FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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II. — THE FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA. 
12. GENERAL REMARKS. 
The fisheries prosecuted from California surpass in importance those 
of any other Pacific State, and in many branches rank among the fore- 
most in the country. The vessel fisheries are particularly important, 
those for fur seals, sea otters, walruses, and whales being of greater ex- 
tent than those of any other State. Salmon fishing is largely carried on 
in California, but to a less extent than in Oregon and W ashington. The 
other market and food-fish fisheries carried on from small boats and the 
shore are also of great importance. 
The following tabular statements, covering the year 1888 , show in 
detail, by counties, the number and nationality of persons engaged in 
the fisheries 5 the number and value of vessels, boats, and apparatus 
employed ; the value of shore property; the amount of cash capital; and 
the quantity and value of products taken : 
Table of persons employed in the fisheries of California in 1888. 
Locality. 
Fishermen. 
Shores- 
men and. 
factory- 
men. 
Total. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Sa,n Diego County _ 
88 
71 
137 
15 
25 
123 
25 
1,132 
1, 202 
388 
70 
159 
137 
15 
27 
127 
25 
2, 833 
1,497 
400 
118 
Los Angeles County 
Santa Barbara County 
San Luis Obispo County 
2 
Monterey County 
4 
Santa Cruz County _ __ 
San Francisco Bay and vicinity* 
tl, 451 
250 
295 
12 
48 
Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers 
Humboldt County 
Del Norte County 
Total 
1,543 
3,188 
607 
5,338 
* Including San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bays, and the counties of San Mateo, San Francisco, 
Santa Clara. Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Sonoma, and Marin. 
1 Not including 753 men employed on whaling vessels belonging at New Bedford, Massachusetts, and 
making their headquarters at San Francisco. 
Nativity and nationality of persons employed in the fisheries of California in 1888. 
Country. 
Nativity. 
Nation- 
ality. 
Country. 
Nativity. 
Nation- 
ality. 
United States 
866 
1, 736 
Austria, 
19 
18 
United States (Indians) 
68 
68 
Russia 
107 
Mexico 
4 
4 
Spain 
50 
46 
Central America 
2 
2 
Portugal 
841 
487 
South America 
18 
18 
Italy ° . 
768 
516 
Great Britain 
236 
186 
Greece _ 
32 
26 
France 
16 
14 
China, _ 
934 
934 
Germany 
145 
109 
Japan 
29 
29 
Belgium 
1 
1 
Sandwich Islands 
15 
13 
Holland 
3 
3 
South Sea Islands 
14 
12 
Sweden 
413 
298 
Norway 
129 
121 
Total 
4, 731 
4, 731 
Denmark 
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This table does not include shoresmen. 
