FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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The New Bedford whale fleet rendezvousing at San Francisco in 1889. 
Name of vessel. 
Rig. 
Net 
tonnage. 
No. of 
crew. 
Whaling grounds. 
No. of 
whales 
taken. 
Products landed. 
Gallons 'Pounds T „ 
of oil. of bone. Va,ne - 
Belvedere 
Str .. 
339. 37 
45 
Bering Sea and 
3 
3, 780 
3,850 
, $14,564 
Arctic Ocean. 
1 
William Lewis 
Str .. 
332. 04 
41 
do 
3 
5, 513 
5,000 
19, 150 
Ba'k 
287. 96 
37 
cio 
2 
3, 800 
12, 920 
Lancer 
Bark . 
280. 75 
36 
— do 
2 
4, 694 
4, 205 
16, 128 
352. 59 
39 
....do 
1 
1,600 
5,440 
243. 44 
34 
....do 
William Baylies . 
Bark. 
308. 83 
40 
do 
1 
5, 513 
5, 000 
19. 150 
Jacob A. Howland 
Bark . 
337.40 
40 
....do 
4 
9, 765 
6, 200 
24, 888 
Josephine 
Bark . 
365. 32 
37 
...do 
1 
1, 890 
1,400 
5, 497 
Reindeer 
Bark . 
339. 62 
31 
do 
3 
9, 450 
7, 700 
29, 866 
Alice Knowles 
Bark 
287. 64 
35 
do 
1 
1. 575 
1, 300 
5, 034 
Abraham Barker 
Bark. 
361.26 
40 
. . do 
1 
3, 938 
2, 700 
10.716 
Triton 
Bark. 
251.60 
37 
.... do 
200 
680 
Tamerlane. 
Bark . 
353. 87 
33 
do 
1 
2, 016 
1,700 
6, 566 
Ocean 
Bark . 
274. 32 
34 
do 
1 
2, 835 
2, 000 
7, 906 
Sea Ranger 
Bark 
259.46 
31 
— do 
2 
4, 725 
3, 000 
12, 043 
Lydia 
Bark 
313.28 
38 
Okhotsk and Ja-« 
12* 
23, 940 
7,200 
33, 817 
pan Seas. 
Cape Horn Pigeon 
Bark 
201. 42 
31 
do 
14 b 
30, 240 
10, 600 
47, 834 
Charles W. Morgan 
Bark 
298. 06 
35 
do 
6 
18, 900 
6, 000 
27, 771 
Alaska 
Bark . 
323. 00 
29 
do 
8 
31,500 
10, 000 
46, 285 
Alexander 
Brig 
128.88 
25 
Bering Sea and 
Arctic Ocean. 
Lucretia a 
Str . . 
275. 81 
45 
do 
Ohio 2d a 
Bark . 
344. 93 
39 
do 
Total 
6, 860. 85 
832 
67 
160, 274 
83, 455 
346, 255 
a Lost in 1889. 
THE COD FISHERY. 
General considerations . — San Francisco is the only port on the Pacific 
coast of the United States from which this fishery has been prosecuted, 
and even there its importance has declined materially in recent years. 
The most prominent causes of decline are (1) lack of demand in domes- 
tic or foreign markets j* (2) the keen competition of Eastern producers, 
who send quantities of Atlantic cod to the west coast ; and (3) the 
tendency for capital to seek investment in the more promising salmon 
fisheries of Alaska. 
Historical review . — The history of the Pacific cod fishery is interest- 
ing, and is replete with characteristic examples of the business enter- 
prise of the West, as well as illustrations of the professional skill and 
indomitable energy for which American fishermen have always been 
noted. The establishment of this fishery on a commercial basis is a 
prominent instance of what may be accomplished by seizing upon 
opportunities that accident has shown to exist. Previous to 1863 all 
of the salt-cured cod and smoked fish used on the Pacific coast were 
the products of the Atlantic fisheries, and were brought across the 
Isthmus or shipped around Cape Horn. The transportation charges 
See discussion of this under head of “ Markets, transportation, etc.,” page 107. 
