FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1899. Sy 33 
as cockles, and 1 cent a pound for the large size. Clams are teamed 
from Redondo, Long Beach, Bologna, and other beaches. 
The supply of spiny lobsters never fills the demand. Two small 
canneries were for a time operated at San Pedro in 1899, in which 
118,000 pounds of lobsters in the shell were used. A small quantity 
was canned at Los Angeles during 1899 and 1900, but until the supply 
is largely increased the canning of spiny lobsters will be limited. 
Redondo is one of the important fishing stations of the county, 
from which the business is carried on in small boats. Trawls and gill 
nets are used for some 6 miles north and the same distance south from 
the home station, and 2 to 6 miles from shore. The catch includes 
bastard halibut, flounders, sea bass, yellow-tail, jew-fish, and barracuda. 
Of the several fishing stations of Los Angeles County, San Pedro 
is the most important. The shipments from that nort in 1899 com- 
TREE-FISH (Sebastichthys serriceps). 
prised 1,621,710 pounds of fresh fish, 12,622 cases of sardines, 1,639 
cases of lobsters, and 90,000 pounds of abalone meat and shells. 
In past years quite an amount of the products were dry and pickle- 
cured. The fresh-fish demand has supplanted the cured-fish business 
at this port, the shipments of dry fish being cnly 1,590 pounds. The 
following statement of shipments by the Wells-Fargo Express Com- 
pany is of interest not only in showing the extent of the fresh-fish 
business, but the recent wide distribution: 
Destination. Lbs. | Destination. | Lbs. 
| | 
MosvANGeles* 22 2525 saas- scl cesceeoeeas Ole hom aes as manatee eee em aaiee 5, 220 
Other:localpoints<s2....265:0. s-sse25 |PNEISSO Ue Sages Pes ete ee Ee 4, 000 
OANSMTANCISCOMsses sees feck scans] eMnTiTM CSOtA yeas ee enn ema aee = 60 
PNW ZOM GD see tee eae = 2ar=.dinin'n cisis s/3518)= aL O18) Sates Mecisae eraitee le Seem wees 620 
ING Wa MGXd CO caceeescninsvccnccerssisc | dndign Territoryessce scr eos -c ss: 2c 560 
WIR ORG epee tape ein ciata een ara Ste eka cise a wieiccoid WOW Breas ease no easton ee lceae 50 
C@OlOTERC OR Semeene ea) wbeee st sc secs ibe So ee eee amie ricco See slate aces 320 
TAM SASES eee otesccnce cos s.ccekodescs 
INGDIGSKAles scare seeut ce ha cesccwsceoes Totalice sass see cosas seca cwaseeses 1, 621,710 
