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34 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
net fishery” of New England. The catch around the kelp consists 
chiefly of bonito, barracuda, rock-cod, and smelt ; but in the bays the 
species principally taken are herring, smelt, and flounders. 
The boats as a rule leave San Diego in the early morning, at which 
time there is generally a land breeze blowing off the coasf, that enables 
them to run to the fishing grounds. In the afternoon a sea breeze usually 
springs up and with this they return to port with their day’s catch, 
unless the fishermen decide to remaiu longer on the fishing grounds and 
return on the second day. Frequently, however, they fail to get the 
breeze necessary to carry them to the city, and their catch is in a de- 
teriorated condition, and perhaps unfit for food, before they can reach 
port and dispose of it. Ice is too costly to be used by fishermen, who 
are therefore often deprived entirely of the results of their labors. 
The following tabulated statements show in detail the fisheries of the 
county in 1888 : 
Persons employed. 
Country. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
46 
46 
Italy 
12 
12 
Portugal . „ 
37 
37 
Sweden 
12 
12 
China 
52 
52 
Total 
159 
159 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels* (277.16 tons) 
22 
$13, 200 
7, 300 
8, 910 
1, 125 
1, 000 
200 
90 
1, 000 
Outfit 
Boats 
Gill nets 
43 
17 
8 
60 
Drag seines 
Hand lines and trawl lines, with 5,400 hooks 
Crayfish traps 
Shore property 
Total 
32, 825 
* Including 13 Chinese junks (141.01 tons), valued at $5,200. 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Fresh. 
Salted. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Fish • 
Barracuda 
Bonito 
Jewfish 
Rockfish 
Yellow-tail 
Miscellaneous species * 
Shellfish, crustaceans, etc.: 
Abalone shells 
Abalone meats 
Clams .. 
315, 200 
164, 500 
10, 000 
75, 000 
50, 000 
15, 300 
700, 000 
240, 000 
20, 000 
36, 400 
$9, 456 
4, 935 
300 
2, 250 
1, 500 
459 
8, 750 
12, 000 
936 
1, 274 
213, 500 
254, 409 
7, 314 
22, 655 
32, 342 
$8, 540. 00 
10, 176. 36 
292. 56 
906. 20 
1, 293. 68 
528, 700 
418, 909 
17, 314 
97, 655 
82, 342 
15, 300 
700, 000 
240, 000 
20, 000 
36, 400 
$17, 996. 00 
15,111.36 
592. 56 
3, 156. 20 
2, 703. 68 
459. 00 
8, 750. 00 
12, 000. 00 
936. 00 
1, 274. 00 
Crayfish . 
Total 
1, 626, 400 
41, 860 
530, 220 
21, 208. 80 
2, 156, 620 
63, 068. 80 
* Includes sea bass, smelt, herring, and flounders. 
