48 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
to properly dress and preserve the fish before shipment A trade in 
salt or dried fish could, no doubt, also be inaugurated. 
The following tabulated statements show in detail the statistics of 
the fisheries and fish trade of Santa Barbara County for 1888 : 
Persons employed. 
Country. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
7 
7 
. Austria 
4 
4 
Italy 
3 
3 
China .. .. 
1 
1 
Total 
L » 
15 
15 
Apparatus and capital . 
Designation. 
Number. 
Value. 
Boats 
24 
$2, 375 
Gill nets 
*21 
720 
Trammel nets 
14 
560 
Haul seines — 
3 
300 
Trawl lines 
1 22 
• 77 
Crayfish pots 
60 
120 
Shore property _ . 
300 
Total 
— 
4, 452 
*5,800 feet in length. 1 These were provided with 3,500 hooks. 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Fresh : 
Barracuda 
16, 000 
$8C0. 00 
Bonito 
25, 000 
1, 250. 00 
Sea bass 
20, 000 
1, 000. 00 
Rockfish 
do... 
18, 000 
900. 00 
Smelt 
7, 000 
350. 00 
Mackerel 
2, 000 
100. 00 
Other fish 
2, 320 
116.00 
Crayfish 
19, 200 
960. 00 
Abalone meats 
34, 050- 
2, 043. 75 
Abalone shells 
19, 775 
247. 18 
Dry fish 
6, 325 
316. 25 
Total 
169, 670 
8, 083. 18 
Hair-seal skins 
650 
650. 00 
Sea-otter skins 
do — 
25 
2, 500. 00 
Live seals 
16 
400. 00 
Seal oil 
n 
110. 00 
Total _ 
3, 660. 00 
Grand total 
11, 743.18 
