REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLXIII 

 Statement of the pounds of fish and lobsters handled hy San Diego dealers in 1897. 



Species. 



Barracuda 



Bonito "mackerel" 



Yellow-tail 



Albacore 



Bullseye mackerel 

 "Smelt" 



January. 



801 

 960 

 120 



Jewflsh 



Monterey halibut. 



Rockfishes 



Yellow-fin 



Sea trout 



Scorbina 



Fat-head redfisb... 



Whitefish 



Kingfish 



Herring 



Other fish 



Total freah 



Salted fish : 

 Barracuda, bonito, yellow- 

 tail, albacore, and rock- 

 fish 



Grand total of fish . 



Spiny lobsters 



Shipment of fresh fish and 

 lobsters by rail 



138 



996 



40 



7,503 



5,655 



151 

 277 



711 

 379 



17, 731 



February 



450 



167 



1,300 



20 



105 

 1,479 



150 



7,187 



3,752 



10 



258 

 1,140 

 178 

 340 

 257 



16, 793 



25, 854 



17, 731 



116 



16,122 



42, 647 



25 



8,381 



17, 675 



594 



1,260 



27 



40 



1,414 



125 



8,657 



2,879 



27 



45 

 918 



5,616 



39, 277 



30, 782 



70, 059 



158 



19, 245 



April. 



34, 565 

 2,943 

 2,770 



115 



98 



1,242 



9,954 



777 



13 



380 



3,428 



56, 417 



9,436 



65, 853 



1,689 



28, 230 



May. 



June. 



23, 345 



945 



4,490 



160 

 "745' 



1,894 

 185 

 30 

 495 



2,517 

 34, 806 



27, 716 



62, 522 



28, 925 



594 



5,060 



2,995 



50 



2,353 



77 



"ios 



40, 844 



29, 481 

 70, 325 



July. 



24, 590 



927 



4,290 



3,050 

 81 



223 



2,909 



40, 983 



52, 535 

 93, 518 



1,791 



2G, 414 



3,229 



29, 093 



* Not sure that the figures were for this species. 



t Estimated. 



The following notes on the fishing apparatus employed at San Diego 

 have been furnished by Mr. Eutter : 



Trolling is the method used in catching barracuda, bonito, yellow-tail, and 

 albacore. A No. 4 I. P. cod hook is used for barracuda, No. 3 for bonito, and No. 2 

 for yellow-tail and albacore. But nearly all of these fishes are caught when trolling 

 for barracuda, as there are usually not enough of the others to pay for special fish- 

 ing. When the fish are abundant, aud there is a man for each line, the barb is 



