94 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
on shbre, and the adoptiou of the method of dory fishing. Following 
is a tabulated statement, obtained by Wilcox, of the number of ves- 
sels employed each year since 18G4, the aggregate tonnage (in round 
numbers), and the total amount of cured (dry) cod taken, showing at a 
glance the fluctuation in these elements of the fishery : 
Year. 
No. of 
vessels. 
A ggre- 
gate 
tonnage 
Tons 
of dried 
cod. 
Year. 
No. of 
vessels. 
Aggre- 
gate 
tonnage 
Tons 
of dried 
cod. 
1865 
7 
449 
350 
1878 
21 
2, 232 
1,984 
1866 
16 
1, 689 
1,040 
1879 
10 
1,559 
1, 597 
1, 597 
2, 383 
3, 260 
3, 513 
2,347 
2, 418 
1, 704 
2, 345 
1, 804 
1,591 
1, 861 
1867 
20 
2, 083 
1, 502 
1,572 
1,013 
1, 720 
2, 109 
1,286 
500 
1880 
8 
1868 
10 
1881 
8 
1869 
21 
2, 669 
3, 376 
2, 224 
793 
1882 
13 
1870 
24 
1883 
17 
2, 580 
2, 433 
1871 
16 
1884 
16 
1872 
7 
1885 
12 
2, 061 
1, 846 
1873 
12 
1, 274 
606 
916 
1886 
11 
1874 
8 
635 
1887 
8 
1, 693 
1875 
9 
847 
840 
1888 .... 
8 
1, 581 
1, 580 
784 
1876 
1877 
13 
16 
1, 387 
2, 276 
1,263 
l u 250 
1S89* 
4 
941 
* These figures are given by Alexander, and include only tbe fleet actually engaged in fishing. 
Besides these the schooner Czar, 137 tons, was employed as a tender to the shore fishing stations in 
Alaska, carrying men and material there in the spring and bringing back the fish taken. She is, 
therefore, essentially one of the cod fleet. The amount ot fish transported by her is given on page 100, 
and is additional to that stated above. The schooner TJnga, 19.18 tons, was also employed as a tender, 
running between shore stations. The combined tonnage is 1,097.68 tons, and the fish aggregate 1,274 
tons. 0 
The following statements give the name, rig, tonnage, dates of sailing 
and feturn, fishing ground, and number of fish caught for each vessel of 
the San Francisco cod-fishing fleet from 1880 to 1888 : 
Name , rig, tonnage, dates of sailing and return, fishing grounds, catch ( in number ) of fish, 
etc., of the San Francisco cod-fishing fleet from 1880-88. 
Name of vessel. 
Rig. 
Tonnage 
(net). 
Date of 
sailing. 
Date of 
return. 
Fishing grounds. 
No. offish 
taken. 
1880. 
Alfred Adams 
Do 
Do 
Wild Gazelle 
Do 
Arago 
Page 
Glencoe 
Fremont 
Constitution . 
San Luis 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Brg. 
Bkn. 
Ekn. 
Bkn. 
108. 76 
114. 48 
176. 50 
109. 68 
169. 59 
328. 31 
276. 82 
275. 61 
Mar. 16 
May 17 
July 3 
Apr. 8 
Sept. 11 
May 2 
May 8 
May 1 
May 6 
May 8 
May 17 
May 8 
June 25 
Aug. 16 
Aug. 23 
Oct. 23 
Sept. 20 
Sept. 4 
Oct. 28 
Oct. 10 
Oct. 28 
Oct. 4 
Shumagin Islands 
do 
....do 
... do 
do 
Okhotsk Sea 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
42, 000 
52, 000 
45, 000 
87, 000 
62, 000 
125, 000 
60, 000 
120, 000 
220, 000 
165, 000 
225, 000 
1, 203, 000 
1881. 
Alfred Adams 
Do 
Do 
W ild Gazelle 
Page 
Arago 
Constitution . 
Glencoe 
Fremont 
San Luis 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Bkn. 
Brg. 
Bkn. 
Bkn. 
108. 76 
109. 68 
176. 50 
276. 82 
169. 59 
328. 31 
275. 61 
Mar. 21 
June 7 
July 26 
Apr. I 
Apr. 23 
Apr. 27 
...do 
Apr. 29 
Apr. 30 
May 6 
May 21 Shumagin Islands 
July 19 — do 
Sept. 18 ... .do ...... .......... 
52, 000 
51, 000 
51, 000 
75, 000 
68, 000 
90, t'OO 
185, 000 
103, 000 
201, 000 
185, 000 
Aug. 28 do 
Sept. 12 do 
Sept. 11 Okhotsk Sea 
Oct. 17 ....do 
Or,t. 15 . i . .do 
Sept. 18 do 
Oct. 15 do 
1, 061, 000 
1882. 
Ariel 
Wild Gazelle 
Do 
Do 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Sch. 
Sch. 
D4. 35 
108.76 
108. 76 
108. 76 
Mar. 18 
.. .do 
June 2 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 
May 
July 
Oct. 
18 
16 . 
28 
2 t- 
Shumagin Islands 
... do 
..do 
. . .do 
49, 000 
60, 000 
83, 000 
60, 000 
