,178,768 967,562 



Shark 3,468,290 1,150,497 3,729,246 1,933,173 



Pacific mackerel 52,553,663 954,643 75,262,739 1,492,918 



Salmon 6,616,216 827,403 6,581,076 1,227,624 



Barracuda 3,454,537 332,757 3,775,278 656,372 



Crab 2,414,086 282,778 2,315,338 353,287 



Sole 3,155,757 228,635 4,782,379 265,203 



Yellowtail 2,726,269 192,631 4,934,879 368,724 



Spiny lobster 856,300 150,037 985,525 256,153 



Sablefish 1.972,270 129,974 3,206,074 267,671 



Bonita tuna 1,650,689 126,732 2,282,299 181,354 



Rockfish 1,423,290 104,172 2,762,192 185,541 



California halibut 756,065 102,422 1,121,673 238,670 



Horse mackerel 5,348,501 101,606 12,698,974 235,878 



Broadbill swordfish 445,908 94,217 336,386 102,430 



Shad 2,571,033 84,459 2,348,143 114,648 



White sea bass 553,726 78,995 500,183 122,797 



Black sea bass 378,780 46,808 700,855 157,298 



All others 8,291,042 427,356 19,489,950 1,101,219 



Totals 1,172,522,226 $26,210,046 1,229,780,948 $31,950,769 



* Landings for 1942 include shipments to canneries from other States and foreign 

 countries to the value of $106,778. 



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