Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . tions, to replace withyoung fry the mature fish which are taken each year. As has already been said, a wonderful development is shown in mostof the fisheries. The output of the oyster fisheries in 1880, for the entirePacific Coast, was estimated to be but 15,000 bushels, valued at $10,000,while the returns for 1892 show the output of California alone to havebeen 178,645 bushels, which were valued at $698,257. This wonderfulincrease is due to the efforts at propagation made by va
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . tions, to replace withyoung fry the mature fish which are taken each year. As has already been said, a wonderful development is shown in mostof the fisheries. The output of the oyster fisheries in 1880, for the entirePacific Coast, was estimated to be but 15,000 bushels, valued at $10,000,while the returns for 1892 show the output of California alone to havebeen 178,645 bushels, which were valued at $698,257. This wonderfulincrease is due to the efforts at propagation made by various companiesand individuals, as will be seen by reference to the very excellent articlepublished in this report, which was prepared by Charles H. Townsend,under the direction of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fish-eries, and pu])lished in his report for 1891. So little is the value of theoyster industry known and appreciated by our people, that we believeit to be to the advantage of the State that all information possible shouldbe disseminated. It will be seen, from a careful perusal of Mr. Town-.
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