160 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Apparatus and, capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels (tnrvn a, o"e 1 1 820.65) . .. ........ 
71 
432 
1, 332 
315 
1, 563 
1,200 
$1, 032, 500 
440, 075 
96, 030 
80, 720 
14, 175 
44, 275 
3, 300 
17, 955 
105, 000 
155, 000 
1, 989, 030 
Outfit (not including apparatus of capture) 
Boats 
Apparatus of capture as follows: 
Oillnets. .. 
Trammel nets 
Seines hag nets, etc 
Pots 
Hand lines, trawl lines, and minor apparatus 
Shore property 
Ca.sh capi tal _ _ 
Total > 
— 
Summary, by fisheries, of the San Francisco vessel fisheries in 1888. 
Fishery. 
No. of 
vessels. 
Net- 
tonnage. 
Value of 
vessels and 
outfit. 
No. of 
fisher- 
men 
Value of 
catch. 
Whale 
28 
8, 278. 46 
$1, 081, 000 
932 
$682, 985 
Fur-seal and sea-otter 
12 
630. 52 
104, 70 ' 
213 
69, 255 
Cod 
9 
1, 689. 72 
125, 800 
196 
89, 947 
Market 
2 
41. 09 
16, 500 
12 
5, 200 
Fur-seal, salmon, and oyster freighting 
20 
1, 180. 86 
164, 850 
98 
Total 
71 
11, 820. 65 
1, 492, 850 
1, 451 
847, 387 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Fish : 
Salmon, fresh pounds.. 
Shad, fresh do 
Other fresh fish do . . . 
Miscellaneous dried fish do 
Total 
428, 000 
14, 000 
6, 282,554 
4, 250, 000 
$30, 200 
1, 120 
402, 473 
101, 760 
10, 974, 554 
535, 553 
Mollusks: 
Oysters bushels. 
Clams and mussels pounds.. 
A balone shells and meats do 
Octopus and squid .do 
Total 
130, 000 
2, 294, 415 
2, 600, 000 
14, 000 
509, 175 
75, 248 
55, 000 
1, 120 
640, 543 
Crustaceans : 
Crayfish pounds. . 
Crabs do 
Shrimp and prawn do 
Total . . 
25, 000 
230, 000 
4, 902, 360 
2, 000 
37, 200 
141, 688 
5, 157, 360 
180, 888 
Reptiles : 
Terrapins and frogs number. . 
Mammals : 
Skins of hair seals, sea lions, and walrus .. .number.. 
Pelts of fur seal do 
Pelts of sea otter do ... 
Whalebone and walrus ivory pounds.. 
Whale and seal oil gallons.. 
Total _ 
51, 600 
12, 900 
121 
*104, 455 
2, 646 
197,060 
284, 959 
4, 205 
1, 576. 730 
215, 159 
585, 895 
102, 384 
2, 484, 373 
Grand total . 
3, 854, 257 
* These figures include the number and value of fur-seal skins taken at the Pribilof Islands, in Bering 
Sea, which are a prod net of a fishery carried on by San Francisco capital. In 1888 the full limit of 100. 000 
skins was obtained at those islands, the value of which, as laid down at London, where they were 
sold, was estimated to he $1,550,000 In addition to the foregoing, the fur-seal industry of the Com- 
mander Islands (which belong to Russia) was controlled by American capital and the product was 
brought to San Francisco. In 1888 this amounted to 47,362 skins of fur seals, having a value of 
$544,663 at the average jjrice paid in London. Combining these figures, we have as the total yield of 
the fur-seal industry in 1888, $2,121,393. 
