FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
Number. 
Value. 
Boats 
20 
110 
6 
$10, 900 
4,400 
750 
910 
450 
(ri 11 nets 
Bag nets 
Trawl lines, spears, etc 
Shore Droperty 
Total 
17,410 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Salmon, fresh 
15, 000 
20, 000 
200, 247 
$750 
1, 400 
9,612 
Shad, fresh 
Other fresh fish.' 
Total 
235, 247 
11, 762 
20. FISHERIES OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO, AND SUISUN BAYS, WITH 
ADJACENT SEACOAST, INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF SAN MATEO, 
SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CLARA, ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, SOLANO, 
SONOMA, AND MARIN. 
General considerations . -—The fisheries of this entire region are so inti- 
mately associated with and form so large a part of the fishing business 
of the city of San Francisco that no other method seems expedient than 
to discuss the interests of all these counties under one head. In many 
cases firms with headquarters and business houses at San Francisco 
have curing establishments at some point on the bay in another county, 
while the same is true concerning oyster-dealers, who trade in the city 
and have their oyster beds located 10, 15, or 20 miles distant. In many 
other ways there is an inextricable commingling of interests, but lack of 
space prevents the presentation of detailed statements relating to this 
matter. 
The salmon fishery on San Pablo and Suisun Bays that is tributary to 
the cauneries in the vicinity will not be considered under this head, 
but will be discussed in connection with the fisheries of the Sacramento 
and San Joaquin Kivers. 
Geographical characteristics . — The geographical features of this sec- 
tion are extremely varied, but on the whole are particularly favorable 
to the prosecution aud development of the fisheries. Mountaiuous 
shores, bold headlands, aud steep cliffs alternate with low, flat stretches 
of coast fringed by sandy beaches or areas of mud flats. The seacoast 
s«mth of the Golden Gate has a general trend nearly north and south. It 
is high and bold, and, with few exceptions, there are no indentations that 
afford even temporary shelter for fishing boats. For this reason the 
coast is dangerous when strong gales occur in winter. At Point Ano 
Nuevo boats sometimes find shelter; Half- moon Bay, south of Pillar 
