Besides the extended coast, where an immediate demand must always prevail in proportion to increasing population, there is an existing market in California, amply attested by long voyages to Kamtchatka for fish, and by recent attempts to find fishing-grounds.
Sumner discusses the demand for fish in California and the implications of fishing expeditions to distant regions.
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