12 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
proved completely successful. In 188S 505 adult lobsters and 104,000 
fry were planted off the coast in localities deemed most suitable for 
them. What the result of this will be can be conjectured, but can not 
be definitely determined until after the lapse of sufficient time to give 
the lobsters an opportunity to grow and multiply.* 
8. COMPARISON OF THE FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC STATES. 
There is considerable variation in the fishing interests of the three 
Pacific Coast States both as relates to their character and their value. 
In order that the opportunity may be presented for an easy comparison 
of their respective importance the following tables are produced here: 
'Persons employed in the fisheries of the Pacific States in 1888. 
States. 
Fishermen. 
Shores- 
men and 
factory 
hands. 
Total. 
On 
vessels. 
On boats. 
California 
*1, 543 
3, 188 
607 
5, 338 
Oregon 
53 
3,045 
1,584 
4, 682 
Washington 
283 
2, 571 
976 
3, 830 
Total 
1, 879 
8, 804 
3,167 
13, 850 
1 
* Not including 753 men employed on whaling vessels belonging at New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, and making their headquarters at San Francisco. 
Apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of the Pacific States in 1888. 
States. 
California .. 
Oregon 
Washington 
Total 
Apparatus of capture. 
Gill nets. 
No. Value. 
2, 367 
2, 545 
1, 130 
6, 042 
$256, 465 
322, 620 
187, 345 
766, 430 
Seines. 
No. Value. 
1,629 
25 
1,713 
$57, 625 
7, 260 
44, 200 
109, 085 
Trammel 
No. Value. 
329 
329 
$L4, 735 
14, 735 
Trap nets, 
pound nets, 
and weirs. 
No. Value. 
215 
$4 If 550 
122, 400 
(63, 950 
Salmon 
wheels. 
No. Value. 
39 
$63, 613 
45, 287 
108, 900 
Value 
of 
minor 
appara- 
tus. 
$28, 850 
2, 900 
2, 945 
31, 695 
Total 
Value. 
$317, 175 
437, 943 
402, 177 
1, 157, 295 
States. 
Vessels. 
Boats. 
Other property. 
Total 
capital 
invested. 
No. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
No. 
Value. 
Value of 
wharves, 
buildings, 
and ac- 
cessories. 
Cash 
capital. 
California . . . 
Oregon 
Washington. 
Total 
94 
13 
17 
12, 108. 81 
422. 30 
752. 73 
$1, 046, 500 
74, 050 
71,600 
$447, 475 
11,400 
31, 520 
1, 354 
1, 545 
1,202 
$245, 010 
201,095 
145, 880 
$323, 050 
619, 294 
333, 220 
$267, 500 
952, 850 
533, 000 
$2, 684, 210 
2, 296, 632 
1, 517, 397 
124 
13, 283. 84 
1, 192, 150 
490, 395 
4, 101 
591, 985 
1,275, 564.1, 753, 350 
6, 498, 239 
* For a detailed history of the transplanting of lobsters to Pacific waters, reference 
is made to a paper by Mr. Richard Rathbun, in the Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Com- 
mission, vol. viii, 1888, p. 453. 
