Salt Water Fisheries of the Pacific Coast [pp. 149-163]

Salt Water Fisheries of tile Pacific Coast.
bring in the booms, take a turn on the
drum of the donkey-engine, and bring in
the net with care. When the net is
alongside, the bag is carefully hoisted
on davits to the surface. Immense
Photo by C. A. Adams
There are cod fish of different kinds,
shad, sturgeon, sharks, silver skate, star
fish, sting-ray, jelly fish, crabs, devil fish,
and sometimes an electric ray, which
seems to be a kind of marine drop-a
FISHERMAN'S WHARF. SAN FRANCISCO.
scoops are used to transfer the marketable fish to a large fish box in the stern
of the vessel. Only sufficient fish are
scooped up to supply the immediate demands of the market at profitable prices.
The two wings of the net are then released, the apex of the bag secured, and
the net dragged along inside out. Tons
of fish are thus thrown into the water,
including great numbers of tiny flounders and other small fish, crushed or
asphyxiated by the jam in the bag of the
net.
A great variety of sea life is brought
to the surface, flounders being the principal part of the catch.
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nickel- in - the-slot-and-test-your-nerves
apparatus, without the nickel.
All the tugs belong to one company
now, but a smaller paranzella is operated
by sail boats. One of the larger boats
brings in about seventy boxes a day with
ordinary luck.
The variety of marketable fish is very
great. The flounders and soles are abundant throughout the year. In general
the name flounder is applied to most of
the flat fish brought in except the best
of the flounders, which is called a sole.
This confusion in names indicates how
impossible it is to give an accurate account of the fish product without the
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