56 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Shipments from Port Harford , California, during 1888. 
Specie?. 
By railroad and. 
peddlers. 
By steamer 
to San 
Francisco. 
Fiesh. 
Cured. 
Fresh. 
Rnfilrfi sh ... 
Pounds. 
45, 000 
3, 000 
1, 000 
2, 000 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
6, 654 
34, 763 
17, 010 
8, 400 
Sea bass ..................... 
2, 500 
1,000 
2,000 
3, 000 
Barracuda 
TYIar*k fvrpil . 
Benito ................ 
TT^lihnt, 
2, 000 
1,600 
Smelt. 
Horse mackerel ..... 
1,500 
Abalone shells ............ 
1, 240 
10, 000 
Clam s 
Other fish 
v 8, 000 
Values 
$1, 800 
$600 
$3, 003 
* Including herring, “ sea-trout,” kingfisli, and perch. 
18. FISHERIES OF MONTEREY COUNTY. 
Geographical characteristics .— From its junction with San Luis Obispo 
County, the coast of Monterey County stretches away to the northwest 
to Point Sur in an almost unbroken line, without bays, harbors, or coast 
settlements. The high mountains of the Santa Lucia Eange, which 
terminate at Point Carmel, run parallel with the shore, and being close 
to the sea they shut off the interior and render fishing impossible on 
this part of the coast. At Point Sur the shore line bends northward, 
but is still unbroken, to Point Lobos, north of which is Carmel Bay. 
This bay, the shores of which are subdivided into Stillwater Bay, Pes- 
cadero Beach, and Chinese Cove, is situated on the south side of the 
broad peninsula that separates it from Monterey Bay. Beyond Point 
PinojS, which marks the southern boundary of Monterey Bay, the shore 
makes a bold curve, sweeping southeasterly to Monterey and then 
turning sharply northward, the general trend of the coast being north- 
easterly to the limits of the county. 
The coast north of Point Lobos is very broken ; bold headlands and 
jagged rocky shores, bristling with sharp-pointed crags and wave-worn 
cliffs and bowlders, alternate with stretches of sandy beaches, from 
some of which comparatively level sections of land run back from the 
sea. In many places the scenery is very fine. The indentations re- 
ferred to afford more or less satisfactory shelter to fishing craft, and 
make it possible to prosecute the fisheries from the northern end of the 
county. The lower end of Monterey Bay, opposite the town of Mon- 
terey, is sheltered from southerly and westerly gales by Point Pinos. 
It is exposed only to northerly winds, is generally a fair harbor, being . 
the best-sheltered anchorage between San Diego and the Golden Gate. 
Carmel Bay is less favorably situated and affords a poor harbor, being 
exposed to southerly and westerly winds. 
Fishing centers. — Monterey, an ancient mission town of about 1,500 
inhabitants, and now a seacoast resort of some note, is the principal 
