FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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Summary of the fresh-fish trade of San Francisco in L883 and 1889 — Continued. 
Species. 
, 1888. 
1889. 
Pounds. 
Average 
price. 
Retail 
value. 
Pounds. 
i 
Average 
price. 
Retail 
value. 
Fish. 
Herring 
Kingtish 
Mackerel 
Mackerel, horse 
Mackerel, Spanish 
Perch, fresh-water 
Perch, salt-water 
Pike 
Pompano 
Rockfish 
Salmon 
Sardines 
Sea bass — 
2, 612, 000 
40, 000 
25, 000 
100, 000 
100 
432, 000 
220,000 
20, 000 
3, 500 
860, 000 
3, 300, 000 
40, 000 
350, 000 
75, 000 
40, 000 
850, 000 
$0. 05 
.06 
.10 
.08 
1.50 
•12* 
.08* 
.06 
.80 
.08 
.06f 
.05 
.06 
.10 
.03 
.08 
$130, 600 
2, 400 
2, 500 
8, 000 
150 
54, 000 
18, 700 
1, 200 
2, 800 
68, 800 
211,200 
2,000 
21, 000 
7, 500 
1,200 
68, 000 
1, 600, 000 
30, 000 
30, 000 
125, 000 
100 
425, 000 
200, 000 
18, 000 
2, 500 
540, 000 
3, 100, 000 
800, 000 
400, 000 
$0. 06 
.08 
•12* 
.08 
1.50 
.12 £ 
.09 
.07 
1.00 
. 10 
.06| 
.04 
.06 
$96, 000 
2,400 
3, 750 
10, 000 
150 
53, 125 
18, 000 
1, 260 
2, 500 
54, 000 
209, 250 
32, 000 
24, 000 
Skates 
Smelts 
Striped bass * 
75, 000 
820, 000 
1,000 
495, 000 
150, 000 
5, 000 
40, 000 
1, 200 
23, 000 
.05 
.08 
1.00 
.06 i 
.04 
.15 
.25 J 
.30 
. 06* 1 
3,750 
65, 600 
1, 000 
| 29, 700 
C, 000 
750 
10, 000 
360 
1, 495 
Sturgeon 
Suckers 
Tomcod 
Trout, lake 
Trout, brook 
Miscellaneous 
Total 
460, 000 
175, 000 
8,000 
50,000 
2, 000 
29, 000 
.06 
.02* 
.12* 
.20 
.30 
.07 
27, 600 
4, 375 
1, 000 
10, 000 
600 
2, 030 
10, 848, 100 
729, 125 
9, 723, 500 
696, 300 
— 
Mollusks, crustaceans, etc. 
Oysters bushels. . 
Clams, hard-shell sacks.. 
Clams, soft-shell boxes.. 
Mussels buckets.. 
Crayfish pounds.. 
Crabs dozens.. 
Shrimp pounds.. 
Prawn do 
Squid and octopus do 
Terrapins dozens.. 
Turtles pounds.. 
Frogs dozens. . 
Total 
: 
130, 000 
1,500 
31, 200 
43, 800 
25, 500 
77, 800 
290, 000 
25, 000 
25, 000 
1, 000 
25, 200 
4, 000 
3.90 
3. 00 
1.50 
.50 
.09 
.98 
.08 
.20 
.08 
3.00 
. 05 
3.00 
509, 175 
4, 500 
46, 800 
21, 900 
2, 250 
76, 244 
23, 200 
5, 000 
2, 000 
3, 000 
1, 260 
12, 000 
150, 000 
1, 200 
18,500 
35, 000 
38, 400 
77, 600 
175, 000 
20, 000 
15, 000 
1, 200 
28, 000 
4, 500 
3.90 
3.00 
1.00 ] 
.50 I 
.07* 
.98 | 
.08 
.20 
.08 
3. 00 
. 05 
3. 00 
585, 000 
3, 600 
18, 500 
17, 500 
2, 880 
76, 048 
14, 000 
4, 000 
1,200 
3, 600 
1,400 
13, 500 
707,329 
741, 228 
Grand total 
1, 436, 454 
r 
1, 437, 528 

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* Striped bass have recently been taken in such quantities that the price has been reduced to 18 
cents a pound. 
FISHERIES OF TOMALES BAY. 
The fisheries of Tomales Bay (including settlements in Marin and 
Sonoma Counties) may properly be included with the market fisheries 
of San Francisco, as the products go chiefly to that city.* This bay is a 
long narrow inlet nearly parallel with the seacoast, and extending 
southward about 17 miles from its mouth. It is bordered on each side 
by rather high hills, and is of nearly uniform width; its entrance is 
about 45 miles (by water) from the Golden Gate. Papermill Creek 
* The fisheries at Sausalito, Maria County, are really a part of the market fishery 
already described, in all that relates to boats, apparatus, methods of capture, mar- 
keting the catch, etc. The Chinese fishery camps at San Quentin, Point San Pedro, 
etc., m the same county, are discussed in a special chapter. Fisheries on the “bay 
side’’ of Sonoma County are considered under appropriate headings. It is, therefore, 
not advisable to follow county hues in dealing with the fisheries of Tomales Bay and 
vicinity, since it would involve repetition or a lack of clearness. 
