118 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
THE MARKET FISHERY AND FRESH-FISH TRADE. 
WAREHOUSE 
STREET 
The market fishery of San Francisco, which practically includes 
nearly all of the fresh-fish fisheries of the region under consideration 
(except the salmon fishery for canning), is an important industry. 
Aside from the commercial value of 
the fishery, as a business enterprise, 
its importance to citizens of* San 
Francisco in supplying them with a 
cheap and valuable food can scarcely 
be overestimated. The people de- 
pend so much upon this special indus- 
try for fresh food from day to day, 
that too much care can not be be- 
stowed upon its proper conduct. 
While the market supply of fresh 
fish and other aquatic animals is 
largely the product of the San Fran- 
cisco market fishery (including the 
Chinese fishing in the bay), impor- 
tant shipments are received from 
other localities 5 therefore, while this 
chapter deals only with the market 
fishery in a somewhat local sense, in- 
cidental allusion to other sources of 
supply can not well be avoided. This branch of the fishery is of such 
consequence that a special dock (with wharves, storehouse, etc.), for 
the accommodation of market boats, the lauding of their fares, etc , has 
been built by the State, and is under the control of the harbor commis- 
sioners. It is located between Union and Greenwich streets, at the 
north end of the city front, and is known as “The Fisherman’s Wharf.” 
It was assigned to their use in 1884. It consists of two wharves, inclos- 
ing a dock or basin more than 400 feet long and 136 feet wide. One of 
the piers is 458 feet long by 24 feet wide, with an L at the end 119 feet 
long, extending across the outer part of the basin; the other is 366 feet 
long, and is so arranged that there is an entrance 70 feet wide between 
it and the L of the other wharf. In this inclosed dock boats lie safely 
at all times. On each pier are railings for drying nets, and just across 
the street, at the upper (or shore) end of the dock is a storehouse about 
100 feet long by 35 feet wide, devoted exclusively to the storage and 
repair of fishing apparatus. 
Species in the San Francisco markets, abundance , seasons, etc . — The San 
Francisco markets are supplied with a large variety of fresh fish and 
