FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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These destructive methods of fishing have been the cause of much com- 
plaint. State Deputy Fish Commissioner William Kehoe tried to stop 
this net fishing, and seized the nets of the Chinese, but as late as May, 
1889, the legality of the fishery had not been decided, as the matter was 
then before the courts. 
The fish taken by the Chinese are generally salted and dried, and find 
their way to San Francisco, whence most of them are exported to China. 
Products . — The catch of the Chinese junks in 1888 amounted to 
75,000 pounds of salted fish, 646,344 pounds of abalone shells, and 
204,771 pounds of abalone meats. 
BOAT FISHERY. 
Fishing grounds . — The fishing grounds most commonly resorted to by 
the boat fishermen of San Diegoare those frequented for gill-net fishing 
in the bay from Point Loma to some distance southeast of the city and 
northwardly from Point Loma, both inside and outside the kelp beds ; 
also in False Bay, where nets are used for smelt, herring, and flounders. 
Gill-net fishing is carried on at all seasons on the grounds stretching for 
10 miles northward from Point Loma. During March, April, and May 
bonito and barracuda are taken by boat fishermen with troll lines and 
occasionally with gill nets south and west of Point Loma. Traps or 
pots are set for crayfish or “ rock-lobsters” along the main shore in- 
side of the kelp bed, from Point Loma northward. The favorite ground 
for the collection of large sea clams for bait and food is on the shallow 
spit called “Zuninga Shoal,” extending southwardly for more than a 
mile from the south side of the channel, opposite Ballast Point, at the 
entrance of the bay. 
Boats . — Many sailboats at San Diego, and particularly those used 
by the Italians and Portuguese, are the same type as the feluccas sail- 
ing from San Francisco. They are tight-bottomed craft, and, as no ice 
is used on account of its expense at San Diego, the catch of the boat 
fishermen is often in a bad condition when it reaches port. For this 
reason the writer has prepared and published plans of a welled boat, in 
which fish can be kept alive ; such a boat might be very advantageously 
used in the market fishery of San Diego. 
Apparatus of capture . — The apparatus of capture used by the boat 
fishermen consists of gill nets, hand lines, or troll lines, and pots and 
traps for catching crayfish; the latter are set along the shore with 
buoys attached to them by lines to mark their positions. 
Method of fishing . — The description given of catching bonito, barra- 
cuda, and mackerel under the head of vessel fishery will apply to the 
boat fishery, so far as troll-line fishing is concerned. Two methods are 
adopted in using gill nets. When nets are set in bays and along the 
shores they are anchored; but in the open water, 6 or 8 miles outside 
the kelp fields, they are “ set at a drift,” the method adopted in the 
latter case being precisely similar to that used m the so-called “drag 
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