PACIFIC COAST: CALIFORNIA. 



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Statement showing the number of fishermen, the amount of ca}>ilal invested, and the quantities and values of the product* of the 



fisheries of San Diigo, Los Antjelcs, and Ventura Counties. 



217. THE FISHERIES OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. 



SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. The land in Santa Barbara County consists of a rather fertile strip 

 of coast, with a smooth, sandy, and, in some places, rocky beach, indented by few lagoons. On the 

 north the county is bounded by the ragged Sierra Santa Ynez, which forms the rocky headlands of 

 El Rincon on the east and Points Argueles and Concepcion on the west. At a distance of about 

 25 miles from the coast, and parallel with it, lie the rocky islands of Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and 

 Anacapa, and behind these, San Nicolas, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara. At a distance of about 

 half a mile from the shore begins a belt of kelp, which extends out perhaps a half mile farther. 

 Between the shore and Anacapa is a small reef, which is a favorite place for trolling. The Santa 

 Barbara Channel is remarkably well stocked with fish, and the fisheries at Santa Barbara might 

 be very extensive if there were any market. But insignificant as the present fisheries are, the 

 supply exceeds the demand since the decline of real estate speculations. 



Santa Barbara is the most important fishing town in the county. Goleta and Carpentaria come 



