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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

KENNETH I. FULTON, Director

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE DIVISION OF

FISH AND GAME

FOR THE YEARS 1940-1942

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CONTENTS

Page

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 5

ANTELOPE HEAD 6

REPORTS—

Executive Secretary, George P. Miller 7

Fish Conservation By A. C. Taft 10

Pollution Detail By Paul A. Shaiv 23

Game Conservation By J. S. Hunter 27

Game Farms By August Bade 40

Patrol and Law Enforcement By L. F. Chappell 44

Marine Fisheries By Richard Van Cleve 46

Engineering By J. Spencer 54

License Distribution By H. R. Dunbar 58

STATISTICAL REPORTS —

License Sales 60

Pish Distribution 72

Predatory Animal Take 86

Game Bird and Animal Take 87

Arrests and Convictions 88

Deer Kill Between 88 and 89

Mountain Lion Bounty Paid Between 88 and 89

California Fresh Fishery Products 94

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It is with much regret the Division reports the following deaths and
retirements of members of its staff during the biennium and wishes at
this time again to give recognition to the faithful and efficient service
rendered by these employees.

Entered Service Died

Merrill Brown 6/15/30 12/ 8/40

Harrison A. Laws 3/23/31 5/29/41

J. H. Vogt 5/14/27 12/20/40

Retired

H. B. Nidever___ 6/29/08 9/1/41

George M. Null 9/ 1/27 10/ 9/41

Iva G. Porter 9/ 3/26 9/ 1/39

John J. Shannon 5/ 7/21 6/30/40

J. W. Thornburg 9/27/27 4/ 2/41

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

July 1, 1942

To His Excellency, Culbert L. Olson,
Governor, State of California,
Sacramento.

Sir : We, the members of tlie Fish and Game Commission, are happy
to submit our Biennial Report covering the period July 1, 1940, to June
30, 1942.

The following report covers the activities of the various functions
within the division.

Kespectfully submitted.

Nate F. Milnor, President
Germain Bulcke, Commissioner
Edwin L. Carty, Commissioner
Lee F. Payne, Commissioner
W. B. Williams, Commissioner

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Fig. 1. Antelope head. Antelope was taken
by Lee Mead of Bill, California, under permit No.
270, June 14, 19 42, on the Carlo Mesa, Lassen
County.

Weight dressed, 110 pounds
Horns: Length, left 15g", right 154"
Prong, 4"
Spread 14"
Tip to tip, 51"
Base, 6g"

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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Gkorge p. Mili.f.u

The impact of the war on the Division of Fish and Game struck as
it did all types of American life with the rapidity that for the moment
disrupted its orderly functioning?.

The day after Pearl Harbor, the Division of Fisli and Game was
called upon by the Twellth Naval District Headquarters and the Sheriff
of Contra Costa County to lend its aid in guarding vital bridges in the
Bay area. The division responded immediately and for approximately
three months successfully guarded one or more of these structures. We
were particularly entrusted with guarding the fSouthern Pacific Car-
quinez Bridge from the waterside.

Because of their training in police work, great demands were made
upon the services of our law enforcement personnel by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Naval Intelligence and other groups in the internal
security of California, and in ferreting out draft dodgers and enemy
aliens.

A Defense Advisory Committee was set up under the Chairmanship
of Commissioner Edwin L. Carty who made an independent investigation
of coastal security and worked in conjunction with other public and
quasi-public agencies charged with internal security.

Immediately upon the outbreak of the war, steps were taken to insure
the free flow of commercial fish through the ports of California, the com-
mission modifying its rules and regulations to meet the emergency con-
ditions brought about by the war effort. One of the phases of this
problem directly affecting the sardine fishery was the hermetically seal-
ing of the ports of San Francisco and San Pedro by the Navy. In
February, 1942, Commissioner Carty and the Executive Secretary made
a trip to Washington, D. C. for the purpose of laying the problem before
high ranking naval authorities. Working in conjunction with Mr. Jeff
Kibre of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers Union of
America, we were successful in our mission and as a result of it, a series
of conferences were initiated by the Commandants of the Twelfth and
Eleventh Naval Districts that resulted in allowing the fishing fleets to
proceed to sea.

One of the vexatious problems that heretofore confronted the com-
mission was the matter of issuance of permits to take birds, tlieir nests
and eggs, and mammals for scientific purposes. Unquestionably there
had been an abuse of the privileges granted individuals for the purpose
of the advancement of scientific knowledge. Commissioner Germain
Bulcke was appointed chairman of a special committee consisting of
representatives of the scientific institutions in California to study and
suggest a new method of issuing permits. As a result of the work of
this committee, all of the then-existing permits were rescinded and a
system was devised whereby designated scientists would pass upon the

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qualifications and integrity of those people seeking permits. The plan
has worked exceptionally well.

The establishment of the trout hatcheries at Hot Creek, Mono
County, and Fillmore, Ventura County, marked a new milestone in fish
culture in California. Mr. Nate F. Milnor, President of the Fish and
Game Commission, through his intense interest and practical knowledge
in this field encouraged the change in technique that is responsible for
increasing the efficiency of the division 's hatcheries.

Under the Chairmanship of Commissioner Lee F. Payne, an intensive
study was made of the game management area law and out of a committee
appointed for this purpose, came a series of recommendations to be acted
upon by the commission and presented to the Legislature to bring about
more workable legislation.

During the biennium, the first antelope hunt in over 40 years was
held under a new section of the Fish and Game Code enacted in 1941.
Commissioner W. B. Williams of Alturas took a personal interest in the
rules and regulations governing this hunt and it was through his intimate
knowledge of these animals and the country that the hunt was made a
success.

Commencing with December 7, 1941, a close check was kept upon the
daily license sales of the Division of Fish and Game without regard to
the calendar or fiscal year so that we could readily gauge the effect the
war was having upon our revenue. This study has been continued, on
that basis and it is interesting to note that the sale of angling licenses
decreased only six per cent for the comparable period between December
7, 1941 and with that commencing with December 7, 1940. The sale of
hunting licenses showed greater decrease and with the sale of deer tags
went down about 21 per cent for the comparable period of the preceding
year. This, it was felt, was brought about by lack of gasoline, control of
travel due to the war emergency, and inability of hunters to obtain shells.

Foundation for better and more intimate relationships with the
administrators of fish and wildlife of our sister states of Oregon, Nevada
and Arizona was initiated during this period. The problems of the West
as they pertain to wildlife are common problems and differ from those
. throughout other sections of the country. It is through the fullest
cooperation with our sister states that we can best achieve the maximum
benefits arising out of rational, wildlife management.

The competition for the use of the waters of California for agricul-
tural, industrial and other purposes and the effects of the disruption of
the natural flow of streams as the result of it has begun to manifest
itself. The necessity for a rational program of water conservation is
becoming more evident as the effects of building such dams as the great
Shasta Dam on the Sacramento and the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin
rivers begin to materialize. The studies of what these dams will do to
the anadromous fishes, particularly salmon, point to the losses that will
be sustained by the commercial fishing industrj^ and those who take this
fish for recreational purposes. The closest cooperation must be obtained
between the agencies of government and those who benefit from the
storage of water, and a program of education undertaken that will estab-
lish with these groups the full value of the fish life in our streams.

As the war progressed, the Division of Fish and Game began to feel
tlie pinch in both personnel and material. Many of our people were
taken into the armed forces because of special training, education or other

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAIi REPORT »

qualifications. Some of them were attracted by the higher salaries being
paid in the defense industries in California.

Finally, I want to pay compliment to tlic st;df and employees of the
Division of Fish and Game for their loyalty and devotion to duty. In
these times of stress brought about by the war effort, they have been called
upon to make sacrifices in time and energy, and they have unhesitatingly
and wholesomely given of both to carry on the important work of the
Division of Fish and Game.

LIBRARY

By Bessie W. Kibbe, Departmental Librarian

During the past few months of this biennial period, while many of
our force have left for service in the Army or Navy, and other defense
work, the volume of Library reference, loans, bibliography cataloging
and other library details have been maintained and enlarged.

Due to the growing difficulties attendant upon war, literature from
Nazi occupied countries has ceased coming to the library. Luckily we
are still receiving scientific and other material from China and from
Great Britain and her colonies.

We have been most fortunate in completing one set of the Division 's
Biennial Reports dating from that of 1870, tlius adding materially to
the Division 's historical records.

The law library of 711 bound volumes, previously in the custody of
the librarian, was offered to and accepted by the California State Library
at Sacramento.

Our two years' annual preparation of periodicals and worn books
for binding was made.

During this period, 289 bound volumes were added to the library
of which $150.05 represented gifts and $915.45 purchases. With these
additions, the total number of bound volumes held by the library as of
June 30, 1942, number 2914 with a total value of $10,340.69.

The scientific and subject miscellaneous pamphlet collection totals
7279 with an appraised value of $1,222.78, of these 904 were added dur-
ing this biennial period, $119.30 by gifts and $43.53 as purchases. The
Library's present holdings represent $11,563.47, with a replaceable value
far in excess of this amount.

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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION

Bv A. C. Taft, Chief

The fisheries management program for interior waters, which is
largely under the supervision of the Bureau of Fish Conservation, has
been extended and improved in numerous ways during the biennium.
Some phases of the work have only been changed in minor ways such as
might be expected under normal growth and as the result of experience,
other parts of the work have been changed radically and merit recording
and description in this report.

For many years trout and salmon hatcheries throughout the country
have in large part depended upon beef liver as the principal food for fry
and fingerlings. This material has become increasingly expensive and
at the same time it has become evident that an increasing production in
terms of the pounds of fish reared was necessary if more fish of larger size
were to be planted. During the last year of the preceding biennium a
program was initiated whereby condemned fluke liver could be obtained
for our hatcheries. During the following two years the program has
been expanded and we are now using more than 800,000 pounds of food
per year of which over 600,000 pounds is fluke liver obtained at a cost of
about eight cents per pound delivered at the hatcheries. Even this
increased amount of liver would be inadequate in amount and overly
expensive for the production of trout that is now contemplated, and as a
result Ave have sought for even cheaper and more plentiful substitutes.
During 1941 there were used in addition to fluke liver, 23,619 pounds of
condemned canned fish, 35,210 pounds of fresh fish, 141,286 pounds of
horse meat, 26,940 pounds of fish meal, 23,871 pounds of miscellaneous
meat and cereal products. It appears at the present time that the use of
fresh marine fishes such as anchovies and sardines can be greatly increased
and supply additional food at low cost.

The following table shows the number of pounds of trout and salmon
produced and planted each year since 1935.

TABLE I

POUNDS OF TROUT AND SALMON PLANTED
(Not including rescued fish)

Year ' Pounds

19.36 143,868

1937 119,758

1938 84,760

1939 95,142

1940 133,948

1941 167,647

1942 243,000

The poundage for 1936 was abnormally increased by the planting of
52,937 pounds of trout taken from excess brood stock. In 1938 produc-
tion was at its lowest level for the period covered, largely as a result of

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the flood damage of tliai .year. Since thai lime I lie increase lias been con-
stant and this year the amount produced and planted will l)e nearly
twice as gi'cat as dni-inp: any previous year.

Tables T and II, in conjunction, show to what extent the planting' of
trout has kept pace with the increase in the nuinl)er of licenses sold each
year and at the same time with only a moderate increase in the total oper-
ating expenditures of the bureau.

TABLE II
OPERATING EXPENDITURES, BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION,

1937 TO 1942

p. , Salaries Materials Service Property Angling

Year ^"^ ""*' *"'' *"'' '^"^'^^ licenses

wages supplies expense eriuipmcnt sold

1935-36 87th $172,645 $104,435 $29,518 $6,913 $313,512 223,908

1936-37 88th 198,460 118,600 40.196 19,405 370,721 298.736

1937-38 89th 222.085 117,000 40.350 21,325 400.760 312.909

1938-39 90th 216,519 92,640 40,123 20,266 369,549 346,661

1939-40 91st 225.409 75,280 35,522 13,273 349,484 366.452

1940-41 92d 252,804 92,639 40,488 16,870 402,802 388,472

1941-42 93d 252,944 85,682 48,912 8,123 395,722 458,177

It will be noted that the principal budgetary increase has been in
salaries and wages. This resulted first from the raise to the minimum
authorized by the State Personnel Board in 1937 and secondly, in the
following years through annual salary increases provided for by action
of the T^egislature. To a lesser but wholly justifiable extent there has
been an increase in the total number of employees of the bureau. The
increase in the salaries and wages item has been largely compensated for
by economies in other items such as fish food and equipment so that the
total operating budget has only been increased by about 4.6 per cent
during the last three years as compared with the first four years of the
loeriod indicated in the table. In addition to operating expenditures
shown in the table there has been a considerable amount expended for
permanent improvements such as new hatcheries which will be described
in detail later in this report.

The question might naturally be asked as to whether angling, par-
ticularly for trout and salmon, is holding up under the additional drain
put upon the resource through an increase of over 100 per cent in the
number of licensed anglers in California between 1935 and 1941. In 1935
the Bureau of Fish Conservation instituted a system whereby annual
records of the anglers' catch throughout the State could be obtained from
year to year in order to answer the question as to the condition of our
game fisheries and thus supply information that would be of great value
in their management.

The first system of collecting the records was based on voluntary
reports made by the anglers on the license application form and was in
effect until 1939. There were several drawbacks to this system. The
fisherman's memory of his season's catch had become hazy by the time
he came to report it on his next year's license application. The publicity
and haste attendant upon buying the new license also made for poor
individual reports. Further, the records for any year were not complete
until all applications for the succeeding year had reached the statistical
department, with a resulting lag of over a year in the compilation of the
final report.

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To overcome these defects a new system was tried in 1939 and is
now in use. A random sample list of approximately 10 per cent of the
anglers was built up throughout 1939 as the license stubs reached the
statistical department, and in Jauary of 1940 questionnaires were mailed
to these names. The angler was thus enabled to make his report at leisure
and reasonably soon after the close of the season ; and inspection of the
returns shows great improvement over the earlier ones. Further, the final
consolidated report could be completed at least a year sooner than was
possible under the old system.

It should be noted that the voluntary report continues to be basic.
This means that not all anglers in the sample make reports, and that
estimates of the total catch of any kind of fish by all the anglers have had
to be based on the catches reported by those anglers who do make returns.
The proportion of report returns, under all systems so far tried, has been
in the neighborhood of 30 per cent. Even under the postal card question-
naire, this has involved close to 10,000 units, a number which would be
considered statistically adequate to serve as a basis of estimate provided
it constituted a true random sample, that is, provided the reporting
anglers were truly representative of the whole angling population.
Unfortunately, there is every reason to believe that this is not the case.
The consideration of only one factor serves to demonstrate this : men who
catch no fish obviously are less likely to report than those who do, and
the proportion of such men is therefore greater among the noureporters
than among the reporters. The game records, where the deer tags furnish
an absolute check unequaled in the fish records, have clearly demonstrated
the truth of this general proposition.

In an effort to shed light on the darkness surrounding the activities
of these noureporters, a ''second call" was sent out in 1938 to a sample
of the licensees who had failed to report their 1937 catches on their 1938
license applications. In this case only 18 per cent returned catch records,
leaving again a large blind spot. The principal piece of information
gleaned from this work was that at least 12 per cent of all licensees catch
no fish, of which about half do not fish at all, while the other half fish but
catch nothing. This figure has been adopted as a basic factor to use in
working up all estimates of total catches.

In spite of all questions as to the validity of the sample and as to
the reliability of the individual reports, information of great value is
none the less furnished by the catch records. The distribution of the
angling licensees by county of residence is factual matter to which no
shadow of question attaches; the distribution of their fishing effort by
species and by county of catch, while not factual, may be looked upon as
liaving considerable reliability.

As for the estimates of total catch, it should be stated that these are
based on two general assumptions; first, that catch reporters and non-
reporters fish for each species in similar proportion ; and second, that the
average catch of the noureporters, after making allowance for the 12
per cent of all anglers who catch no fish, is the same as the average catch
of reporters. While there may be and probably are fallacies in these
assumptions v/hich make for errors in the absolute values of the estimates,
it seems none the less probable that the comparative values of the esti-
mates from year to year are highly significant, and that they do present a
fairly accurate picture of the yearly fluctuations in the total catch of any

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fish — iuforiiiation which is more important in fisheries management than
the absolute values.

TABLE III
ESTIMATED TOTAL CATCHES OF INLAND WATER FISH

19351

Number of licensees— 223,098

Trout: Catch 11,700,000

Successful anglers. 112,000

103C

1937-

193S

igsg''

Average catch

Striped Bass: Catch—
Successful anglers _-
Average catch

Black Bass: Catch

Successful anglers—
Average catch

Crappie: Catch

Anglers

Average catch

Sunflsh: Catch

Anglers

Average catch

Salmon: Catch

Anglers

Average catch

Catfish: Catch

Anglers

Average catch

81

298,736

312,969

346,661

366,452

2,000,000

11,900,000

12,900,000

12,800,000

149,000

151,000

160,000

179,000

80

78

79

71

2,130,000

2,070,000

1,970,000

1,900,000

85,000

83,000

94,000

91,000

25

25

21

21

930.000

849,000

1,190,000

1,340,000

34,400

32,700

45,800

67,000

27

26

26

20

1,040,000

917,000

1,210,000

1,720,000

23,300

24,100

28,200

52,200

47

38

43

33

590,000

1,164,000

934,000

2,090,000

10,900

22,700

17,000

51,000

54

51

00

43

196,000

160,000

178,000

215,000

24,600

20,000

22,300

30,700

8

8

8

7

2,040,000

2,810,000

3,480,000

4,330,000

37,700

43,200

48,300

74,600

78

65

72

58

1940
388,472

19413

458,177

15,700,000

238,000

66

2,035,000

111,000

18

1,529,000

75,400

20.3

2,177,000

69,700

31

2,771,000

62,500

44

253,000

37,800

6.7

6,100,000

97,400

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1 Estimates were not prepared for other species than trout in the 1935 catch.

2 1937 estimates are derived from "First" and "Second" Call combined.

3 1939 and 1941 figures derive from mailed questionnaire instead of license applica-
tion form ; also, the method of estimate is different. As a result, the estimates for trout
catch and anglers are lower than they would have been by the old methods (which
would have given 19,000,000 trout caught by 256,000 anglers for an average of 74 trout
per angler). At the same time, the estimates for minor species are increased, due to
the tendency of reporters to give more complete records on the mailed questionnaire
than on the application form.

TABLE IV

LEADING COUNTIES OF TROUT CATCH

Showing Rank in Each Year

1936

Mono

Inyo

Fresno

Plumas

Humboldt

Tulare

Mendocino 7

Tuolumne 11

Shasta 15

El Dorado 3

Siskiyou 18

San Bernardino 10

.937*

1938

1

1

2

2

G

7

3

4

4

3

15

0

7

11

19

10

8

s

9

5

5

12

10

20

1939**

1

2

6

O

O

4

7

n
10

5
11

8
20

19jil**

1
2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9
10
11
12

* By "First" and "Second" Call combined— 1937.
•* Postal card questionnaire — 1939 and 1941.

The statistical department of the Division of Fish and Game, thanks
to its excellent personnel and equipment, is able to produce reports giving
from all angles information on the number of fish of each kind caught in
each county by residents of every county in the State. These detailed
data have many uses. They are available in annual catch record reports,
but are too lengthy to present here. Only the major results are sum-
marized in the accompanying tables. Certain clarifying comments seem
desirable.

1. The 1940 catch has not yet been analyzed. Reported on the old
application blank system while the new mailed questionnaire was being

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tested out on the 1939 catch, the 1940 hidividual reports reached the
statistical department at the same time as the 1941 returned question-
naires, and it was thought desirable to put them aside in favor of the more
up to date material. They will be recorded later as time becomes available.

2. As the number of licensees has increased, the percentage of them
who fish for trout has remained comparatively constant at between 55
and 60 per cent (59.7 per cent in 1941). The total trout catch has
increased, but the average catch per angler has declined. Part of this
decline is due to the diiference between the estimates derived from the
license application reports (1935-1938) and from the mailed questionnaire
(1939 and 1941) but part of it is significant. There were not as many
trout available per angler in 1941 as in 1935 ; or, to put it differently,
there has not been a rapid enough increase in the State 's trout population
to provide the same average catch per angler, although there has been a
definite increase in the total number of trout taken.

3. The percentage of all licensees who fish for striped bass has shown
a steady decline from 32.5 per cent in 1935 to 28 per cent in 1941. The
total number of anglers for this fish has increased, but the total catch
has remained quite constant. The decrease in the average catch per
angler is not, in itself, evidence of depletion as long as the total number
of fish taken does not decrease as the number of anglers increases.

4. The great increase in the reported numbers of crappie, sunfish and
catfish after 1938, and especially in 1941, is probably due in large part
to the new system of collecting the data and in part to the increased fish
rescue program since 1938. All evidence points to the fact that on the
mailed questionnaire, filled out at leisure and in private, the angler is
more apt to count and report his catch of these comparatively minor
species than he was on the old application form filled out at the time of
buying his license.

It is evident from the foregoing statistics of the anglers ' catch records
for trout that more trout will have to be reared and planted if we are to
keep pace mth the increasing demands for that type of fishing. In the
last biennial report attention was called to the need for certain changes
and additions to the present facilities for rearing trout. A program was
outlined for the construction of new hatcheries with particular emphasis
on the need for rearing ponds to supply trout of catchable size for plant-
ing.

This program has in part been put into effect through the establish-
ment of new stations and the addition of facilities at existing hatcheries.
At Hot Creek, in Mono County, temporary ponds had been in use since
1931 and it had been demonstrated that the water at a temperature -of
approximately 60 degrees made possible a rapid growth that could hardly
be duplicated any other place in the State.

The need for permanent and expanded construction there coincided
with the construction of two large dams in the area by the City of Los
Angeles. At neither of these dams did it appear that fish ladders would
be practical and as provided by Sections 526 to 529 of the Fish and Game
Code a request was made to the city for fish cultural facilities in lieu of
ladders over the two dams. After negotiation the city agreed to provide
tlie hatcher}' site of about 140 acres, the use of all water arising on the
property, and the sum of $25,000 for construction. Since the hatchery
was planned of a size to serve a greater area than that affected by the

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construction of the two dams, the Fish and Game Commission provided
an additional $100,000 for construction work. During the summer of
1941 the construction was carried forward to completion consisting of 'M)
ponds, a 30-trough hatchery, a spawning lionse and holding raceways, a
six-ear garage and workroom, a food house with refrigerating room, and
tliree houses for employees.

Even during construction the use of temporary ponds and existing
equipment made it possible to rear and plant 79.'J,!)88 trout averaging 4.5
inches in length. With the new facilities in use it will be possible to
materially increase this production both in the size and number of the
fish produced.

The producton of larger trout for Mono and Inyo counties, the two
leaders in that type of fishing in the State, was further increased in 1942
by the operation of the Black Rock rearing pond near Independence, see
Figure 2. This pond was artificially created some years ago by the City
of Los Angeles by the building of a dam for diversion purposes near the

Fig. 2. Black Rock Springs Rearing Pond, Inyo County.
E. H. Vestal.

Photo by

source of the Black Rock springs. The springs have a flow of from 12 to
15 e.f.s. at a temperature of 59°. In the fall of 1941 the outlet to the
pond was screened and 450,000 fingerling Rainbow trout were planted in
this single large pond. Some risks were obviously involved in rearing
such a large number of fish in a single pond but that they were justified
can be seen from the results obtained. During the spring of 1942 a total
of 274,385 Rainbow trout averaging over five inches in length and having
a total weight of over 36,000 pounds was planted from the pond. These
fish were for the most part used in stocking the heavily fished waters from
the foot of Sherwin grade south to Lone Pine.

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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

The second large hatchery constructed during the biennium was at
Fillmore, Ventura County. Following the destruction of the Forest
Home Hatchery in San Bernardino County during the flood of 1937-38
search was made for a satisfactory site for a hatchery to serve southern
California. A site was tentatively selected on Lytle Creek, San Bernardino
County, but this was later found to be unusable due to objections from
the City of San Bernardino, which takes its water supply from the stream
below. During the summer of 1940 a supply of spring water with a
favorable temperature of 60° was found in a side channel of the Santa
Clara River near the town of Fillmore. Temporary ponds, tanks and
troughs were installed and put into use. Results during the following year
indicated that a rapid growth nearly equal to that at Hot Creek could
be obtained and the Fish and Game Commission authorized the expendi-
ture of $75,000 for a permanent installation consisting of 30 ponds, a
food house and refrigerating room, a small hatchery with rearing tanks,
a six-car garage and workroom, and four houses for employees. The
hatchery was completed near the end of the biennium and has not yet
been in full production. It should be able to produce nearly a million
fish of catchable size for planting in southern California. See figure 3.

^^

Fig. 3. Fillmore Hatchery Rearing Ponds. Photo by A. E. BurghdufC.

Experimentation was started during 1940 with the use of an entirely
new source of water for the rearing of larger trout. Fresno and Tulare
counties are well up amongst those producing trout and although the
bulk of the trout streams and lakes are in the back country and reached
only by pack trip, there are certain more accessible waters such as Hunt-
ington Lake, Hume Lake, the South Fork of the Kings River, the Kaweah
River and Tule River which can be reached for stocking with larger fish.
Little spring water of suitable temperature for good growth, such as was
obtained at Hot Creek and Fillmore, exists in these two counties. An
extensive use is made of well water for irrigation in this area and it was

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tliouglit possible that suitable temperatures niijjht be found, particularly
since higher temperatures had been so effective in producing: rapid
growth. After some search a satisfactory well was found on the Kawcah
delta near the town of Visalia. Tcini)oi"ary arrangements Avere made and
two circular tanks installed. The test showed the water satisfactory in all
respects save the amount of dissolved oxygen and this was increased in
amount to about 8 ppm. when the water passed through the jets in the
supply pipes over the tanks. During the summer of 1941 a permanent
installation of 10 circular redwood tanks 14 feet in diameter was made. A
new well was drilled and equipped with gas engine power as well as elec-
tricit}^, two small houses were biiilt for the employees and a feed room
was constructed in the same building housing the pump. The cost of the
project was greatly reduced by making arrangements with the owner for
use of the property without charge in return for the use of the pumped
water for irrigation.

Fingerlings are transferred to this Sequoia Station in July of each
year and about 100,000 fish are reared to a size of four inches in time to
be planted in the fall. More extended use of this plant during the coming
year wall be made by taking in fall-spawned Rainbow eggs and rearing
them to good planting size before the summer quota of fingerlings is
brought in. These 10 tanks will therefore produce about 150,000 four-inch
fish per year.

The only other major construction project carried on during the
biennium was the rehabilitation of the Mt. Shasta Hatchery. This
hatchery was first started in 1888 and growth over a period of years
finally brought it to consist of five large hatchery buildings and a number
of ponds. For many years it was the largest hatchery in the State in
numbers of fish produced, and salmon and trout from it were distributed
by railwa}^ car throughout the State. Unfortunately, it is now ill
adapted to present needs both from the standpoint of the size of fish it is
possible to rear there and the distribution of trout to rather distant areas
where they must be planted. However, repairs were urgently needed to
keep tlie plant in operating condition until a more thorough and complete
solution could be worked out for supplying the areas it serves from other
new stations. The foundation and floors of hatchery E w^ere rebuilt and
a new head pipe installed, hatchery A was remodeled, a new garage was
built from salvaged material from older buildings and five new^ raceway
type ponds were constructed for the handling of brood stock and the
rearing of fingerlings. One of the important products of the Mt. Shasta
Hatchery is eggs for use at that station and other hatcheries in the State.
A fall spawning stock of Rainbow brood fish has been established, which,
together with those at Hot Creek and Mt. Whitney gives us a supply of
early Rainbow eggs taken in October and November that is an absolutely
essential element in the present program for rearing larger fish for
planting.

It can be seen that the new hatcheries with extensive pond systems
have been established first in those areas where angling pressure is
greatest, and further extension should be determined largely by the same
factor, together with that of abundance of satisfactory trout water for
the planting of larger fish. Among these is the North Coast area where a
hatchery should be built to replace the Cold Creek Hatchery destroyed by
flood in 1938 and the old Fort Seward Hatchery which is obsolete. A

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tentative site has been selected on Cedar Creek in northern Mendocino
County. A hatchery at that location would not only serve to produce
salmon and trout for stocking the streams of the area but would serve as
a central working headquarters for stream improvement and fish rescue
crews which play an important part in a program that of necessity must
be largely dependent upon natural propagation if the runs of steelhead
and salmon are to be maintained.

Another very important recreation area in California where the
fishing could be improved through better hatchery production is that of
Tahoe, the lake itself, the surrounding lakes and streams, and the Truckee
River. The present Tahoe Hatchery has a very unsatisfactory water
supply in that it has an average temperature of 42°, too cold for the
satisfactory growth of trout. During recent je&rs the production of the
Tallac Hatchery has been increased so that about a million fish are
turned out each year, of which about 400,000 are from 3 to 4 inches in
length. This is obviously inadequate since Lake Tahoe itself has an area of
over 210 square miles. The water supply at the Tallac Hatchery is not
entirely adequate for present operations and additional expansion is
therefore dependent to a large extent upon the location of new sources,
which at the present time remain unknown.

The third area needing development is that around and to the north
of Mt. Lassen. There are many famous trout waters in that area and
with the development of the lake above Shasta Dam it will undoubtedly
become more important as a recreation area. Fortunately, there is an
abundance of spring water in this region although much of it is a little
low in temperature for the best growth. Two satisfactory sites have
been located and development should be considered in the near future.
No program for fish conservation would be satisfactory or complete
that depended solely upon artificial propagation. Artificial propagation
and the planting of fish can only be successful if it is solidly based upon
a knowledge of the life history of the fishes handled and of their habitats.
Further than that the rearing and planting of fish in such a State as
California only supplements the production of nature itself. The natural
abundance of fish in the streams and lakes of California in the early days
is well known but too frequently the great natural production of trout
and salmon is overlooked or minimized by sportsmen. It is true that it
has been greatly reduced by the use and modification of our waters for
industrial and agricultural purposes. Streams have been dried up and
diverted from their natural courses, dams have blocked migrating fish
and pollution has killed many of the fish that then remained. In hun-
dreds of ways the development of the State has tended to reduce the
number of fish in our streams and lakes, for the most part unavoidably,
but in many cases the damage would have been less if proper protective
measures had been taken. The proper protective measures to be taken
are basically dependent upon the habits of the fish and their requirements
for living space. These, together with a complete knowledge of the
complex pattern and interdependence of the other necessary uses of
water go to make up the problem of the fisheries biologist.

In 1938 a comprehensive plan for handling this phase of the work
was set up in the Bureau of Fish Conservation. District biologists were
assigned to five key areas in the State and in 1941 Mr. Brian Curtis was
appointed as Supervising Fisheries Biologist to direct their work. The

TiliUTV-SKVKN'ril i!ii:\\iAi. i;i:l'()i;'l' 19

broatl objective souj^lil was lo |)r()vi(l(' iiicii who ciiiild oldaiii I he iiifornui-
tion and plan the pr-OfiTain I'oi- the Ijasic lish couserval ion work of the
bureau. They liave aided in the solution of a hnndre<l or iiioi'(! minor
]»roblenis and have been a constant soni-ce of inrorniat ion and assistaue(;
to loeal s])()rlsineu. It would be iMipossil)le lo rnlly outline their work
here but the followin{jr list of their Tornial i-eports and major projects
during: tlie biennium will indicate the scope of 1 licit- work.

r.RiAN C'UKTis, Siii)eivi&iiig Fisheries Biologist.

1. Report oil (lie Ti.'ike Talioe-Sierrii Associiilioii recommendations of Auk. 20, 1!)40.

2. Twelve Million Trout, California ('onser\ ;it ionist, Vol. .^>, No. H, pp. 4, l.'», 20,
Auk. 1040.

;',. The Ktreot.s of Trenimie ("onerete on Tn.nt in liic Ipi.ei- '■i'rnckee River, (Jet. 1940.

4. .Mt. Ralston Cluh 1041 StockiuR Recommendations. Dec. 1040.

r.. 10:*.S AiiKliiiK Catch Recc.rds, .Tan. ."'.I, 1041.

(i. The KroK Lake Fi.shery in 1040, Apr. 10, 1041.

7. Creel Counts in California, Cal. Fish & Game, Vol. 27, No. ;}, pp. 185-189, July,
1041.

8. The FroK Lake Fishery in 1041, Mar. 2.'5, 1942.

0. Truckee River Creel Counts, ISIay 1, 1041.

10. Truckee River Creel Counts, May 1, 1042.

11. South Fork American River Creel Counts of May 31, 1941.

12. AuKliug Catch Records, .Jan. IG, 1942.

13. Introduction of Alien Fishes into California Waters, the General Situation and
the Biological Effects, Cal. Fish and Game, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 2-8, Jan., 1942.

William A. Dill, Senior Fisheries Riologist.

1. The Little Kern Drainage, Tulare County, Progress Report No. 1, Dec. 8, 1941.

2. A Report on a Proposed Dam on the S.ui Joaquin River above Kerckhoff Reservoir,
Dec. 29, 1941.

3. The Spawning Season of Large Mouthed Bass in the Fresno District, California,
Mar. 10. 1042.

4. Sugar Pine Lake, Madera County, California. Mar. 27, 1042.

William A. Dill, Senior Fisheries Biologist and
Chester Woodhull, Junior Aquatic Biologist.

1. Colorado River Survey, Progress Report No. 1, April 21, 1042.

2. The Tule Indian Reservation Creel Count, 1041. April 29, 1942.

3. The Upper Salinas Reservoir, San Luis Obispo County, Report No. 1, June 17,
1942.

Leo Shapovalov, Senior Fisheries Biologist.

1. Report on Four Reservoirs in Napa and Solano Counties, July 10, 1940.

2. Report on a Survey of a Proposed Planting Base in Glenn and Certain Waters in
Glenn and Colusa Counties, July 23, 1940.

3. Report on Planting of Marked Steelhead Trout in the Lagoon of Santa Ynez River,
Santa Barbara County. 1040. Oct. 24, 1040.

4. Report on Possibilities of Establishment and Maintenance of Salmon and Steel-
head Runs in Cache ad Putah Creeks, Oct. 27, 1940.

5. Report on Possibilities of L^tilization of Hinkley Creek, Santa Cruz County, for
Fish Cultural and Fish Management I'urposes. Nov. 18, 1940.

6. The Homing Instinct in Trout and Salmon. Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific
Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Vol. Ill, pp. 317-322, April,
1941.

7. The Freshwater Fish Fauna of California. Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific
Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Vol. Ill, pp. 441-446, April,
1941.

8. Fish Rescue Work in the North Coast District in 1940. July 9, 1941.

9. Preliminary Notes for a Fish Management Program for the Mendocino County
Coast Area. Juy 16, 1941.

10. Prospectus for an Eel River Fish Management Area, Aug. 15, 1941.

11. Fish Rescue Work in the North Coast District in 1941. April 30, 1942.

12. Creel Census of Stevens Creek and Stevens Creek Reservoir, Santa Clara County,
May 1, 2 and 3, 1942. May 25, 1942.

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Joseph H. Wales, Biological Surveyor.

1. Progress Report of Trout Hatchery Experiments, 1940. April 7, 1941. 15 pp.

2. Summary of Weekly Disease Reports for 1940. April 9, 1941. 11 pp.

3. Observations on a Klamath River Fish Screen, May 19, 1941. 2 pp.

4. Canadian Creek (Trinity River) Diversion Dam. May 30, 1941. 2 pp.

5. Progress Report of Trout Hatchery Experiments, 1941. Nov. 1941. 12 pp. plus
graphs.

6. Development of Steelhead Trout Eggs, Cal. Fish & Game, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 250-
260. 3 plates.

7. Carp Control Work in Lake Almanor, 1941. Cal. Fish & Game, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp.
28-33. 3 figs.

8. Castle Lake Report for 1941. Feb. 1942. 40 pp. 24 figs.

9. Mt. Shasta Rainbow Egg Selection. Mar. 27, 1942.

10. Progress Report of the 1941 Squaw Creek Creel Census. Mimeographed by U. S.
Forest Service, May 15, 1942. 15 pp. 1 map.

11. Summary of Weekly Disease Reports for 1941. .June, 1942. 10 pp.

12. Shasta River Irrigation Ditch Fish Screen Report. June, 1942. 8 pp. 1 sketch.

13. The Xon-Migratory Rainbow Problem. Feb. 19, 1941. 7 pp.

Elden H. Vestal, Junior Aquatic Biologist.

1. Treatment with Rotenone of Pond Systems and Water Supplies at Hot Creek
State Hatchery for Control of Ichthyopthirius, Parts I and II. Reports prepared
with R. C. Lewis, Hatchery Foreman.

2. Rough Fish Control in Gull Lake, Mono County, California. Cal. Fish & Game,
Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 34-61, April, 1942.

3. Report on the Gull Lake Fisheries Project for 1941. May, 1942.

4. Preliminary Report on Proposed Improvement of Silver Lake, Mono County,
Fishery. June 23, 1942.

5. Reclamation with Rotenone of Crvstal Lake, Los Angeles County, California.
Cal. Fish & Game, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 136-142. July 1942.

6. Creel Returns and Trout Production in June Lake, Mono Countv, California,
1939-1941. 1942.

Chester Woodhull, Junior Aquatic Biologist.

1. A Report on the Kern River Small Mouthed Bass, Nov. 15, 1941.

2. Supplementary Report No. 1 to a Report on the Kern River Small Mouthed
Bass. Nov. 21, 1941.

3. The Inland Mullet Fishery of California, Preliminary Report No. 1. May 13, 1942.

A. J. Caxhoun, Student Biologist.
1. The Biology of the Black Spotted Trout in Two Sierra Lakes, July, 1942.

G.\KTH MuBPHY, Student Biologist.

1. Relationships of the Freshwater Mussel to Trout in the Truckee River, Cal. Fish
& Game, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 89-102. April 1942.

One of the most interesting new methods in fishery management is
the use of the organic poison, rotenone, for the removal of undesirable
fishes from lakes and streams.^ During the biennium the biological staff
has made extended use of this material with success. Although detailed
reports have been published in California Fish and Game, a brief sum-
mary of all of the work of this sort done so far is given herewith.

Rough fi.sh, such as carp, goldfish and minnows often live together
with trout without causing trouble. However, in some cases the balance
is upset, and they become so numerous in a body of water that practically
no trout remain. The only remedy then is to remove all fish and start
again. One of the most effective agents for such an operation is rotenone,
a poisonous constituent of derris, timbo, cube and other insecticide

1 Pioneer work in the application of rotenone to the control of rough fish was done
at the Michiean Institute for Fisheries Research. See Leonard, Justin W., Notes on
the Use of Derris as a Fish Poison, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society,
Vol. 68, pp. 269-280, 1939.

THIRTY-Sl!;VENTII BIENNIAL REPORT 21

powders. In very dilute concentrations (1:2,000,000) this kills fish
without being injurious to plant life, to many forms of fish food, or to
human beinsfs and other mammals. Six bodies of water in California have
been subjected to this treatment by the Bureau of Fish Conservation in
the last two years, and are listed below.

Gull Lake, Mono County. This 70-acre lake, once an excellent trout
fishery, had become'overrun with lake chubs. The lake was poisoned with
timbo on September 11, 1940. An estimated 500,000 eliubs were killed,
of which all but 100,000 were over two inches Ion*?. Only 254 trout were
found in the lake. It was restocked November 1st to 4th, some 50 days
after the treatement, with 76,000 eastern brook trout five inches lonfj. The
catch the following season (1941) is estimated at over 10,000 trout.

Hume Lake, Fresno County. Deterioration of trout fishing in this
94-acre reservoir had been ascribed to the number of minnows present
and had led to requests for remedial measures. Draining of the water by
the United States Forest Service in early October, 3940, in order to repair
the dam removed a large proportion of the rough fish, and on October 10th
poisoning with timbo of the remaining pools and springs on the lake bot-
tom, and of the tributary streams, was undertaken. The complexity of the
operation made estimates difficult, but it is reported that great numbers
of the minnow Lavinia exilicauda were destroyed. The lake was restocked
in late November with four-inch rainbow and satisfactory fishing was
reported the following season.

TJiompsons Lake, Plumas County. This two-acre lake lies 500 feet
above and one-quarter mile from Bucks Lake, an excellent trout fishing
water. Black bass placed therein by unauthorized persons constituted a
menace to trout due to the possibility of their migrating down into Bucks
Lake in the overflow from Thompson 's which occurs after heavy winters.
The lake was poisoned with timbo October 16, 1940, and 1,000 large-
mouthed black bass and 27 Lock Leven trout were destroyed. This lake
was not restocked; serving as domestic water supply for local cabin
owners, the presence of fishermen on its shores was not desired.

Lake Almanor, Plumas County. Carp present in this lake had been
blamed by fishermen for deterioration in the rainbow fishing. Although
no positive evidence of this exists, it was decided to experiment with carp
control during May and June of 1941. At this season the carp come into
the shallow bays to spawn. It was found that the best results were
obtained by spreading a strong solution of timbo across the mouth of a
bay which carp had entered, and then working back toward the head of
the bay. As the fish tried to escape they were killed passing through the
timbo barrier, and it is estimated that from 10,000 to 12,000 were disposed
of in this way in the course of the season. Some minnows were killed but,
so far as is known, only one small trout. Trout do not frequent the warm
shallows where the carp spa^vn.

Hot Creek Hatchery Water Supply, Mono County. Infections of
rainbow trout at this hatchery with Ichthyopthyrius having caused con-
siderable losses in the past, it was decided to try to destroy all fish in the
springs which form the water supply in the hope that elimination of
these hosts for the parasite would do away with the disease. A great
difficulty lay in the fact that the water issues from caves which extend
far back under the ground, thus making it impossible to poison the actual

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sources. The operations were carried out in October and November, 1941,
using cube as the rotenone source. x\ll fish were thought to have been
destroyed in System No. 2 and all but two in System No. 1, but the later
reappearance of more fish indicates that some must have survived in a
manner unknown. However, the fact remains that Hot Creek Hatchery
went through the 1942 season with no epidemic of Ichthyopthiriasis.

Crystal Lake, Los Angeles County. This 10-acre lake at an elevation
of 5,500 feet in Crystal Lake Park in the Angeles National Forest had
become so overrun with chubs and goldfish that trout had practically dis-
appeared therefrom. At the request of the Los Angeles County Depart-
ment of Forester and Fire "Warden, and with the active cooperation of
this agency, the lake was treated with cube on November 5, 1941. An esti-
mated 250,000 chubs and goldfish were eliminated, and only 48 trout were
seen. The lake was restocked with 14,000 six-inch rainbow in January,
1942, of which 7,000 by actual count were caught out in the first 15 days
of the 1942 season. Further plants have been made as the season
advanced, mth an indicated yield to the angler of 66 per cent of the
trout stocked.

Among the major projects which the biologists now have underway
but for which final reports have not been prepared are the following :

1. A program for the annual study of barren waters in Fresno
Count5^ Under the supervision of W. A. Dill in cooperation with the
Fresno Sportsmen's Club.

2. A study of the sport and commercial fishery in the Colorado River
and Salton Sea area by W. A. Dill and Chester Woodhull.

3. A continuance of the creel counts on the South Fork of the Tule
River, by "W. A. Dill.

4. Small mouthed bass studies by Chester Woodhull.

5. The Waddell and Scott Creek studies on the life histories and
propagation of steelhead trout and silver salmon by Leo Shapovalov.
Report in preparation.

6. The Castle Lake project for the study of the comparative product-
iveness of planting with rainbow. Loch Leven and eastern brook trout,
by J. H. Wales.

7. Experimental hatchery work at Mt. Shasta Hatchery for the
study and prevention of fish diseases and the utilization of various types
of fish food. The work is being done by J. H. Wales and assistants.

8. Studies of the fish production in June and Gull Lakes, Mono
County, by E. H. Vestal.

During the biennium a WPA project was in operation at the Stanford
University laboratory of the California Division of Fish and Game, and
also rendered field assistance at the Waddell Creek Experimental Station
and the Scott Creek Egg Collecting Station. Much useful aid was ren-
dered in clerical and laboratory assistance of various kinds and in the
translation of fisheries papers in other languages. The projects were
numbered 50-11861, Mav 24, 1940 to September 15, 1941, and 50-12364,
October 20, 1941 to July 20, 1942.

A statistical report of the number and sizes of fish reared, rescued
and planted during the years 1940 and 1941 will be found at the end of
this volume.

TiiiHTv-si:\'i:\'i'ir uminnmai, ifKi'nirr 23

BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION
POLLUTION DETAIL

Paul A. Sir.wv, In ('li.ir^o

The present bieimiinu, covorinf}: an expansion period for industries
and military camps, combined -with restrictions throu{?h rationing of
equipment and materials, brought many changes in the work of the
Pollution Detail. Tlie program in relation to war conditions may be
sunnnarized as follows :

OIL AND REFUSE

Federal requests, originating from gasoline and oil losses of an
unusual character in coastal areas, resulted in certain ])ersonnel trans-
fers to cover the coast line and harbors more adequately. Prosecutions
through additional air patrol served to minimize offshore pumping of
oily bilge and "ballast, but on our entry into the war this type of patrol
was no longer permitted and at San Diego and Port Ilueneme full con-
trol by the Navy ruled out further coverage.

However, in San Francisco and Los Angeles harbors, emphasis on
oil pollution enforcement was essential due to new and inexperienced
crews handling rush orders on both cargo and tanker shipments. Here,
full cooperation with Federal agencies continued through the biennium
with emphasis on prevention and clean-ups to aid the program of harbor
security and reduce fire hazards. Prevention became particularly
important where ownership of new vessels resided in the ^Maritime Com-
mission or War Shipping Administration, since violations could not
ordinarily be prosecuted.

Refuse piling and timbers from improvement of docks and new
construction may be discharged into State waters and constitute a serious
navigation hazard, especially in the landing of sea planes, and military
authorities have relied on our assistance in preventing the discharge of
such material. In this connection, out of five men from the Detail who
are on military leave, three have harbor security assignments and two of
these are continuing duties where their cooperation on oil and refuse
pollution is still effective.

MILITARY CAMPS

In cooperation with Navy and Army officials, and the State Bureau
of Sanitary Engineering, numerous conferences were held relative to
installing proper sewage disposal plants at military camps to safeguard
State waters.

DEFENSE PLANTS

Exceptionally good cooperation was received in providing adequate
waste disposal protection at many new or expanding plants for war
production.

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FOOD AND BEVERAGE PLANTS

A deferment on installation of recommended screening facilities was
granted to fruit and vegetable canners. This unfortunately extended the
date for compliance with the law beyond the time that equipment could
be purchased under Avartime restrictions. However, while permanent
corrections have not been attained, a marked improvement was effected
through insistance on improvised or manually operated equipment which
reduced pollution, particularly from asparagus plants and delta area
packing sheds.

At Monterey and San Francisco fish processing plants, a slow but
continued improvement was secured. These included enclosures to
collect waste, screening facilities, improved settling tank design, and two
by-product recovery plants for stick-liquor. War restrictions and
priorities deferred some anticipated construction, the largest of these
being a City of Los Angeles project for treatment of Terminal Island
plant wastes, which reach a peak flow of 25,000,000 gallons daily.

Other food and beverage plants including sugar refineries, dairy and
milk plants, wineries, etc., where prior work of the Detail had estab-
lished a reasonable degree of control, required continued inspections
and some enforcement action. One bay area sugar refinery completed
a treatment plant installation prior to materials restrictions and a
southern California concern installed settling basins in lieu of permanent
mechanical equipment. In the mne industry there were indications
that the problem of still slop disposal would be minimized through use to
recover tartrate by-products.

SAWMILLS

War time demands greatly accelerated lumber production particu-
larly in the north coast area, thus requiring more inspection time and
enforcement where pollution and stream obstructions were not eliminated
upon request.

MINING

Due to government declaration of the nonessential character of
gold mining and inability of owners to secure equipment replacement,
activity in this line was rapidly declining as the biennium drew to a close.
Thus, with many potential sources of pollution disappearing, the patrol
of mining areas was discontinued and the personnel transferred to more
essential coastal work.

Earlier in the biennium, ordinances adopted by Trinity and Sonoma
counties and passage of a State law requiring clarification of tailings from
placer mines within the Sacramento and San Joaquin watersheds had
aided in control of mining pollution. A committee of miners and sports-
men with representatives of the corresponding State agencies failed to
reach an agreement on amending Section 482, but a temporary injunc-
tion brought by Del Norte County against certain Klamath River
dredges served to improve the clarity of that stream.

Special efforts were made to safeguard salmon spawning tributaries
of the Sacramento River in the Shasta Dam area and concerns furnishing
sand and gravel for the Shasta and Friant dams took steps to prevent
silting of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.

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The study on copper drainafjo fVdiii liiiiiicis in t he Shasta Dam area
was completed and a construction |)r(),i('et to scjiI a number of those con-
tributing to tlie condition is in progress. Two otiicr tunnels which
contribute dangerous quantities ol' dissolved copper may have to be
sealed by the division as the owners are insolvent and the IJnited States
Bureau of Reclamation failed to approve our re(|uest to conduct the
work. One copper mine that closed down in Plumas County caused
severe damage to tish life through drainage of untreated tunnel water,
but was successfully proseeuled and remedial action taken.

RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS

The employment of a sanitary engineer as recommended in the
previous report enabled the completion of a number of detailed investi-
gations on polluted water areas and the character of plant wastes. Such
data is essential in making practical recommendations for correction
and to provide suitable prosecuting evidence where necessary. The man
employed for this work is now on military leave, and a laboratory trailer
completed for his use is temporarily idle. While this is regrettable, it
is usually true that problems requiring laboratory and engineering data
to solve are also the ones that would require restricted mechanical equip-
ment to correct so that the situation automatically adjusts itself to
present war conditions.

One study demonstrating the damage to salmon spawning from
mining silt should be of particular value in future control work, and
an article covering this data is being prepared.

WASTE DISPOSAL INSTALLATIONS

Among the major installations provided for pollution control may
be mentioned the $120,000 treatment plant for Santa Fe Springs oil
well wastes wdiich was completed; the $400,000 project for improving
an oil refinery waste disposal system in the bay area which was 70 per
cent completed; a $30,000 "Vacuator" installation for solids removal
at a fruit and vegetable cannery; the treatment plant for San Diego
domestic and industrial sewage which was nearly completed, and sev-
eral modern oil separator installations at railroad yards.

ENFORCEMENT

In addition to types of violations that have previously been prose-
cuted, the present period included the initial and successful prosecution
of violations originating from wineries, fish boats and plants, fruit and
vegetable canning, dairy refuse, and mine tunnel drainage.

The officers of the Pollution Detail were empowered during the
biennium to enforce certain sections of the Public Health and Safety
Code relating to pollution of waters from garbage, and secured cor-
rections on many conditions that had been a source of complaint. As
yet no violation of this t^'pe has required prosecution.

Mr. C. L. Towers continued to supervise court actions until his
departure on military leave at the end of the biennium. A total of 174
cases were prosecuted wdth fines of $29,500 of wdiich amount onlj'- $900
was suspended.

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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

Instructions for 1942 Antelope Hunting

ADULT BUCKS HORNS

IMMATURE BUCK

Your Antelope Permit is
Enclosed Herewith

The area open to antelope hunting in
Modoc and Lassen counties only, is outlined
on the reverse side of your permit. You must
report at checking station before hunting
and check out when through hunting, at
that time turning in your antelope report
card.

Hunters are cautioned to exercise great
care while in the field. Remember you are
in stock country and for the most part hunt-
ing on private property. You are the guest
of the landowner and as such should conduct
yourself so as not to damage livestock, water
holes, fences, or other property. Do not
make camp near stock watering places, leave
gates open, or otherwise make a nuisance of
yourself.

Your conduct may be the deciding
factor as to -whether we will ever have
another antelope season.

Remember the Following:

-^ No shooting from cars.

■^ No chasing with cars.

■< No male antelope to be shot with horns
shorter than ears.

■< No female antelope shall be shot.

M No camping near stock water.

-^ No transfer of permits.

■^ Remember you must check in at check-
ing stations and after hunting check
out, turning in your card report.

■^ Do not bring friends with you who have
no permits.

■M Do not leave gates open.

•^ Do not make a nuisance of yourself.

M Hunting license must bear antelope per-
mit number.

M Evidence of sex must be left on hide.

•^ Hide must be retained for ten days after
close of season.

■M Antelope, unlike deer, have a gall bladder,
so look for it when you dress your
animal.

Ticks in antelope areas carry spotted
fever; watch for them. If ticks do not
stay on you more than 3 hours there is
little danger.

ADULT DOE

ADULT DOE'S HORNS

^1
AVERAGE DOE'S HORNS

Fig. 4

TMIKTY-SEVKNTII HIKNNMAI; KKPORT 27

REPORT OF BUREAU OF GAME CONSERVATION

By J. S. Hunter, Chief

At the last session of tlie Legislature an act was passed providin;jj
for an open season and limited kill of HOO male antelope the first in our
State in 48 years. Antelope formerly ranjjed over much of the State but
on account of heavy huntino- and afiricultural development were wiped
out in practically all parts of it except the plateau country in the north-
eastern part of the State.

The bill provided that the commission could establish reticulations
under which the hunt could be carried on. In accordance with the
provisions of the law, the commission fixed the shooting area as the
eastern part of Modoc and Lassen counties and the open dates May 29 th
to June 15th, inclusive. Nearly 3,000 applications were made for the
500 permits to be granted. Each application was numbered as received
and at the closing time for the filing of applications, cards bearing the
numbers were placed in a large container, thoroughly shaken and num-
bers drawn in the presence of newspaper men, sportsmen and State
officials. After the first 500 were recorded, 150 more were drawTi as
alternates should any of the 500 not qualify. In all, 452 hunters showed
up in the field and killed 405 animals. There was no scarcity of antelope
and the only reason all were not successful was on account of not putting
the bullet w^here the antelope happened to be. The animals were taken
in good condition : not fat — antelope seldom are — but in good flesh.
Those weighed averaged, camp dressed, 92.9 pounds. Horns were fully
developed. None were of exceptional length or spread. Nearly 40
per cent, however, were more than 14 inches in length.

There was complaint from hunters on the spring season. Scalps,
generally, were not good for mounting. This was on account of the fact
that the climatic season was, according to the weather bureau, two to
three weeks late. In the spring, for the most part, bucks and does do
not run together and hunters are less likely to make errors. Recom-
mendations for future seasons would be to give the commission authority
to fix a 15-day season some time between May 20th and July 1st, the
dates to be selected in accordance with climatic conditions. If the season
is advanced, earlier, and if backward, later. When the number of
hunters and the kill are limited there is no reason for a long season.
Seventy-seven per cent of the kill was made during the first three days
and 93 per cent during the first ten.

Hunters should be given instructions as to how the animals should
be handled after killing and be required to follow them. Much excellent
meat was lost by sloppy treatment.

THE GAME KILL

In order that we may have a definite idea as to the amount of game
taken each year b}' the thousands of hunters in California, w^e send out
from our laboratory at Terminal Island thousands of questionnaires to

28 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

hunters in all counties asking that they send us a record of their kill
during the previous open season. At the close of the hunting season
these forms are mailed to those who purchased hunting licenses during
the past license j^ear. For 1940 nearly 11,000 returned the questionnaire
and for 1941 nearly 13,000. From these reports Donald H. Fry, Jr.,
has completed an estimate of the game take throughout the State.
We believe that it is reasonably accurate. This information as gathered
each year will give valuable information as to the changes that are taking
place and will eliminate much of the guesswork of the past.

The kill during the 1940 season totals 6,009,185 head of game and
in 1941, 5,673,282, approximately 5 per cent less. By varieties the kill

was:

1940 1941

Quail 1,290,487 1,208,788

Doves 1,711,862 1,368,464

Ducks 1,520,207 1,579,651

Geese 138,709 140,399

Pigeons 116,614 123,969

Pheasants 167,033 245,666

Deer 46,317 48,498

Rabbits 1,017,956 962,852

6,009,185 5,673,282

While the 1941 take was not as great as in the year previous
the drop was not enough to be alarming. War conditions entered the
picture and without doubt cut down the hunting effort. The 47 per cent
increase in the pheasant take indicates the excellent condition of that
species, particularly in the rice counties. Nearly two-thirds of the State
kill is in the Sacramento Valley.

The success of the dove hunters of northern California depends
upon climatic conditions in the late summer. If in late August cooler
weather prevails the birds move from localities where they are abundant
and are not found by the hunters. In 1940 hundreds of birds were
taken near Tupman in Kern County. In August, 1941, in the same area,
doves were even more abundant but by September 1st all had moved
out and only one shot was fired. At best, most of the northern part of
the State has only two or three days of dove hunting.

Throughout the State the take of game corresponds very well with
the license sales. Hunters of the populated centers spread out more,
hunting in practically all counties and taking game in proportion to the
percentage of licenses they buy. Fifty-seven per cent of the game is
taken by residents of the county in which it is killed. This percentage
varies with the species, two-thirds of the quail and doves and less than
half of the ducks, geese and pheasants.

The deer kill in the biennium was the heaviest on record. In all
89,810 were harvested ; nearly 3,000 less in 1941 than in 1940, probably
on account of hunters having less time and opportunity. In certain
counties there are from time to time conditions arising that cut down
the deer population. In the upper coast counties there is considerable
loss nearly everj- year from abnormal development of internal parasites.
In other parts Of the coast, particularly in San Benito, Monterey and
San Luis Obispo counties, there was in 1941 a heavy loss due to screw
worms.

TTTlRTy-SKVKNTir lUKNNIAIi RKI'OKT

29

PARASITES AND DISEASES

. Excellent progress has been made by the medical profession in the
control of the diseases and parasites that man is heir to. The span of
life has been leiifithenod genei-ally b}^ tlicii' work. \'etorinariaris have
worked hard and liave gained innch ground in their work witli domestic
animals. Game administrators, however, have neglected this important
field and it is probable that hick of snccess in many instances is the
resnlt. It is trne that it will be difficnlt to doctor wild animals, but
is it impossible? We must have full knowledge of the diseases and of
the life histories of the parasites. When you know the cause then only
are you competent to recommend the cure. Dr. C. M. Herman, recently
employed by the division, outlines in the following paragraphs some
of the problems that we have in California.

A little over a year ago a cooperative agreement with the Los Angeles
Wildlife Disease Research Station of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service made it possible for us to utilize their personnel and the per-

p — r

QUAIL KILL 1940

ONE DOT FOR 1000 QUAIL

MAP or
CALIFORNIA

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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

soiinel of their WPA project in studies on diseases of California game,
particular!}^ parasitic infections. The studies pursued were chiefly
surveys of parasitism in quail in various areas of the State. The great-
est number of samples were secured by the Pittman-Robertson project
studying quail management in the southern coastal counties. Exami-
nation of fecal samples from over 3,000 quail was undertaken and it
was found that coccidia, an intestinal parasite, were very prevalent in
most areas. Other intestinal parasites were comparatively infrequent.
Over twice as many blood smears from quail have been studied. The
most frequent blood parasite was Haemoproteus lophortyx 0 'Roke, but
several other parasites new to quail were also observed. During March,
1942, with the termination of the WPA project, the cooperative agree-
ment was concluded but since then we have been able to reopen our own
laboratory and plans are under way to continue these studies and gradu-
ally broaden the scope of the work to include all game species and related
animals and predators particularly as they may relate to management.

Fig. 6

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31

Several pluises of the i)i'()bl(Mii will he iii\('sti<i:ate(l. Extensive sur-
veys will be cai'i'ied out to (let(M'Hiiu(! what ])arasites occur, how wide-
spread are certain diseases and what other animals may be affected or may
serve as carriers. Ki-om such information, ])Ius Jaboi-itory experiments
on life histories and pat]ioIo<iy, il is hoped that we sh;ill be able to evalu-
ate the importance of diseases and the nalure of damage to wild animal
]iopulations. Once such information has been obtaiiu'd control measures
will be attempted. One of the important still unanswered questions in
wildlife is the fluctuation of populations know'u as cych's. The first
known project on this subject was the British Grouse investigation on
which a rei)ort was ])ublished in li)l 1 . Similar surveys have been cai-ried
out in other parts of the world as well as in this Country since that time.
At the Matamek Conference on Biolooical Cycles (1982) a <ii-eat deal
of importance was placed on the disease factor. Although much inves-
tigation has been made, particularly on rabbits and game birds, the
reasons for the periodicity, with cyclic diseases as a possible factor, are
still obscure and much more extensive work is indicated. Often the

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MAP or
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PHEASANT KILL 1940

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MAP or

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evaluation of certain diseases of wildlife has been based on the findings
in similar domestic species but we are finding, as in the case of coccidiosis
in valley quail, that the picture may be vastly different in many respects
and therefore requires a different method of approach and interpre-
tation. Whereas in poultry coccidiosis soil contamination appears to
be an important factor, it does not seem to be involved in the spread of
coccidiosis among the wild quail. Analysis of over 500 soil samples
from quail concentration spots from three areas in the State, where
coccidia were found to be very prevalent in the quail, revealed prac-
tically none of the resistant stages found in soil examinations of poultry
runs.

A number of doves in California in recent years have been found
infected with a disease of the throat. This is usually easily recognized
by the presence of yellowish masses in the back of the mouth. These
lesions may vary in size from hardly noticeable dots to a mass or masses
sufficient in bulk to occlude the passage of food. It is assumed that in

THIRTY-SEVENTH UIENNIAL REPORT

33

MAP or
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such cases the birds die of starvation rather than any toxic effects of
the disease. The lesions may be cheesy or rubbery in texture and can
easily be broken into pieces or scraped from the throat entirely. The
latter procedure, followed by generous swabbing of the resulting raw
surface with a weak tincture of iodine will clear up the condition in
captive birds. Infection has usually been noted to be severe chiefy in
concentrations of doves being fed in one spot by humans. Apparently
the coarse grain causes pieces of the lesions to sluff off from infected
doves and these are then in turn picked up by other doves. The disease
is readly transmitted to other doves and domestic pigeons (young)
experimentally by swabbing the throat of an infected dove with moist
cotton and then immediately repeating the procedure in the experimental
bird.

The disease has been referred to as roup, canker, frownse, and
other terms. It is usually caused by a protozoan parasite — Trichomonas

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gallinae — which can easily be demonstrated under the lesions. It has
been observed by several workers along the eastern seaboard and in
Ohio in wild mourning doves and has also been observed from the
Imperial Valley and Hollywood, California. The California records
have not been published but were reported at the A.O.U. meetings in
Denver in 1941. The Hollywood outbreak affected a flock of about 180
to 200 birds and about 60 to 80 per cent of this flock was decimated.

Although there have been many surveys on the occurrence of para-
sites in rodents, deer and many other species of mammals and birds from

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various i)arts of the world, there have been only meaf^er attempts to
interpret or evaluate the iini)()rtan('e of tlie parasites or diseases observed.
With the broad program being jihiiined for our laboratory it is hoped
that the California Division of Fish and Game will be able to make a sub-
stantial contribution toward the solution of some of these problems.

BOTULISM

Duck disease, or botulism, continues to take a heavy toll from our
waterfowl. Thousands of birds have died in various parts of our State,

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particularly at Tulare, Tule and Goose lakes and in the lower Klamath
Lake region. Tulare Lake, dry for many years, filled with the heavy
run-off during the winter of 1937-38 and will continue as a lake until we
have a cycle of years of lesser rainfall. Irrigation practices together
with the summer heat and decaying vegetation produce ideal conditions
for the development of botulism. Water is pumped to preirrigate many
thousands of acres in the lake basin. This happens just prior to the
arrival of the first wave of migration early in August. Almost imme-
diately sick ducks are noted. More and more birds arrive and the con-
dition becomes progressively worse until the temperature drops in Octo-
ber or November. Some idea as to the duck population can be secured
from the estimate made by our field men during the summer of 1940 :

August 2 12,000

August 25 100,000

September 5 350,000

September 19 800,000

October 2 1,500,000

October 14 900,000

November 6 600,000

The duck rescue crew must work under the most unfavorable con-
ditions. Thousands of acres of disease area covered from a few inches
to two or more feet with water but for the most part too shallow for any
kind of a boat ; mud sticky and deep ; few roads and a temperature over-
head of upwards of 110°. The rescued birds often must be carried for
miles to cars that in turn take them to the hospital pens where good water
and food are available. During the two seasons of 1940-41, 11,193 birds
were picked up and hospitalized. Of these 80 per cent recovered. Most
of them were banded and released. On account of the vast area and the
adverse conditions under which the rescue crews work, it is probable
that less than 10 per cent of the sick birds are picked up. All told, the
annual loss throughout the State must run into hundreds of thousands.

CROP DAMAGE

Crop damage by game, particularly waterfowl and deer, is not a
new problem in California. "With the increase of both species during the
past several years, complaints have become more strenuous. Ducks and
blackbirds are blamed by rice ranchers for causing extreme losses in the
rice fields and in the Imperial Valley not only in the rice but in alfalfa
and other crops as well. Blackbirds work during the daytime and can
be kept out by the use of a 22 rifle. The ping of the bullet over the field
is very effective. Ducks, however, work largely at night and are more
difficult to control. Particularly strenuous complaints have been
received from the Imperial Valley. One of our field men. Bob Hart,
was detailed to the valley to study methods of control. He found that
the most effective method was the use of a revolving light that he per-
fected. This lis'ht, run from a storage battery, was constructed with
gears so that it flashed intermittently. The first difficulty was on
account of air beacons. This was overcome by making the light revolve
in the opposite direction to the beacon. It was found that one light in
the center of a 160-acre field was very effective. With the experience
gained the light was improved and several were constructed to use more
extensively. Then blackout regulations arose and further experiments

TrilRTY-SKVENTir IMKNNIATj REPORT

87

along this line were prohibited. However, we believe that there has
been developed a method of crop protection from ducks that will be
generally satisfactory when conditions permit its use.

PREDATORY ANIMALS

During the years 1940-41 the division paid bounties on 471 moun-
tain lions bringing the total since the inception of the lion bounty in 1907
to 8,877. More than half, 4,446, have been killed in the eight counties
in the northwestern part of the State ; 973 in Humboldt County alone.
In the six southern counties 668 have been taken; San Diego County
leading with 230. The distribution of lions in the State is well shown
by the map on page 37 of this report. Tlie scarcity of the animal in
the eastern part of the State is noteworthy. During the two-year
period our force of predatory animal trappers accounted for 6,477
coyotes, 2,050 wildcats and 4,809 other predators. The catch by county
is sho"WTi in the table on page 86 of the report.

Fig. 12

38 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

PITTMAN-ROBERTSON PROJECTS

Coincident with the passage of the necessary enabling legislation
in 1939, California became an active participant in the Pittman-Robert-
son program. By the end of the period covered by this report this
State had been allotted Federal Aid funds amounting to $307,352.92.
The State's contribution of $102,450.93, one-third of the Federal appor-
tionment, brought the total to $409,803.85.

Eleven Pittman-Robertson projects, involving the obligation of funds
amounting to $342,093.60, have been undertaken and six were com-
pleted during the past biennium.

Pittman-Robertson projects fall into three categories : surveys and
investigations; development; and land acquisition. Of California's
projects, five are in the first category, four in the second, and two in
the third.

Surveys and Investigations

The first investigational project undertaken (Project 2-R) was a
survey to determine the status of the kinds of beaver native to the State.
This study was carried on in cooperation with the University of Cali-
fornia, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. The University paid the salary
of the investigator and provided most of the supervision, while expenses-
were paid from project funds. The investigation has been completed
and a final report of the beaver survey is now in the process of pub-
lication.

Shortly after the beaver survey was begun, a general survey of
California's fur resources (Project 5-R) was inaugurated. The investi-
gators assigned to this project are determining the status of our more
important fur bearers, the amount and value of the fur crop, and the
effectiveness of present laws relating to the taking of fur. The data
that are being assembled will provide the basis on which a sound pro-
gram of fur management may be built in the future. This project,
begun in July, 1940, will continue for a period of five years.

In 1937, the United States Forest Service in cooperation with the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, launched a study of the man-
agement of deer in the Gibraltar area of the Los Padres National Forest
in Santa Barbara County. The investigation was carried on until
1940, when the lack of funds made its continuation under its original
auspices impossible. The Division of Fish and Game then entered the
jiicture and agreed to carry on the study with Pittman-Robertson funds
(Project 3-R). The project was continued until Januarj^ 1, 1942, when
it became necessary to terminate it.

The management of the valley quail, California's most important
native game bird, is being made the object of exhaustive studies in the
south coast region (Project 6-R) . The course of the investigation is being
directed toward the development of management tools that may be put
to practical use throughout the State. The investigators are concerning
themselves particularly with the effect that the manipulation of food,
water, and cover will have on quail populations and with the limiting
effect of such factors as disease, predation, and the poisoning of rodents.
The project was originally set up for a five-year period. Two years
of study had been completed at the end of the biennium.

TIIIRTY-SEVKNTII lUKXNIAF. RKPOKT 39

An aerial survey of bif? game in northeastern California (Project
12-R) was bej>'nii in Febrnary, 1942, for the primary purpose of
determining the numbers and distribution of antelope in Modoc, Lassen,
and adjacent counties. In addition, information on the feasibility of
censusing deer, elk and sagehen from the air was secured. The survey
was completed just prior to the opening of the antelope season during
the latter part of May and a final report is now being prepared.

Development Projects

Two water development projects, Projects 1-D and 4-D, were begun
during the summer and winter of 1940. Project 1-D, still in operation,
involves the development of springs and the construction of enclosures
primarily designed to restore sagehen habitat, but also benefiting val-
ley quail, cotton-tail, antelope, and mule deer. The locale is north-
eastern California. Project 4-D, located in Inyo, San Bernardino, and
eastern Kern counties was completed just prior to the end of the
biennium. Ninety-four springs were developed, fenced against live-
stock, and the enclosures were planted with trees and shrubs which will
supplement existing food and cover. Valley, Gambel, and mountain
quail, chukar partridge, rabbits, and mountain sheep are the game
species which will be primarily benefited by the 4-D development pro-
gram.

Much of the work that has been completed by Projects 1-D and
4-D has been done in cooperation with the United States Forest Service,
United States Grazing Service, and the AAA. These agencies have
contributed materials or CCC labor for the development of springs that
will benefit both livestock and game.

Project 7-D, undertaken in October, 1941, involves the resurvey
and reposting of the legislative game refuges. It is estimated that
approximately two years will be required for the completion of this
project.

Project 9-D, the Suisun Waterfowl Refuge development project,
was completed during July, 1942. The construction of 41,047 feet of
levee and four new flood gates will protect the refuge from inundation
during periods of high water and will enable the better control of the
water supply during all seasons of the year. The end result will be
the production of a more adequate food supply for the migratory water-
fowl that use the refuge during the fall and winter months.

Land Acquisition Projects

Two land acquisition projects were begun during the biennium.
The first involves the purchase of black-tailed deer winter range in the
foothills of eastern Tehama County (Project 10-L) and the second, the
creation of a waterfowl management area in Honey Lake Valley,
Lassen County (Project 11-L). Both projects require the purchase of
a number of parcels over a period of years. One parcel of 23,000 acres
has already been acquired in Tehama County and negotiations for the
purchase of the basic unit of the Honey Lake Valley area were nearing
completion at the end of the biennium.

40 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

BUREAU OF THE GAME FARMS

By August Bade, Chief

Two principle factors are responsible for more efficient production
and distribution of game birds in the State in the past two years.

(1) Many of the counties have, through the use of half of the fine
money collected in the county, built and are operating many more rear-
ing pen units than in the past.

(2) The Bureau of Game Farms is now working more directly with
the county board of supervisors, as well as the local sportsmen's clubs,
which gives the program more stability and places responsibility on the
shoulders of men who are more dependable and experienced in business
matters. This combination also helps the budget of the Bureau of Game
Farms as the materials for these pens and feed for the birds is provided
out of a portion of this fine money.

In 1940 breeding stock of pheasants and partridges was installed
at Willows, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, Castaic and Valley Center,
in addition to the regular complement of breeders at Yountville and
Chino. The eggs from these breeding birds are shipped to Yountville
and Chino for incubation and the day old chicks shipped back to these
several units for brooding and rearing.

During the latter part of 1941 incubators were installed at Fresno to
help take care of the South San Joaquin Valley projects and eliminate
shipping costs into that area. So far this incubating unit at Fresno has
done very well and will be increased as business demands. Small incu-
bators have been installed at Willows and Sacramento in order to take
care of eggs that are brought in by sportsmen from nests that have been
destroyed by farming operations.

GAME MANAGEMENT COURSE AT HUMBOLDT STATE COLLEGE

Possibly the outstanding accomplishment of the Bureau of Game
Farms during this biennium period was the establishment of a Game
^Management Course at the Humboldt State College at Areata. The
course consists of two years of class work in conjunction with actual expe-
rience with the incubators, brooders, rearing pens and the fish hatchery.
This project was made possible by the Humboldt County Board of Super-
visors, the Humboldt State College and local conservationists. Particu-
lar credit is due Arthur Gist, president of the school, and Fred Telo-
nicher, a teacher who has direct charge of the course. Three boys who
have taken one year of this course are now employed by the Bureau of
Game Farms, and their fine work proves that men who have had the
advantage of this schooling are better fitted to carry on the work of
handling and producing game birds. In other words, class room work,
plus actual experience, well fits these men for the duties that follow on a
game farm or in the field of game management.

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 41

GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

In 1940, the first year of the game management program, 18 areas
were organized and operated witli a total of 70,318 acres. Tliis acreage
Avas cnt to 53,447 in 194T witli 21 areas in operation, three more than in
the previons year. During tlie first year of the game management pro-
gram 7,008 game birds were released on the 18 areas. In 1941 a total of
8,750 birds were released on the 21 areas.

The first year's kill was 2,3G9, while 4,480 were taken in 1941.

In 1941 with a total release of 8,750 birds, and a kill of 4,480, the
records show that 24 per cent of the birds taken were banded birds that
were purchased and released by game management operators. During
the previous year only a few banded birds were reported by sportsmen.
The records of banded birds taken by sportsmen during the regular open
season show that many of these birds had traveled many miles from the
original point of release. In one particular case two banded birds w^ere
taken 18 miles from the area on which they were released six weeks
previously.

Another interesting side light on game management areas shows
that of a total of 53,447 acres but 15,893 were cultivated and 37,554
uncultivated. Many seem to think that all game managed areas were
established on cultivated lands.

At the end of two years of game management operations, a check on
the areas adjacent to these game managed properties shows a decided
increase in the number of birds found on these nearby areas. In other
w^ords game management areas have helped in a great measure to populate
all contiguous territory.

There has been some opposition to game management areas in certain
districts. It is believed that it has been brought about by misconception
of the working of the game management law.

BATTERY BROODERS

For the first time in the history of California game bird production,
battery brooders were tried out at both Chino and Yountville. The
results of experiments so far carried on indicate that the battery brooder
may play an important part in the future of upland game bird pro-
duction.

With this equipment as an aid in the brooding of birds for the first
two weeks, mortality, that usually comes during this period, is reduced
materially. It is planned to go on with this type of brooding and try to
v/ork out the details that may lead to more universal use of this equip-
ment. Individual manpower is multiplied three fold by using battery
equipment. "With the labor situation as it is, this is a factor worth con-
sidering. The Cost of labor makes up a very large part of production
costs, so if this battery system, which is not expensive to install, will help
to reduce cost and multiply production three fold, it is worth a thorough
trial.

REARING PENS

It is more evident as time goes on that the rearing pen program is
sound and has the effect of making game bird production and distribution
a community project. With added interest because of this fact, the birds

42 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

reared and released throngli ttese pens become eommumty property, and
receive more protection.

At the present time the Bureau of Game Farms is serving 129 com-
munities in the State with more being under consideration.

FIELD DOG TRIALS

It is generally conceded by all well informed sportsmen that the
hunting dog is a real factor in upland game bird conservation. The
hunter who shoots over a good dog leaves no cripples and actually saves
time as well as birds.

For this reason the Bureau of Game Farms has always taken a keen
interest in field trials and the use of more good dogs in the field.

And at the same time we are fully aware of some abuses along the
lines of promotion and commercialism that has crept into this fine sport.

FERTILITY-HATCHABILITY- BROODING LOSS

On the average, fertility of game birds' eggs runs about 85 per cent
and the average hatchability for the past two years was 60 per cent of
all eggs set for the season.

In the past few years this hatching percentage has been raised each
season due to better mechanics and local hatching information. Generally
speaking heat, moisture, and ventilation, or better yet the proper com-
bination of these factors, causes an egg to hatch a strong healthy chick.
All well informed men fully agree that incubation is always a local prob-
lem and must be worked out with local atmospheric conditions considered.

For many years, in fact going back to the old English and Scotch
game breeders, it was a general rule that 2i eggs from the laying pens
were required to put one bird in the field. Even with modern methods
and fine equipment this rule still holds good.

Xot all eggs are fertile. Some are cracked, or have faulty shells and
must be discarded. So when infertile and faulty shelled eggs are dis-
carded, and to this list is added dead germ-embryos that die m the
process of incubation, we can readily see why it takes two and a half, or
even three eggs from the laving pens to put one fully developed bird in
the field.

After the chicks are hatched there is a small loss in the process of
brooding, and still another small loss in the rearing pen before final
release. When all these factors are considered it is easy to see why it
requires 2-| to 3 eggs from the laying pens to put one matured bird in the
field for natural propagation.

EGGS LAID

]i in ij- nee ked pheasant,

MonfioHan pheasant.

Chinese pheasant.

Reeves pheasant

Partridges

Quail

Turkey

241,071

49,136
EGGS DISTRIBUTED

18,042

812

Rin(j-ne(ked pheasant.

Monqolian pheasant,

Chinese pheasant.

Reeves pheasant

Partridges

Q nail

Turkey

2.4S4

408

TPIIRTY-SEVliNTll JllE.N'MAL UKl'OHT 43

BIRDS LIBERATED
l\'in!/-iivckcd phcanavl,
Mon<iolinn plieasniit,
Chinese phvananl,
lieevea phvdHdiit I'dilriilf/tK Quail Turkey

114.()!»2 ITjr.T c.iini: 282

Tctiil l)ir(lsrclc;is.(l 138,383

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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF PATROL AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT

By L. F. Chappell, Chief

The early part of November, 1940, Lt. Col. E. L. Macaulay, Chief,
Bureau of Patrol, was called to active duty in the United States Army and
in January, 1941, Assistant Chief of Patrol L. F. Chappell was appointed
Chief of Patrol to act during the absence of Lt. Col. Macaulay. Assistant
Chief of Patrol C. S. Bauder was transferred from the southern district
to the central district to take the place of L. F. Chappell in Sacramento
and Captain Earl Macklin was placed in charge of the southern district
with headquarters in the Los Angeles office.

Captain Harp was promoted to Assistant Chief in October, 1941,
with headquarters in San Francisco, occasioned by the resignation of
Assistant Chief K. P. AUred.

Assistant Chief of Patrol C. H. Groat took a leave of absence on
April 1, 1942, to enter defense activities and "Warden L. G. Van Vorhis
was promoted captain and placed in charge of the Terminal Island office.

During this biennium Assistant Chief of Patrol K. P. Allred
resigned on October 15, 1941, Warden J. W. Thornburg retired on dis-
ability April 2, 1941, J. H. Gyger, who retired from active service during
the previous biennium, passed away in the fall of 1941, just one year
after his retirement was effective.

George Seymour was given charge of Junior Game Patrol in Feb-
ruary, 1941, and on May 11, 1942, William Bostwick took charge of this
and other activities.

The folio-wing members of the Bureau of Patrol have taken military
leaves of absence during this biennium :

Wardens

E. R. Hyde ' 12/10/40

Rudolph Switzer 10/ 9/41

William Sholes 11/ 1/41

George Werden 2/ 9/42

A. Crocker 3/24/42

L. E. Golden 3/26/42

Donald Glass 6/12/42

Eugene Durney 6/18/42

Assistant wardens

E. A. Johnson 6/10/41

Jacob Myers 12/ 1/41

John Finigan 2/17/42

Elmer Doty 3/ 3/42

William Dye 3/10/42

Richard Hardin 3/26/42

Cooks

Virgil Swenson 2/11/42

Deckhands

W. Plett 2/11/42

TIITRTY-REVENTrT TJiriNNIAfi RTPOUT 45

The following resigned to engage in defense work :

Assistant Wardens

LeRoy Hage 4/ 3/42

Robert Macklin 4/17/42

P. Wenkor 4/16/42

P. Westcott 6/22/42

Chris Loris 3/21/42

Deckhands

Paul Richmond 5/25/42

Harry Roneh 6 /5/42

Cooks

Peter Nyhmd 2/10/42

B^^ron S.ylvester entered the service on March 26, 1941, and was
killed in an airplane accident shortly after his entrance into active
military duty.

The M. V. "Bluefin" was placed hack in service in December, 1940,
and a fine modern and efficient diesel-powered vessel was developed from
the ship damaged when she struck a reef off north Coronado Island on
November 12, 1939.

The cruiser "Marlin" broke her moorings on the evening of
November 20, 1941, during a heavy gale at Avalon and was blown ashore
which resulted in a total loss, except for the engines and a few miscel-
laneous items of small hardware which were salvaged to be used on
other patrolboats as required.

The patrolboat "Aerial" was contracted for in April, 1942, to work
in place of the "Marlin. " Due to war conditions, the building of a new
boat was not attempted at this time to replace the * ' Marlin. ' '

The "Perch," formerly stationed at Walnut Grove working the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, was assigned to Antioch in Decem-
ber 1941.

The "Shrapnel" was transferred from Lakeport to the Colorado
River after it was completely overhauled in the shipyards down south
and new engine installed.

Since the declaration of war, the Navy has been very interested in
securing both our larger and smaller vessels either by outright purchase
or by charter. Negotiations for transferring this equipment are now
under way.

Due to the Government freezing order affecting the tires on all
motorized transportation, which became effective early in the spring of
1942, a survey was made of all tires in the division and it was determined
upon completion of this survey that by restricting mileage, the Bureau
of Patrol could operate its fleet with the present tires for a period of
from 18 to 20 months, at which time it is possible that there will be some
relaxation in the present regulations.

The record of arrests and fines and forfeitures for this biennium
has been one of the largest in the history of the department. A complete
summary and recapitulation of arrests and convictions will be found in
the appendix on page 88.

46 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES

By RiCHAED Van Cleve, Chief

During the two years 1940 and 1941, the commercial fish landings
in California ports amounted to 2,817,441,484 pounds. In addition to
that used as fresh fish, 19,196,252 cases of canned fish, 188,949 tons of
fish meal, and 30,892,188 gallons of oil were produced. The total value
of these fisheries products was $114,647,208. Production figures for the
two years are shown in Table I.

TABLE I

19J^0 1941

Total landings (pounds) 1,292,388,421 1,525,053,063

Cases of fish canned 9,374,133 9,822,119

Tons of fish meal produced 86,137 102,812

Gallons of fish oil produced 13,214,990 17,677,198

Value of fishery products $46,557,144 $68,090,064

Some appreciation of the magnitude of these landings can be gained
by comparing them with the total production of fishery products for the
entire United States and Alaska. To obtain a representative figure, the
average amount of fish produced in California each year from 1935 to
1938, inclusive, is compared with the corresponding average yearly pro-
duction for the United States and Alaska. During the four years used
as the basis for Table II, California's landings on the average amounted
to 33.45 per cent of all fish delivered in the United States and Alaska.
This State also produced 36.53 per cent of all canned fish, 47.96 per cent
of all fish meal, and 52.1 per cent of all fish oil.

TABLE II

COMPARISON BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND TOTAL PRODUCTION OF
UNITED STATES AND ALASKA FOR 1935-1938, INCLUSIVE

Total landings Cases of Tons of Gallons of

(pounds) canned fish fish meal fish oil

United States and Alaska 4,390,333,250 18,517,060 220,335 35,650,570

California 1,468,398,750 6,763,503 105,664 18,574,663

Per cent of California com-
pared to United States and

Alaska 33.45 36.53 47.96 52.10

The number of people engaged in the California fisheries remained
fairly stable during the biennium. There were 9,087 commercial fisher-
men licensed during 1940-41, and 9,350 in 1941-42. A considerable
increase was noted in the number of employees in the plants, chiefly in
the canneries. During the year 1940, 10,919 workers were engaged by
the plants, with 14,632 for the year 1941.

EFFECT OF WAR

The effect of the war has been felt for some time in the California
fisheries in increased prices for canned fish used for the "lend-lease"

'i'llll{TY-SKVi;\"l'll lUI'iNNIAIi KIII'OKT 47

allocations, as well as in tlic loss of l)oa1s to the United States Navy,
and of the fishermen to the armed rf)r('es. AVitli 1he openin<? of hostili-
ties in the Pacific in December 1041, further ciii-tailment of fishing
activity occnrred, with an immediate in(;rease in the number of boats
taken over by the Federal Government. Restrictions were immediately
imposed upon the entrance and clearance of boats from the various ports,
and all enemy aliens were barred from offshore fishinjjT-

By July 1942, the number of boats available for sardine fishing had
been reduced from over 300 to about 180.

Of the total of 9,850 fishermen registered during the 1941-42 season,
1,303 were unnaturalized aliens, while 973 of foreign birth had com-
pleted their first papers. Of the fishermen licensed in the State, 1,027
were of Japanese parentage, 699 of these being aliens and 328 born in
the United States. All of these Japenese fishermen were immediately
eliminated from the fisheries. Of the 1,511 Italian fishermen, 787 were
subject to elimination from the offshore fisheries as enemy aliens. The
elimination of these aliens cut the total number of fishermen 19 per cent,
to approximately 7,600 fishermen, with a comparable temporary loss in
the productivity of the fisheries. The number of fishermen of the dif-
ferent nationalities, with their citizenship, are shovm in Table III.

Port restrictions were felt most in San Francisco and Los Angeles
harbors, where the major fisheries require the daily clearance and
entrance of large numbers of fishing vessels. It was impossible to coordi-
nate immediately the needs of the fisheries with the necessary restrictions.
However, recognition of the importance of maintaining the production of

TABLE III

CITIZENSHIP RECORD OF LICENSED COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN IN
CALIFORNIA— LICENSE YEAR 1941-1942

Citizenship First Full * Total

Nativity or race riot stated Alien papers citizenship fishermen

United States less Orientals 4.156 4.156

Italv 12 299 488 712 1.511

Japan ** 699. ___ 328 1,027

Jugoslavia 12 85 187 674 958

Norway 2 11 83 483 579

Portugal 1 81 79 214 375

British Empire 2 11 14 82 109

Sweden 9 17 63 89

Finland 2 8 14 34 58

Spain 18 19 20 57

China** _— — 56 56

Greece 21 11 19 51

Denmark 2 10 35 47

Russia 2 13 10 19 44

Germany 6 36 42

Mexico 1 17 10 13 41

France 1 4 7 13 25

Austria 2 1 20 23

All others 5 23 17 57 102

Total licensed fishermen in
California 4/1/41
through 3/31/42 40 1,303 973 7,034 9,350

* Full citizenship includes native born, foreign born of United States parents,
citizenship through father's naturalization, and second papers.

** United States born Orientals have been listed by race rather than nativity.

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fish has resulted in as much freedom of movement for the fishing fleet as
is consistent with National safety.

SARDINES

Production of sardines and sardine products is calculated on a
seasonal rather than an annual basis and is tabulated in Table IV for
the biennium. Production figures summarized in Table IV are given
in detail in Circulars 15 and 16 reprinted in the appendix.

TABLE IV

19\0-19U 19^1-1942

Total tons landed 454,709 585,463

Tons received for canning 226,188 366,292

Total cases of all sizes packed 3,188,089 5,395,286

Number of permits issued 70 74

Permit tonnage granted 850,000 343,684

Number of tons used under permits 223,587 211,356

Tons of meal produced 71,122 85,103

Gallons of oil produced 12,398,310 16,498,965

The beginning of sardine fishing was delayed until October, 1940, at
Monterey and San Francisco because of disagreements as to price of fish
and fishing conditions. Activities in these two ports were again curtailed
in the latter part of the season by stormy weather. In spite of heavy
landings of sardines in southern California, the restrictions in the two
northern ports were sufficient to hold the landings down to the relatively
low figure noted.

Profiting by the experience obtained in the previous season, prices
were settled before the 1941-42 season opened, and fishing began on
August 1st in San Francisco, and on August 14th in Monterey. In spite
of the closure of the San Francisco fishery on December 1, 1941, and the
very low catches made after that time in Monterey and San Pedro, the
catch, practically all of which had been landed before December 7th, was
large.

Increased prices for canned goods stimulated the canning industry,
with the result that a higher proportion of sardines was canned during
this biennium than in previous years. In 1940-41, 50 per cent of the
sardine catch was received for canning, while 63 per cent was used for
this purpose in 1941-42, as compared with from 23 to 42 per cent in the
preceding six years. The emphasis given to canning, combined with the
heavy catch, resulted in a record pack of 5,395,286 cases of canned sar-
dines in the last half of the biennium. Failure of the reduction plants to
utilize the full tonnage allotted to them by the commission for straight
reduction was in large part due to the cessation of fishing in December.
However, all the canneries in Monterey and San Pedro packed more than
the required 13^ cases per ton, and at least one canner in San Pedro
packed all sardines received during the last part of the season.

Sardine investigations by the Bureau of Marine Fisheries have been
particularly concerned with the measuring of the abundance and the
fluctuations in this abundance from year to year. During 1941-42 the
investigation of the age of sardines was undertaken in cooperation with
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

THIRTY-SEVENTir I'.IKNNIAf, l{i:i'Oi;'l' 49

Tagging of sardines was continued. Recovered tags have indicated
that the sardine populations iiilci-niiti^le fi-eely along the coast from
California to British Columbia. These returns have also given a measure
of the rate the sardines are caught by the fishery. Although the total
catch has remained stable at about 550,000 tons since 1935, investigation
of the catch indicates that there has beoi a decrease in the retui-ns
obtained by each boat. A decrease has also been noted in the size of fish
composing the commercial catch. For example, in lf);5(i-37 the average
number of sardines in a ton was 6,056, Avhile in 1041-42 it was 9,145,
representing approximately a 50 per cent increase. Thus it took 50
per cent more fish to make up a ton of fish in 1941-42 than it did in
1936-87.

Although there is no reason to be concerned over the possibility of
the extermination of the sardine by the fishermen, there is a possibility
that if the fishery is carried on too intensively, the population will decline
to the point where the success of a fishing season will depend upon the
chance occurrence of an abundant year-class. It is expected that investi-
gations now underway will, w^hen completed, assist in the determination
of the point at which the sardine fishery should be stabilized. Progress so
far has served to emphasize the importance of a more thorough investi-
gation of the rate of recruitment, since preliminary results obtained so
far have indicated that the survival of young fish may not yet have been
adversely affected by the fishery. Further investigation of this problem
is now impossible due to the war. However, as soon as opportunitj" offers,
the variation in numbers of young sardines that are produced each year
must be studied intensively with the associated factors that cause such
variation. When regulation is finally undertaken, it must be in the form
of control of the total catch. The total catch is not controlled by present
restrictions, which curtail only the number of tons of sardines taken for
straight reduction and are insufficient for proper management.

TUNA

During 1940 a total of 199,556,603 pounds of the five species of tuna
was landed in California ports, with a resulting pack of 3,799,912 cases.
The 1941 tuna season was not as successful as that of the previous year,
and only 124,729,913 pounds were taken and 2,400,862 eases packed.
The decrease in the landings of 1941 was due to factors that are at present
unknown ; and the investigations by this bureau have not been sufficiently
widespread to ascertain the causes. However, there is no reason at present
to feel that this decrease is due to overfishing.

Immediately after December 7, 1941, tuna boats were prohibited from
operating farther south than 10° N. latitude, which eliminated the very
productive grounds in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands and along
the Central American coast. A number of the large tuna boats had
already been acquired by the Navy, and before the end of the biennium
most of the boats above 90 feet in length had been taken.

The investigation of the tuna fishery so far has been confined to an
examination of the different species upon which the fishery is based.
The studies therefore have been largely systematic in nature. Additional
w^ork has also been started to determine if the fishery is exploiting more
than one population of each of the species concerned. Assistance has

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50 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

been provided to the industry through the publication of the results of

the investigation on the proper methods of refrigerating the fish on vessels,

which resulted in a marked decrease in losses from rejected fish due to

poor preservation.

MACKEREL

The mackerel fishery was especially successful in 1940, with 120,503,-
612 pounds landed ; but it decreased in 1941 to 78,167,200 pounds. Scoop
boats dominated the fishery and landed over two-thirds of the catch in
the 1941-42 season. The success of this simple form of fishing requires no
expensive gear, for almost any type of motor-propelled vessel is suitable ;
consequently the fisher}^ has attracted large numbers of fishermen. As a
result, competition between the various fishermen has meant a low indi-
vidual return in spite of the fact that this method of fishing has produced
a good total catch. The Navy 's acquisition of many purse-seine boats has
further increased the importance of the scoop boats.

Besides the loss of the purse-seine boats, many mackerel fishermen
haA'^e entered the armed forces, and even more left the fishery to take part
in the defense industries. Elimination of the enemy aliens also curtailed
the productivitj^ of this fishery. Port restrictions in Los Angeles Harbor
have been particularly difficult for the scoop boats, since the delay in their
daily passage in and out of port has restricted their fishing time.

Mackerel investigations of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries have con-
sisted of tagging, sampling of the catch, and racial and age studies of the
fish. During the biennium 42,401 mackerel were tagged and 4,486 tags
have been recovered. Although the movements of the tagged fish indicate
that the fish are migratory to some extent, the concentration of the fishery
in one section of the range of distribution makes it very difficult to inter-
pret the tagging results. The investigations of the possible occurrence
and distribution of various races, and the studies of abundance of different
age-classes of mackerel have been carried out to assist in measuring the
rates of change of the various populations. There is little doubt that
more extensive w^ork will be necessary off the coast of Mexico in the future
years before definite interpretation of the fluctuations in the local catch
will be possible.

CENTRAL VALLEYS INVESTIGATIONS

Central Valleys investigations are designed to find ways and means
to provide for the continued existence of the salmon runs which will be
affected by the various units of the Central Valleys Water Development.
So far the problem has been to try to salvage as much spawning area as
I)ossible and make it accessible to the fish. In each case where the fishery
and agricultural or engineering interests conflict, the resultant solution
of the problem has been decided largely on the basis of supposed relative
values, and the difficulty of arriving at a proper evaluation of the salmon
runs in the various streams has been a major handicap. Investigations
have therefore been directed on the one hand to devising ways and means
for caring for the fish, and on the other to reach some idea of the size and
value of the runs currently affected, or that will eventually be affected
by immediate developments of the Central Valleys water plan.

Care of the salmon on the spawning grounds involves provision of
adequate passage upstream to suitable gravel beds. Ladders must be

'i'iiii;'rv-si'.\i:\'rir imi.wiai. i;i;i'()K'|' 51

provided to help the fish over otherwise iiisiinnoimtable dams, and suffi-
cient water must be maintained in tlie streams to provide passaf^e.
Stream blocks sucli as Shasta and Fi-iant dams and the proposed dams on
the American and Triiuty rivers rcfpiire ade(juate provisions for caring
for or salvaging the fish that will be stopped by these structures.

Surveys have been made of spawning areas in the Central Valleys
streams. A count of the salmon spawning in the American River is being
made to estimate stream flows and spnwning area necessary to care for
them. This work is now required, since the United States Bureau of
Reclamation has temporarily abandoned the Cross Delta Canal and has
substituted a series of three storage reservoirs on the American River
as a source of water to supplement +he San Joaquin Valley supply.
Counts are planned to provide similar information on the run in the
Trinity River, where another dam is now contemplated to supplement
the water supply in the Sacramento River Basin.

Tagging of salmon has been continued to determine the relation of
the offshore fishing to the spawning stocks in various streams. Results
so far indicate that of the fish recovered from those tagged north of
Poiut Arena, over 50 per cent are taken in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River system, while 76 per cent of the recoveries from fish tagged south
of Point Arena are taken there.

Measurements of the numbers of downstream salmon migrants lost
in large diversion canals was begun during the spring of 1942 as a logical
basis for the fish-screen program. Irrigation was started later than
normally, due to the unusual extension of the rainy season, so that results
were not significant, since most of the young salmon had left the streams
before the diversions being tested started taking water.

SHARKS

Records of the landings of sharks during 1940 and 1941 show a
decrease over the amount taken in 1939. The total landings were
7,813,000 pounds in 1940 and 7,511,595 in 1941. Legislation was
adopted by the 1941 Legislature which was calculated to stop the waste
of shark carcasses at sea, prevalent at that time. However, an unfor-
tunate wording of this law made it unenforceable, and the practice is
continued at the present time, except in districts w^here the market for
fresh fish can absorb the shark meat. An examination of the detailed
landings has indicated that approximately ten million pounds of sharks
have been taken off the coast of California each year. The discrepancy
in the recorded landings and the actual catch is due to the confusion
brought about through the practice of recording only the liver weights.
Therefore, the recorded decrease in landings over previous years can not
be considered as significant.

Price of shark liver reached a high point in October and November,
1941, when $6 per pound was paid for the soupfin shark liver in Cali-
fornia. Accumulation of large stocks of oil and enforced conservation
brought about the issuance of Order No. L-40 by the War Production
Board and resulted in the complete collapse of the market in the spring
of 1942. With strict control of the utilization of vitamin A oils, there is
little prospect that such wild speculation as occurred in 1941 will occur
again.

52 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

Investigation of the soupfin shark fishery was undertaken by this
Bureau in November 1941. In March, 1942, a contract was entered
into with Stanford University to provide for an investigation of the
vitamin A potenc}^ of shark liver oiL

FLATFISHES

In the fall of 1940 experimental fishing from the research vessel
''N. B. Scofield" was carried on along the coast of California to check
the distribution of the various species of flatfish according to size and age.
At the same time, approximately 4,500 flatfish were tagged. The collec-
tion and analysis of detailed fishing and catch data have continued and
have indicated a slight decrease in the catch per unit of effort during
this biennial period. The significance of this decrease can not be deter-
mined from the material now aA^ailable.

The diffienlty of obtaining crews for the boats, as well as the loss
of several of the drag boats to the Government as a result of the war,
have made necessar}^ a change from the old paranzella type of
fishing to the more modern otter-board type. Most of the companies
have now placed their crews on a share basis so that their earnings are
determined by the amount of fish caught. The use of the otter trawls is
still too new to judge their efficiency as compared with the paranzella.
This is made even more difficult by port restrictions which have cur-
tailed the boats' movements considerably, affecting principally the
length of fishing time each day.

With the advent of the otter trawl operated by individual fishermen
or by fishermen using company boats on a share basis, it is desirable that
legislation be enacted which will give a force of law to the minimum size.
of mesh that can be used on drag nets or can be possessed in the State.
Pre'^'ious voluntary arrangements for this minimum-sized mesh was
enforced through the various companies which both owned and operated
the paranzella equipment.

AGAR

Declaration of war completely cut off the supply of agar formerly
obtained from Japan. A yearly average of 500,000 pounds is con-
sumed in the United States for bacterioligical work, in dental and surgi-
cal material, and as stabilizers of various food products. Loss of the
Japanese source of agar has resulted in attempts to build up the local
production of algae from which the agar is manufactured. The Bureau
of ]\Iarine Fisheries made a survey of the agar beds in November, 1941,
and has been cooperating with the "War Production Board in stimulating
the production of ' ' agar weed. ' '

CRABS

The crab fishery was gi^-en an impetus in this biennial period by
the change in the law during the 1941 Session of the Legislature, pro-
^^ding that crabs taken in northern California districts might be shipped
out of those districts. Present information indicates that the crab stocks
are in good condition and well able to support the heavier fishing.

OYSTERS

The California native oj^ ster industry has progressed satisfactorily.
One company is now operating in Humboldt Bay and has expanded and

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIATj REPORT 53

improved all beds and working facilities. Native oysters from the bay
will be ready for market in the fall of 1942.

Some apprehension was entertained when the war began in regard
to the future supply of pacific seed oysters, which formerly were sup-
plied from Japan, but pacific oysters have been found to spawn and set
successfully in Willapa Bay and Puget Sound, Washington, and seed
oysters will be available from that source. In 1940 pacific oyster sales
amounted to 1,290,000 pounds, and in 1941, 1,717,000 pounds were sold.

ABALONES

Abalone diving has been confined for a number of years to district
18 (Monterey to the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line). To prop-
erly manage this resource the northern part of the State (Districts 6, 7,
and 10) should be opened to commercial diving and District 18 closed
for a number of years. An alternate opening and closing of these areas
Avould result in the production of considerable quantities of food material
now being lost and would distribute the fishing effort, thereby reducing
periodic localized scarcity. A bill was introduced at the 1941 Session
of the Legislature providing for this type of regulation of the abalone
fishery, but was defeated.

Commercial diving for abalones does not affect the supply of these
animals in the littoral zone. The decimation of the abalone population
along the beaches is directly attributable to the noncommercial collector.

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS

Problems involved in the conservation of California's marine
fisheries are commensurate with the size of the fisheries themselves.
The area covered by the fisheries alone presents problems in observation
that are sufficient to tax the full resources of a large staff. Three major
fisheries, the sardine, tuna, and mackerel, produce the bulk of the land-
ings. However, 17 species yielded over 1,000,000 pounds, and 39 pro-
duced more than 100,000 pounds in 1941. The tuna fishery itself is
based upon five distinct species.

Consideration of the basic requirements of an investigation in any
one of the major fisheries indicates that the staff before the war was
hardly more than a skeleton of what is required. Funds utilized during
the present biennium for this purpose were inadequate for work that is
essential to the solution of the many problems involved.

The research vessel "N. B. Scofield" was tied up immediately after
December 7, 1941, thus eliminating further field operations during the
war. Loss of staff members to the armed forces has further curtailed
operations of this bureau. The next few years will probably see further
restrictions upon the work that can be carried on by this bureau, due,
not only to loss of personnel, but also to lack of materials and equipment.

Increased demands for fishery products may be anticipated after
the war, with the natural growth of the population. Therefore, as soon
as conditions allow, the research work of this bureau must embark upon
a broad enough program to yield information essential to the rational
exploitation of our fishery resources. Ample funds are provided
through direct taxation of the commercial fisheries. These funds must
be expended in such a manner as to insure the stability of the industry
that forms their source.

54

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING

By J. Spencer, Chief

In the first portion of the biennium the limited personnel of the
bureau was very busy in preparing plans and carrying on the required
construction to fulfill the commission's extensive plan of additions and
improvements. Due to the United States defense program which was
later followed by the war and attendant difficulties as regards materials
there was a lessening of construction in the latter period. In addition
to this the bureau took care of the necessary work on fishways, fish screens
and other stream improvement projects.

For the biennium there were 118 dams inspected to see what
adverse affect, if any, these dams had on the required free movement
of fish. Where it appeared that remedial measures were needed, the
ovraers of these dams or obstructions were contacted and alterations or
improvements were brought about. Ten fishways were repaired or
replaced, this being necessary as the structures had been damaged by
high waters or other causes. Where the dam was without a fishway and
one was needed to permit fish an uninterrupted passage a survey was
made and plans prepared for the installation of the required fishway by
the owner of the dam. As a result of these surveys and negotiations
eight new fishways were installed.

The work of replacing fish screens in accordance with commission
policy continued to the summer of 1941, when 55 installations had been

Fig. i:). Fi.shway at Silver Lake. Looking along downstream face of dam at
fishway. Photo by J. Spencer.

THIRTY-SIOVKN'l'll r.Ii;.\M.\l, KI^I'OKT 55

completed and placed in opei'utioii. Of the installations made 21 vfi'vc
in Trinity County, 2)} in fSiskiyou, six in Shasta, and the remainder in
three separate counties. In j^enei-al the sci-cen installations were self-
cleaning of the reverse rotary tyjx' or the parallel bar type. Concrete
foundations were used tliroughout.

Periodic inspections of their operation liave been maintained and
data at hand show that a r-easonahle decree of effectiveness has been
attained in the protection of fish life with no adverse results to the
water diverter. It has been observed that the installation of fish screens
in certain locations has resulted i)i the cr-eation of new fishinj^' areas and
improvements in others.

The general routine work of the bureau included over 200 special
mvestigations or inspections and about 500 designs, maps, sketches, or
plans were prepared. Some of these were ratlier extensive and a number
are basic and will be used, in part at least, in the future.

A survey party was in the field during the major part of the bien-
nium and for short periods there were two parties. Further field
surveys would have been made if men and money had been available
when needed. Ten surveys were made for the Bureau of Fisli Conser-
vation. Although the major portion of these were of a preliminary
nature, usually for proposed hatchery sites, a number were more
detailed in scope and preparatory for actual construction. This latter
listing includes the Fillmore ponds, though the construction was done by
the Bureau of Fish Conservation. Three surveys were made for the
Bureau of Game Farms for the determination of property lines and
additions and nine surveys were made for the Bureau of Game Con-
servation. All of the latter surveys were made in conjunction with
investigations of sites and projects under the provisions of the Pittman-
E-obertson Act and administered by the United States Fish and AVildlife
Service. This work included the survey and mapping of a 2,100-acre
ranch in Lassen County which is under purchase under the terms of
the Pittman-Robertson Act. Plans will be prepared covering a project
for the improvement of this property.

Surveys and estimates were likewise prepared and submitted for
the improvement of the Gray Lodge Refuge located about 10 miles west
of Gridley. This refuge comprises an area of 2,540 acres. The project
has been approved but Avork will probably be delayed due to Avar
conditions.

For some years the Bureau of Game Conservation has maintained
the Suisun Game Refuge on Joice Island, located about five miles south
of Suisun and near Suisun Bay. Surveys and engineering studies w^ere
carried on and a project AA'as submitted to the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service in accordance with the terms of the Pittman-Robertson
Act. This project proposed raising the levees and the placing of four
redw^ood gate structures, all designed for optimum operations of this
1,711-acre refuge AA^ith its 14 miles of levees. A contract AA'as let and
131,000 cubic yards of dredged material Avas placed on eight miles of
levees.

The bureau constructed two cottages for the Bureau of Game Farms,
one at the Yountville Farm and the other at the Los Serranos Farm.
The Yountville cottage AA'as a four-room structure while the Los Serranos

56 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

cottage was of a more extensive construction being a six-room stucco
building in conformity with the existing architecture.

A four-room cottage was constructed for the Bureau of Patrol and
located about seven miles from the town of Tulelake. This house was
equipped with heat, electric lights, kitchen range, hot water heater,
linoleum floor covering, pumphouse with well, pump, motor and pressure
system, and a three-car garage.

The commission 's interest in promoting fishing resulted in an exten-
sive program of construction and maintenance for the Bureau of Fish
Conservation. At the Mt. Shasta Hatchery two of the hatchery buildings
received concrete foundations, rearrangement of hatchery troughs and
water supply, flooring and incidentals ; concrete tanks, shop and garage
for several trucks, and incidental work. At the Fall Creek Hatchery a
concrete egg taking station replaced the wooden structure, improvements
to the hatchery water supply were effected and concrete floors were
placed in the five ponds. At the Lake Almanor Hatchery improvements
in the water supply were made and a 24-inch waste water line was
installed replacing a wooden stave line that was beyond repair. Additions
at Tallac Hatchery consisted of a garage and improvements to the water
supply and tanks. Repairs to a limited extent were made at the Burney
Creek Hatchery and a pump was installed as an auxiliary and safeguard
to the water supply. A bridge was installed at Basin Creek Hatchery
replacing one that was inadequate for the traffic and three small tempo-
rary buildings were constructed at Hot Creek Hatchery. On the San
Lorenzo Elver at the town of Boulder Creek a concrete egg taking station,
fish ladder and a two-room cabin were constructed. Near Visalia an
ageing station was set up consisting of a 24"" envelope type well with
pump, motor and gas engine standby with water delivery of over 900
gallons per minute, meat house, public rest rooms, 10 tanks under an
open shed, two houses of three rooms each, roads, sewage disposal, etc.
Two experimental systems of ponds and cabins were built in Inyo
County to determine their value for raising fish.

The major piece of .construction during the biennium was for the
foregoing bureau and consisted of the complete construction of the Hot
Creek Hatcher}^ 37 miles north of Bishop, Inyo County. About mid
April, 1941, the money for this work was made available and actual con-
struction started April 28, 1941, and seven months later the complete
job was turned over to the Bureau of Fish Conservation for operation
though the work had been carried on without stopping the output of fish
at any time. Prior to the commencement of construction field surveys
bad been made and preliminar}^ plans based on the desires of the Bureau
of Fish Conservation were prepared. These were the basis for the final
])lans prepared by the Division of Architecture of the Board of Public
Works, whose excellent cooperation was greatly appreciated.

The water supply of this hatchery comes from springs and the
topography of the site was such that the hatchery was generally built in
two units about 2,200 feet apart.

In the upper unit there is constructed in two spring runs a total of
about 1,800 feet of concrete flume with 17 concrete cross dams forming
30 pounds, each about 25 x 100 feet. For the operation of the hatchery
a large main garage was constructed fully equipped, a meat house with
its necessary mechanical appurtenances, including refrigeration, and a

TmKTV-SEVENTll HlKNNIAIi REPORT 57

superintendent's house, of very substantial construetion jiiid on account
of the extreme cold wcatluM- was well iiisiil;it('(|. Tlir house was fully
ecjuipped with hojitiii^' and liuliliiif; facilif ifs and coidaiiicd an offico and
parajio. In addition to this house a four-room (',()tla<;c of similar con-
struction was erected and the oripinal structures renovated and improved.

The lower unit contains a modern 80 trough hatchery supplied with
water fi'om a nearby sjirinji' where a concrete dam was constructed, a com-
l)Iete spaAvninji' house and a four-room residence similar 1o the houses on
the upper unit. In addition to these buildiufis a small }jrara{?e was con-
structed housin<>- also the electric plant for this unit.

Each unit of this project had its own sewa<ie disposal systems, electric
jjlants, and fuel storaji'e. This latter was a butane system, a new innova-
tion for the commission's hatchery plants and is used for heating and
cooking for all houses, fuel for operation of the many engines necessary
for refrigeration, pumping and electric lighting plants.

In addition to the buildings the grounds were entireh' fenced, roads
were constructed and the grounds generally improved.

It is interesting to note that in spite of the substantial rise in labor
and material costs savings were effected over the original estimates which
permitted additions such as a four-room cottage, concrete spawning tanks,
renovating of the existing buildings, increasing pressure range of storage
tanks, graveling of the ponds, additional surfacing and oiling of roads,
purchase of furniture, a tractor, and miscellaneous items without requir-
ing any additional funds.

When the replacement of fish screens commenced tools and equip-
ment were purchased from funds set aside for that construction. All
this equipment has been used on all of the foregoing construction without
any charge.

There was some other incidental and minor construction carried on
and that together with the work as briefly set out in the foregoing totals
about $225,000 for the biennial period.

58 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF LICENSE DISTRIBUTION

By H. R. DUNBAK, Chief

In the distribution and sale of licenses this bnreau has three objec-
tives : First, to establish as many agencies throughout the State as possible
so as to enable the sportsmen to obtain licenses whenever and wherever
they may apply ; second, to maintain a harmonious and friendly relation-
ship with these agencies in order to secure their cooperation since they are
the means by which we are able to sell the licenses to the sportsmen ; and
third, to give the agencies the best possible service in supplying them
with licenses for the purpose of overcoming the possibility of a shortage
when most needed by the sportsmen.

To carry out the above named objectives branch offices are maintained
at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Fresno, Terminal Island,
San Diego, and Monterey. Approximately 2,000 agencies are served by
these branch offices. All credit agencies, of which there are approximately
750, are handled through the main office at Sacramento.

During the past two years it has not been necessary to file a single
claim with the bonding company for failure on the part of any credit
agent to account in full for all licenses sold. As a consequence the pre-
mium on bonds has been reduced from $5 per $1,000 to $2.50 per $1,000.

In September, 1941, the compensation paid to credit agents was
increased from 2^ per cent to 31 per cent. Experience has proven that
by the establishment of credit agencies a more satisfactory distribution
of licenses may be had although it entails a greater responsibility on the
part of the Bureau of Licenses.

At the close of deer and dove hunting seasons questionnaire post-
cards have been sent to all wardens throughout the State to determine if
there was any shortage of licenses. From the information received
from these cards it was found there had been a shortage in a very few
localities and steps were taken to eliminate this shortage. For many years
we had experienced an inadequate supply of licenses at the opening of
deer season in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. As the division main-
tained a branch office at Monterey it was decided to have that office dis-
tribute licenses to agencies in those two counties, with the result that
since that time there has been no shortage of licenses in that locality.

In accordance with Section 1346 of the Fish and Game Code provid-
ing for an antelope season a drawing was conducted in Sacramento on
April 22, 1942, to determine to whom the 500 permits should be issued.
2,811 applications were received. The drawing was conducted under the
auspices of the Fish and Game officials, sportsmen and representatives of
the press. Permits were issued in consecutive order and only to those
applicants whose numbers were drawn. Many of the successful appli-
cants were unable at the last moment to participate or to take out the
jiermit tliat was allotted to them, in most cases due to war conditions.
Since no permit or application was transferable. No. 628 was reached in
order to complete the sale of the 500 permits.

'rlllK•'^^■-sl•;vI•:\•■l'll imiinmal i{i:i'()|;'I' 5fi

The sale of llic 1!)41 series of an«;'liii<i: jukI hiiiitin^i licenses and deer
tags was tlio larnvst in the liistory of 1h(^ Fisli ami <lanie C'f)niiiiission.
The Side of the l!)4{)and 1041 sei-i(^s were as follows:

Ant/liiif/ HiDiliiifi I >(■(■)■ fa f/M

liMo .$7'.ti,ni: .i;r,( ;.-,,;'.<).-, .$i(;:'.,2sr,

i!)4i i):?:{,r>sG G4:{,7oo it.'.muu

The an^linf>' licenses are on a calendar year, and the liiiii1in<? licenses
and deer tags are on a fiscal year basis.

60

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
FINAL STATEMENT OF ANGLING LICENSE SALES, 1940 SERIES

County

Citizen,
$2 each

Nonresident,
$3 each

Alien,
$5 each

Duplicate,
50^ each

Total

Alameda

Alpine

Amador

Butte

Calaveras ,.

Colusa

Contra Costa

Del Norte

El Dorado

Fresno:

Agents

Fresno Branch.

Totals, Fresno.

Glenn

Humboldt

Imperial

Inyo

Kern

Kings

Lake .

Lassen

Los Angeles:

Agents

Los Angeles Branch

Terminal Island Branch.

Totals, Los Angeles. -.

Madera

Marin

Mariposa

Mendocino

Merced

Modoc

Mono

Monterey:

Agents

Monterey Branch.

Totals, Monterey.

Napa

Nevada

Orange

Placer..

Plumas

Riverside

Sacramento:

Agents

Sacramento Branch.

Totals, Sacramento -

San Benito

San Bernardino

San Diego:
Agents

San Diego Branch

Totals, San Diego.

San Francisco:
Agents

San Francisco Branch.

Totals, San Francisco.

$62,540 00
364 00
2,048 00
9,066 00
1,952 00
1,396 00
17,428 00
3,586 00
4,958 00

21,996 00
462 00

$57 00

171 00

12 00

60 00

3 00

9 00

39 00

372 00

123 00

72 00

$1,780 00

5 00

15 00

40 00

5 00

5 00

280 00

15 00

45 00

430 00

85 00

$22,458 00

1,324 00
11,416 00
2,232 00
8,864 00
12,078 00
3,020 00
2,110 00
3,708 00

188,698 00
524 00
238 00

$189,460 00

3,126 00
8,650 00
3,922 00
6,910 00
4,256 00
2,954 00
7,046 00

7,436 00

$7,436 00

6,058 00
5,706 00
15,284 00
6,216 00
6,726 00
9,596 00

26,188 00
498 00

$26,686 00

930 00
20,582 00

37,782 00
208 00

$37,990 00

59,462 00
608 00

$60,070 00

$72 00

114 00

129 00

165 00

15 00

9 00
54 00

90 00

156 00

21 00

$267 00

9 00

9 00

135 00

15 00

12 00

123 00

489 00

21 00

$21 00

3 00
345 00

3 00

93 00

153 00

3 00

156 00

$156 00

3 00
54 00

■ 84 00
162 00

$246 00

15 00
168 00

$515 00

10 00
80 00
15 00
90 00
45 00
65 00
15 00
40 00

1,550 00
820 00
230 00

$2,600 00

10 00
185 00
30 00
35 00
10 00
5 00
10 00

665 00

$665 00

10 00
80 00
10 00
45 00
55 00

2,530 00
380 00

$2,910 00

40 00
10 00

$130 00

$183 00

$130 00

1,930 00
1,230 00

$3,160 00

$44 50

50

50

50

00

00

25 50

11 00

2 50

2 50
36 50

$39 00

2 50
25 50

1 00
13 00

5 00

2 00

3 50
3 50

40 50
98 50
18 00

$157 00

4 50
8 00

2 50
10 00

7 00

3 50
18 50

12 50

$12 50

9 00
16 00

5 50

4 00
13 00

4 00

13 50
90 00

$103 50

4 00
13 00

4 00
19 00

$23 00

12 50
107 00

$119 50

$64,421 50

541 50

2,078 50

9,175 50

1,961 00

1,413 00

17,772 50

3,984 00

5,128 50

22,428 50

655 50

$23,084 00

1,336 50
11,635 50
2,377 00
9,132 00
12,143 00
3,087 00
2,137 50
3,805 50

190,378 50

1,598 50

507 00

$192,484 00

3,149 50
8,852 00
4,089 50
6,970 00
4,285 00
3,085 50
7,563 50

8,134 50

$8,134 50

6,080 00
6,147 00
15,302 50
6,358 00
6,947 00
9,603 00

28,731 50
1,124 00

$29,855 50

977 00

20,659 00

37,870 00
519 00

$38,389 00

61,419 50
2,113 00

$63,532 50

TITIRTY-SEVENTIF I'.IKNNIAI, KKPORT
FINAL STATEMENT OF ANGLING LICENSE SALES, 1940 SERIES— Continued

(•>^

County

Citizen,
$2 each

Nonresident,
$3 each

Alien,
$5 each

Duplicate.
60^ each

Total

San JoaQuin

$20,686 00

7,514 00

7,846 00

8,320 00

18,124 00

7,438 00

10,788 00

1,494 00

9,710 00

12,550 00

14,090 00

10,438 00

1,660 00

2,828 00

1,514 00

9,922 00

3,658 00

6,808 00

3,044 00

4,554 00

$3 00
6 00

isoo'

12 00
12 00
87 00
21 00
294 00
6 00
27 00

$925 00
70 00
235 00
395 00
610 00
460 00
35 00

$20 50
8 00

1 50
10 50

18 50
13 50
23 00

2 00

4 00
26 50
21 50

19 00

5 00

6 00

3 50

2 60
5 00

3 00
3 00
3 50

$21,634 50

San Luis Obispo

7,698 00

San Mateo

8.082 50

Santa Barbara

8,743 50

Santa Clara _ .- --.

18.764 50

Santa Crui

7.923 50

Shasta

10,933 00

Sierra .

1.517 00

Siskiyou

230 00
495 00
275 00
95 00
75 00
15 00
10 00
70 00

10,238 00

Solano

13,077 yj

Sonoma

14,413 50

Stanislaus

10,552 00

Sutter

3 00
12 00

9 00
54 00

3 00

3 00

1.743 00

Tehama

2,861 00

Trinity

1.636 50

Tulare. ...

10.048 50

Tuolumne

3.666 00

Ventura

6,814 00

Yolo

3,047 00

Yuba

145 00

4,702 50

State:
Arizona

376 00
8 00

4,254 00
1.260 00

4,630 00

Oregon

1.268 00

Totals

1763,522 00
381.761

$9,810 00
3,270

$17,205 00
3,441

$935 00
1.870

$791,472 00

Number

FINAL STATEMENT OF MARKET FISHERMAN LICENSE SALES, 1940 SERIES

County

Licenses $10 each

Contra Costa

Del Norte

Humboldt

Lake

Los Angeles:
Terminal Island Branch

Monterey Branch

Sacramento Branch

San Diego Branch

San Francisco Branch

Solano

Sonoma

Total

Number

Total

$2,680 00
200 00
620 00
160 00

39,310 00

11,980 00

1,760 00

14,800 00

18.620 00

380 00

360 00

$90,870 00
9,087

62

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION"
FINAL STATEMENT OF ANGLING LICENSE SALES, 1941 SERIES

County

Citizen,
$2 each

Nonresident,
?3 each

Alien,
%5 each

Duplicate,
50ji each

Total

Alameda

Alpine

Amador

Butte

Calaveras

Colusa

Contra Costa

Del Norte

El Dorado

Fresno:

Agents

Fresno Branch.

Totals, Fresno.

Glenn

Humboldt

Imperial

Inyo

Kern

Kings

Lake

Lassen

Los Angeles:

Agents

Los Angeles Branch.

Terminal Island Branch.
Totals, Los Angeles

Madera

Marin

Mendocino

Mariposa

Merced

Modoc

Mono

Monterey:

Agents

Monterey Branch.

Totals, Monterey.

Napa

Nevada

Orange.

Placer

Plumas

Riverside

Sacramento:
Agents

Sacramento Branch.

Totals, Sacramento^ .

San Benito

San Bernardino

San Diego:
Agents

San Diego Branch

Totals, San Diego.

San Francisco:
Agents

San Francisco Branch.

Totals, San Francisco.

$74,666 00
372 00
2,104 00
9,474 00
2,126 00
1,476 00
21,058 00
3,364 00
5,364 00

24,288 00
478 00

1195 00

222 00

6 00

63 00

$2,200 00

93 00
327 00
117 00

105 00

$24,766 00

1,432 00
13,556 00
3,104 00
9,644 00
13,338 00
3,010 00
2,736 00
4,322 00

219,538 00

496 00

1,214 00

1221,248 00

3,816 00
10,830 00
7,716 00
3,962 00
4,968 00
2,914 00
6,876 00

9,386 00

$9,386 00

7,984 00
6,232 00

18,656 00
6,586 00
7,376 00

11,778 00

27,940 00
456 00

$28,396 00

1,224 00
27,824 00

53,830 00
304 00

$54,134 00

73,480 00
636 00

$105 00

3 00
180 00
75 00
300 00
12 00
15 00
12 00
84 00

213 00

174 00

24 00

$411 00

3 00
15 00

6 00
165 00

9 00
123 00
522 00

12 00

$12 00

27 00
1,800 00

105 00

222 00

45 00

153 00

$153 00

150 00

54 00
228 00

25 00
40 00
10 00
5 00
325 00
10 00
55 00

565 00
145 00

1710 00

10 00
90 00
20 00
75 00
55 00
50 00
15 00
50 00

1,865 00

1,040 00

165 00

$3,070 00

10 00

300 00

35 00

10 00

30 00

10 00

15 00

945 00

$945 00

15 00
70 00
5 00
30 00
80 00
15 00

2,615 00
455 00

$3,070 00

35 00
30 00

30 00
270 00

$282 00

66 00
270 00

$74,116 00

$336 00

$300 00

2,140 00
1,625 00

$3,765 00

180 50

2 50

6 50
21 00

3 50
3 00

28 00
11 00

7 00

7 50
45 50

$53 00

4 50
29 00

3 00
25 50

4 50
2 50
4 00
8 00

74 00

106 50

24 00

$204 50

6 50
10 00
4 50
4 50
9 00
2 00
28 00

18 50

$18 50

12 50
17 50

6 00

1 50

17 00

10 50

13 50
112 50

$126 00

3 50
35 50

6 00
27 00

$33 00

14 50
152 50

$167 00

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9,598 00

2,139 50

1,484 00

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5,543 00

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773 50

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10,802 00
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11,882 00
1,572 00

10,252 00

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16 00

15 00

15 00

165 00

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24 nn

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560 00

330 00

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Sutter

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Tehama -_

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Tulare

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Yuba . . .

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Out of State:

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450,288

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3,852

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County Licenses $10 each

Total

$1,400 00

Del Norte

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Lake -

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Los Angeles:
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Monterey Branch - _

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1,410 00

San Diego Branch

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San Francisco Branch -_ .

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290 00

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME,

RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION

RECAPITULATION— 1940

TROUT

Rainbow 14,560,447

Steelhead -.. — 3,668,954

Golden 87,190

Black Spotted 628,890

Loch Leven 6,840,694

Eastern Brook 5,393,157

Total.— 31,179,332

SALMON

King 6,585,744

Silver -- 362,337

Total- —"..-. 6,948,081

SPINY RAYED

Smallmouth Black Bass 62,918

Total 62,918

GENERAL FISH RESCUE

Rainbow. 1,186

Steelhead 903,261

Cutthroat 1,251

Loch Leven... 500

Eastern Brook... 1,016

Black Spotted 66

Total 907,280

SALMON

King.. 78,326

SUver.. 121,922

Total : 200,248

SPINY RAYED

Smallmouth Black Bass 36,461

Largemouth Black Bass 1,918,832

Striped Bass 5,668

Shad 5,482

Sacramento Perch 7,097

Crappie 350,865

Squaretail Catfish. 1,944,662

Forkedtail Catfish.. 519,990

Bluegill Sunfish... 365,558

Green Sunfish 1,142,484

Spotted Catfish 40,000

Warmouth Bass.. 119,384

Minnows.. 600

Total 6,456,983

74

FISH AK^D GAME COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH

Hatchery

County

Total

from
county by
hatchery

Rainbow

Steelhead

ALPINE.... -

Alpine

800,990
55,000

38,275
18,000
66,800

123,760
568,750
985,195

28,460

1,105,814

766,173

116,244

6,615

60,249

167,885

8,190

9,526

3,200

15,470

102,353

82,041

336,252

7,506

234,000

529,000

1,937,900

40,000

6,500
18,000

21,966

5,500,251

3,000
956,091
278,720

77,315

23,306

161,566

256,078

8,900
46,500

19,000

50,360

3,000

774,047
74,469
91,601

67,370

41,000

602,951

9,477

292,049

896,680

34,878
147,131

1,177,313

27,500

373,610

1,095,820

43,500

70.000

51,000

El Dorado

ARROWHRAn T.AKF,

Los Angeles

Riverside ....

8,000
40,000

93,270
223,125
412,895

28,460
469,116
577,569
116,244

6,615
60,249
86,907

8,190

9,526

200

15,470

6,363
50,989
24,475

7,506

90,000

224,000

1,155,600

San Bernardino .

BASIN CREEK . .

Alpine .

Calaveras . .

Tuolumne

BEAR RIVER PLANTING BASE

El Dorado .

Nevada .

Placer . .

Sierra. .

BROOKDALE

Alameda.. .....

Marin .

Monterey.

80,978

Napa..

San Benito

San Francisco ,

San Luis Obispo

3,000

San Mateo . ..

95,990

Santa Clara

31,052

Santa Cruz

311,777

Solano

BURNEY CREEK ..

Lassen

Modoc

Shasta. -

Siskiyou.. .

CmNO RESERVOIR..

Los Angeles

6,500
18,000

7,305

San Bernardino

EXPERIMENTAL

Siskiyou

128

FALL CREEK

Siskiyou

1,367,821

FEATHER RIVER...

Butte.

3,000
331,035
110,780

77,315

23,306

161,566

256,078

200
43,150

19,000

50,360

3,000

Plumas

Sierra... ...

FERN CREEK...

Fresno .

Inyo

Madera . .

Mono

FILLMORE

Santa Barbara

8,700

Ventura

3,350

FOREST HOME ...

Los Angeles

San Bernardino . .

San Diego

FORT SEWARD. . .

Humboldt

305,642

Mendocino

74,469

Trinity...

91,601

HOT CREEK .

Inyo

67,370

41,000

453,825

Madera

Mono .

HUMBOLDT STATE COLLEGE

Humboldt .

HUNTINGTON LAKE

Fresno .

164,089

377,880

13,686
125,066

972,869

KAWEAH....

Tulare

KERN

Kern

Tulare

KINGS RIVER

Fresno

LAKE ALMANOR

Butte

Lassen . . .

81,600

676,460

39,500

Plumas

Shasta

Tehama

Timn'Y-SKVKNTII Hll'.NMAI, KI.I'OKT
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75

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Black
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Cutthroat

Loch
Lcvcn

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Brook

KiriK
Satmiin

Si Ivor
Salmon

MIhcoI-
lancoufl

MiHcel-
lancouii

Total

573,890
55,000

170.100

8fi5,990

38,275
10,000
26,800

123,075

30,490

345,625
423,180

149.120

1,677.705

322.816
117,290

313,882
71,314

2,016.691

799,287

90,000
210,000
525,000

54,000

95,000

257,300

40,000

2,740,900

24,500

7,513

7,020

21,966

4,132,430

5,500,251

411,900
106,440

213,156
61,500

1,237,811

518.265

65,400

72,360

468,405

940,117

4,934

144,192

711,321

9,477

9,477

127,960
247.500

292,049

271.300

21.192
22,065

96,946

896,680

182,009

107,498

27,500

164,670

55,000

4,000

70,000

1,177,313

127,000
224,910

340
139,450

1,610,430

76

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH

Hatchery

MADERA

MOUNT SHASTA.

MOUNT WHITNEY.

MOUNTAIN HOME.

PRAIRIE CREEK.

RAINBOW ANGLING CLUB.

SEQUOIA.
TAHOE...

TALLAC.

YOSEMITE.

YUBA RIVER.
Totals

County

Madera -

Alpine

Amador...

Butte

Calaveras..
El Dorado.

Lake

Placer

Plumas

Shasta

Siskiyou...

Tehama

Trinity....

Fresno. .

Inyo

Madera.
Mono...
Tulare..

Los Angeles

Riverside

San Bernardino.

San Diego

Ventura

Del Norte.
Humboldt.
Trinity....

Los Angeles

Riverside

San Bernardino.

San Diego

Ventura.

Fresno.
Tulare.

Alpine

El Dorado.

Nevada

Placer

Sierra

El Dorado.

Nevada

Placer

Madera

Mariposa..

Merced

Tuolumne.

Nevada.
Sierra...

Total

from
county by
hatchery

497,825

135,000

200.000

740,000

50,000

887,000

12,000

25,000

275,000

766,500

3,063,960

461,300

603,500

78,224
1,110,715

10,800
1,289,857

44,051

65,000

7,000

119,000

3,000

6,000

329,007

834,918

20,500

85,000

43,000

201,000

6,000

15,000

17,945
4,015

20,000
719,400
100,050
550,400

68,000

1,055,360

151,000

15,000

37,300

1,153,700

4,500

321,600

151,555
308,834

Rainbow

216,195

135,000
110,000
450,000

50,000
644,000

12,000

25,000
240,000
612,500
573,460
421,300

84,000

36,065
401,586

38,127,413

61,097
16,010

30,000
7,000

39,000
3,000
6,000

SteeUiead

85,000

43,000

201,000

6,000

15,000

17,945
4,015

1,055,360

151,000

15,000

37,300
581,000

156,500

129,405

14,560,447

348,000

288,507

637,439

20,500

3,668,954

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT
AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— 1940— Continued

77

Golden

Black
Spotted

Cutthroat

Loch
Leven

Kiistern
Brook

King
Salmon

Silver
Salmon

Miscel-
laneous

Midcc'l-
laueoua

Total

137.790

143,840

497,825

60,000
275.000

30,000
15,000

110.000

133.000

35.000
154,000
292,000

40,000

238,500

1,960,000

171,500

42,159
253,437

7,219,260

50,340

405,352

10,800

699,647
20,041

35.000

511,063

8,000

2.523,647

80.000

200,000

40,500
172,570

24,909

1,184,425

350.000

21,960

20,000
632,500
100,050
336,700

68.000

86,900

213.700

1.457.850

1,221,360

500,300

4,500

122,900

129,535
35,843

72,400

42,200

22,020
143.586

>

1.517,100

460,389

87,190

628,890

6.840,694

5.393.157

6,585,744

362,337

1

38,127,413

78

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME,
RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION

RECAPITULATION— 1941

TROUT

Rainbow.. 13,182,439

Stec'lhead 3,781,781

Black Spotted 803,834

Loch Leven 4,890,332

Eastern Brook 4,143,302

Total 26,801,688

SALMON

King 7,424,728

Silver 93,045

Kokanee 67,365

Total 7,585,138

SPINY RAYED

Smallmouth Black Bass

Kentucky Bass

Sacramento Perch. _.

105,892

4,684

51

Total.

110,627

Rainbow

Steelhead

Cutthroat

Loch Leven

Eastern Brook.

GENERAL FISH RESCUE
TROUT

4,226

465,030

79

54

2,584

Total 471,973

King..

Silver.

SALMON

38,785
11,915

Total.

50,700

SPINY RAYED

Smallmouth Black Bass 365,151

Largemouth Black Bass 2,321,873

Striped Bass 9,367

Shad 2,000

Sacramento Perch 86,845

Crappie 336,830

Squaretail Catfish 1,054,507

Forkedtail Catfish 662,154

Bluegill Sunfish 766,577

Green Sunfish 921,574

Warmouth Bass 185,349

Hardheads 32

Sturgeon 5

Gambusia. 1,000

Total 6,713,264

80

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH

Hatchery

County

Total

from
county by
hatchery

Rainbow

Steelhead

ALPINE -

ARROWHEAD LAKE

BASIN CREEK

BEAR RIVER PI^NTING BASE
BROOKDALE...

BURNEY CREEK

EXPERLMENTAL

FALL CREEK

FEATHER RIVER

FERN CREEK

FILLMORE

FORT SEWARD

HOT CREEK.

HUMBOLDT STATE COLLEGE

HUNTINGTON LAKE

KAWEAH

KERN

KINGS RIVER....

LAKE ALMANOR

MADERA.

Alpine

Los Angeles

Orange.

Riverside

San Bernardino.
San Diego

Alpine

Amador

Calaveras

Tuolumne

Nevada ..

Placer

Sierra...

Marin

Monterey

San Benito

San Luis Obispo

San Mateo

Santa Clara

Santa Cruz

Solano

Lassen

Modoc

Shasta

Siskiyou

Shasta

Siskiyou

Siskiyou.

Plumas

Sierra

Madera...

Mono

Los Angeles

San Bernardino.

San Diego

Santa Barbara. .
Ventura

Humboldt

Mendocino

Trinity

Inyo

Madera

Mono -.

Humboldt

Fresno

Tulare

Kern

Tulare

Fresno

Butte

Lassen

Modoc

Plumas

Shasta

Tehama

Madera

993,978

70,000

5,000

42,000

113,400

43,000

51,000

90,245

422,325

876,080

1,202,670

537,859

60,816

59,988
130,520
10,080
10,876
96,563
33,180
370,433
15,000

227,000

470,000

1,251,900

47,000

14,630
14,890

6,379,600

690,289
220,635

82,076
49,777

54,073
4,126

10,000
3,342

22,723

802,408

167,320

63,510

92,500

46,000

636,458

6,240

191,097

900,975

45,700
197,349

961,892

15,000

338,600

1,600

827,400

88,200

55,000

467,759

86,644

15,000
5,000
12,000
38,400
43,000

25,000

22,880

287,860

601,300

464,416

363,451

60,816

59,988
36,469
10,080
10,876
11,088
33,180
26,983
15,000

207,000
319,000
972,900

14,630

7,880

333,729
90,435

82,076
34,577

54,073
4,126

10,000
3,342

22,723

85,500

46,000

543,873

115.515

495,650

23,151
176,580

640,570

240,700
1,600

652,900
58,200
15,000

197,410

94,051

85,555
¥28,765"

1,403,600

227,680

167,320

63,510

TIIIRTY-SKVKNTir lilKNNIAIi ItEPORT
AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— 1941

81

Golden

Black
Spotted

Cutthroat

Loch
Levcn

Eastern
Brook

KinK
Salmon

Silver
Salmon

Kokance
Salmon

Miflcftl-
lancouD

Total

803,834

103,500

993,978

55,000

30,000
75,000

273,400

26,000

67,365

134,465
154,500

425,234
107,593

120,280

313,020

66,815

I 439,650

1,801,345

14.685

726.640

20,000
100,000
177.000

51,000

102,000

47,000

1,995,900

7.010

29,520

4,976,000

6.379,600

181,900
55,000

174,660
75.200

910,924

15,200

131,853

94,264

574,728

1,033,238

7,000

92.585

774,958

6,240

6,240

75,582
171,725

191,097

233,600

22,549
20,769

181,659

900,975

243,049

139,663

15,000
57.700

961,892

40,200

123,500
4,000

51,000
26.000
40,000

141,419

1,325,800

128.930

467,759

6—25467

82

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH

Hatchery

MOUNT SHASTA.

MOUNT SHASTA— brood.

MOUNT WHITNEY.

MOUNT WHITNEY— brood.
PLASKETT MEADOWS

PRAIRIE CREEK.

REARING RESERVOIRS -

SEQUOIA.
TAHOE...

TALLAC...
YOSEMITE.

YUBA RIVER.

Totals.

County

Alpine

Amador

Butte

El Dorado.
Humboldt.

Plumas

Shasta

Siskiyou.—
Tehama. --
Trinity-

Modoc...
Shasta...
Siskiyou.

Fresno -
Inyo...
Mono.-
Tulare-

Inyo-.-

Glenn.
Lake..

Del Norte.
Humboldt.
Trinity.-..

Los Angeles

Orange

Riverside

San Bernardino.

San Diego

Santa Barbara. .

Fresno.
Tulare -

El Dorado 841,000

Nevada 65,770

Placer-
Sierra..

El Dorado.

Nevada

Madera

Mariposa. -
Tuolumne-

Nevada-
Sierra-.-
Yuba.-

Total

from

county

hatchery

84,500
226,200
619,000
604,000
7,200
105,000
432,600
2,882,100
314,000
739,700

3,767
12,095
52,849

100,415

710,864

1,032,247

41,054

7,235

38,000
20,000

237,990

702,090

30,340

69,536

1,700

13,850

121,499

200

67

45,874
46,286

549,710
56,150

1,020,410
153,000

17,800
781,900
350,100

91,142

466,242

9,262

RMnbow

77,000
173,000
366,000
390,000

60,000
287,600
639,200
209,000

55,400

11,285
30,618

67,410

280,468

50,605

16,022

7,235

38,000
20,000

62,636

1,700

13,850

121,499

200

67

45,874
46,286

221,000

107,150

34,386,826

1,020,410
153,000

12,300
433,800
313,300

Steelhead

172,033

13,182,439

513,000

218,990

648,970

30,340

3,781,781

'riiii;'i'v-si:vi'\'i"i( iukwiai, kim'okt

AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— 1941— Continued

8:{

Golden

Black
Spotted

Cutthroat

Loch
Leven

Eastern
Brook

King
Salmon

Silver
Salmon

Kokancc
Salmon

Misccl-
lancoua

Total

7,500
i;i,200

.S,000
44,000

7.200

40,000
245,000
170.000

45,000
140,000
167,000
105,000

5,000
201.900

1,874.000

171,300

6.014,300

3,767

810

22,231

68.711

33,005
141,262
455,945

289,134

525,697

25,032

1.884,580

7.235

58.000

19.000
53.120

970.420

6,900

206 852

92.160

32,000

588,000
65,770

174,500
56.150

268,060

1.512.630

1.173 410

5.500

348.100
36.800

57,083
76,619

1,149,800

34,059

217.590

9.262

566.646

803,834

4,890,332

4.143,302

7.424.728

93.045

67,365

34.386,826

84

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

SIZES AND NUMBERS OF TROUT AND SALMON REARED AND PLANTED, 1940
All fish counted by weight and sizes calculated from length-weight curves

Length,
in inches

Rainbow

Steelhead

Black-
spotted

Eastern
brook

Loch
Leven

Golden

Salmon

AU
species

1 00

157,992

1,378,887

5,862,318

4,014,093

578,739

534,297

511,033

323,178

31,205

91,513

210,980

116,142

82,975

183,406

157,980

86,968

128,601

3,000

3,840

14,520

88,780

80,000

1,023,475

2,775,949

2,474,178

259,133

85,000

112,913

20,288

8,650

1,108

237,992

1 25

124,000
2,819,253

498,626
23,040
79,045
13,860
12,310

50,000
419,050
159,840

52,000

1,566,102

1,839,893

636,652

780,006

269,100

65,970

18,536

17,300

28,406

87,190

2,715,552

1 50

4,486,980

1,626,234

81,017

53,650

700,200

17,929,652

1 75

10,612,864

2 00

1,578,581

2 25

1,531,998

2 50

1,607,106

2 75

421,746

300

58,391

3 25

109,921

3 50

65,540

304,926

3 75

116,142

4 00

11,280
19,000

24,410
18,590

118,665

425

220,996

4 50

157,980

4 75

42,400
33,792

129,368

5 00

162,393

5 25

3,000

5 50

3,840

5 75

14,520

6 00

88,780

Total num-
ber

Total wgt.,
pounds---

14,560,447
75,727

*3,665,954
8,441

628,890
960

5,393,157
21,265

6,840 694
12,894

87,190
69

6,948,081
14,592

*38,124,413
133,948

' Total distribution included 3,000 eyed eggs not shown in this total.

TTTIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNTAT, REPORT

85

SIZES AND NUMBERS OF TROUT AND SALMON REARED AND PLANTED, 1941
All fish counted by weight and sizes calculated from jength-weight curves

Length in inches

Rainbow

Stcclhead

Hlank-
Bpottcd

Eaatern
brook

Ix>ch
Leven

Salmon

All
species .

1.00

210,000

476,181

3,067,408

5,,556,0S1

()0,5,749

92.5,83(i

428,031

170,240

157,029

163,102

63,411

03,724

125,932

198,882

346,776

190,994

195,473

23,980

18,345

44,085

32,971

136.,540
1,209,304
1,893,313

279,409

172,.588
12,800

54,765

288,120
214,520
301,194

55,100

325,787

3,233,764

964,593

85,696
101,626

6,5,445

31,513

689,760

1 25

2,22.5,792

l.SO

837,591

1,216,947

.501,738

1,0.52,234

236,863

188,.309

4,035

6,000

16,435

83,150

6,51.3,000

1,9.34,933

78,920

25,200

33,085

14,846,270

1.76

9,951,963

2.00

1,. 504,691

2.25 . - -

2 117,696

2.60

818,189

2 75

390,062

3 00

161,064

3 25

12,950

182,052

3 60

79,846

3.75

146,874

400

23.062

7,288

156,280

4 25

198,882

4 50

346,776

4 75 -

190,994

500

195,473

5.25

23,980

6 50

1S,.345

6 75

44,085

6 00

32,971

6 25

6 60

21,990

21,990

6 75

700

9,631
5,480

9,631

7.25

3,767

9,247

760

7 75

8.00

8,105

266

4,113

8,387

8,105

8.25

266

8 50

4,113

8 75

8,387

900

9 25

9 50

9 75

17
220

17

10 00 and over

2,805

3,026

Total number. -

Total weight,
pounds

13,182,439
111,660

3,781,781
10,856

803,834
576

4,143,302
16,049

4,890,332
14,834

7,585,138
13.672

34,386,826
167,647

86

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
PREDATORY ANIMAL CATCH BY COUNTIES

July 1, 1940, to June 30,

1941

July 1, 1941, to June 30,

1942

Total

County-

Coyote

Bobcat

Other
preda-
tors

Total

Coyote

Bobcat

Other
preda-
tors

Total

for
bien-
nium

28

42

115

6
12

9

4
11
29

4
123

8

3

23

78

452

6
21
30
91
58

37
77
202
456
135
242
129
415
110

34

24

84

2

38

265

1

341

9

6

12"

2

4
35

45

22
..

75
31

85

46

96

8

117

331

1

581

36

11

183

190

127

491

262

122

El Dorado

123

Fresno _

298

Glenn ---

464

Inyo

118
192

95

201

44

252

Kem

573

130

Los Angeles -

146
2
4
15
5
7

156
6

94

25

7

63

70

17

120

194

996

Madera

146

Marin

11

Mariposa. -

105

9

94

417

80

52

44

183

164

127

82

511

29

7

63

68

73

39

54

60

97

24

1

6

232

11

50

15

92

12

38

41

144

25

5

27

10

37

6

13

4

18

209

5

10

385

255
92
22
37
28

155
55

165

46

7

193
74
56
13

107

20"

338

15

110

1,034

346

194

81
312
204
320
178
820
100

19
283
152
166

58
174

64
135

105
115
103

215
62

521

Modoc

205

Mono -

237

Monterey

1,525
608

Npvarlf^

Orange . --

194

Riverside

163

139

9

247

112

473

14

42

161

68

72

101

63

47

175

62

104

3

89

68

87

10

52

18

19

35

39

7

7

39

130

73

4

285

101

137

21

117

97

93

52

49

74

22

91

355
316

16
621
281
697

45
211
276
180
159
189
144

76
305

436

San Benito

628

San Bernardino

220

San Diego

941

San Luis Obispo . ._ _

459

Santa Barbara

1,517
145

Santa Clara

Santa Cruz _ .. .

230

Shasta

559

Siskiyou

332

Stanislaus

325

Trinity.

247

Tulare

318

Tiinliimne

140

Ventura

440

Totals

3,193

1,017

2,696

6,906

3,284

1,039

2,113

6,436

13,342

1940-il 1941-42

Average number of trappers 21 23

Miles of trapline 279,135 263,999

Number of sets 315,413 323,329

Number of days 5,931 6,934

TIllHTV-SKVENTir HIENNIAL RKI'ORT
LEADING COUNTIES IN GAME TAKE, 1940-1941

87

Quail

Doves

Ducks

Gccse

Pheaaanta

Pigeona

1

1940

1941

1940

1041

1940

1041

1040

1041

1040

1041

1040

1041

r

MMitipfla

08,750

55,648

Amador

6,833

1,100

Butte

60,938
110,768
65,887

67,729
140,717
43.340

12,647
22,026

13,062 1 19.457

28,227
27,154

Colusa

24,147

15,646

Contra Costa -.

Frosno

62,926

64,148

143,655

119,549

Glenn

44,618 62,947

11,571

15.575

18,907

26,438

Humboldt

36,477

34,603

118.882

29,437
38,957
99,398

Imperial

158,524
1 13,233

155,208
90,433

43,565
41,207

35,825
55.985

Kern - .

1.307

30,062

Kings

30,681

28,924

Lassen

8.666

5.937

2.120

5,175

Los Angeles

62,713

52,175

79,144

74,801

2.576
3,149

5,006

Mendocino

1,050

Merced

61,087

46,561

154,413

174,218

8,718

7.473

6,804

10.684

Modoc

42,160

45,743

20,551

27.871

3.303

5.616

Monterey

37,400

92,668

27,431
80,002

29,307
1,744

24,420

Riverside

76,938
39,022
47,040

59,952
23,173
37,273

3,339

Sacramento

10.751

17,873

San Bernardino

55,465

51,816

San Diego

55,901

64,130

53,764
53,271
50,447

62,812
38,397
42,423

56,447
53,391

75,893
59,084

11,820

11,016

San Joaquin

5.937

7.372

San Luis Obispo

36,141

37,980

15,112
3,130
6,934

1,740

San Mateo

1,591

Santa Cruz

7,283

Siskiyou __

17,999

27,092

71,776
129,008

87,738
108,076

21,006

18.555

4,263

4.259

Solano

Sonoma

37,042

29,628

Stanislaus

58,860

42,920

8,276
12,505

9,851

17,786

Sutter

43,109

56,479

4,715

4,625

Tulare

49,677

37,841

140,903

120,128

Tuolumne

3,005
1,176

1,430

Ventura

16,001

Yolo

21,167

40,550

3,286 3.41!} 1

14,164

21,608

■ 1

88

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS
RECAPITUUTION

Number

of
arrests

Fines imposed

JaU

sentences

(days)

Fish cases 1940-1941 - ---

1,900
1,647

$53,062 50
46,194 50

3,396

Game cases 1940-1941

2,561Ji

Totals 1940-1941

3,547

1,772
1,943

$99,257 00

$47,940 00
55,394 46

5,957M

Fish cases 1941-1942

5,580

Gamp cases 1Q41-1942

3,710

Totals 1941-1942

3,715

3,547
3,715

$103,334 46

$99,257 00
103,334 46

9,290

Recapitulation —

1940-1941 -

5,957}^

1941-1942

9,290

Totals -

7,262

$202,591 46

15,247}i

TOTAL ARRESTS FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY YEARS

1902-1904 -1 — - 550

1904-1906.. — 774

1906-1908 1,192

1908-1910 - - — 1,771

1910-1912 2,063

1912-1914 1,993

1914-1916.... 2,087

1916-1918 - 1,797

1918-1920 - - .- 1,891

1920-1922 .-.- 2,258

1922-1924- .- 2,715

1924-1926.. 3,207

1926-1928 4,390

1928-1930... .- 5,388

1930-1932 .-. 5,237

1932-1934 3,795

1934-1936 - 4,535

1936-1938 .-- 6,382

1938-1940 7,444

1940-1942 7,262

RECORD OF MOUNTAIN LION BOUNTIES PAID BY DIVISION OF FISH AND GAM

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1

*" i

1

1
1
1
1

1

2

1

1
1
2

1
1
4

1
1
9

3
2
3

4

1

2
2

3

3

1

2

1

3

1

2

1

2

2

6

2

2

4

9

2
.....

9
2

1

4
1
4

2
1
3

5

8
4

1
6
2

3

14

6

4

7
2

2
3
3

8

3

10

6
4
2

4

13
4

• 9
17
12

5
5

7

8
7

2
15

6

1
29

3
22

3

8

3

19
1

'"12"

3

16

10
14

1
10

4
11

1
13

2
13

1

15

10
10

2
21

15

26
1

39

22

3

1

18

1
15

1
8

'"17"

4
22

4
21

1
20

......

1

15

17

10

14

20

14

9

1
5

8

2

11

9
1

9
1

11

12

1

10

2

7

21

21

12

17

22

9

27

28

19

5

10

1
1

7
2

8
5

5

3

1

4
2

3
2

3

1

3
1

11
2

22

1

13
1

2
7

14

7

13
15

12

18

5
22

4

13

1

6
15

1

7
22

5

9

""15'

'""36'
1

13
20

3
14

7
32

4

13

1

2

16

1

1

.....

5

6

1
12

2
7

1

16

"'IV

1
30

2
23

1
26

'"23'

2
37

12

12

19

34

27

2

""2

2
2

1

1

1

1

4

2
1
4

2

3

9

13

-..-__

5

6

3

1

6

1

3

4

5

1
1

6

8

2

2

3

3

4

2

2

2

5

1

2

2

2

2

3

2

1

3

1

1

1

1
1

_-..-.

1
3

5

4

3
5

6
4

2
2

4

3

1

4
5

10
5

5
3

5

10

7
7

4
34

7
5

2
10

3

9

3

6

9

12

13

10

8

5

5

8

7

4

10

4
1

6
4

3

2

6
3

19
2
1

30

5
2

15
4

26

1

13

11

2

16

11
4

5
3

11
3

14

13
3

17
2

20
2

7

10

11

26

8

8

37

16

17

11

13

15

16

19

1
8

1

9

9

7

1

2

9

14

5

6

3

3

16

8

2

.....

1

4
3

2
1

1
1

2

......

1

1

1
3

3

1

1

3

14

17

12

_1

4
4

8

7

1
3

8
11

3
2
4
6

6
12
11

9

17

13

23

4

18
21
17
15

14
19
22
13

4
11
15
11

14

16

45

4

2

15

9

1

5
11

4
11

6

4

12

2

9
33
16

7

11

28

9

2

6
36
10

5

7

1

8

2

2

8

4

1

8

15

15

14

17

2

6

4

1

1

1

4

5

1

1

162

179

188

214 243

219 256

299

225

285

225

249

241

332

309

292

1

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

Total

County

1

2

1

1

7

3

26

60

62

Alameda

~

Alpine

"

'""l

2
3
9

1
1
1

......

4

1
4

Amador

-

2
2

1
2

......

4
1

1
3

..

Butte
Calaveras

8

8

4

4

1

1

2

75

Colusa
Contra Costa

4

8
12

8

10

4

3
5
2

1

13
4

4
3

4
3
4

6
8
3

11

7

2

16

8
6
2

5
3

7

210
203
137

Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno

11
13

18
19

9
29

5
22

7
28

8
19

9
24

11
25

7
28

5

16

7
22

192

973

2

22

371

Glenn

Humboldt

Imperial

1
5

3
2

"16'

Inyo

15

7

6

6

4

5

5

12

Kern

1
447

12
175

89

Kings

18

21

11

1
1

11
2
3

8

13

13

12

15

10

8

12

Lake
Lassen

....__

4

2
3

3

1

8
2

5

4

6
3

5

4

3

12

Los Angeles
Madera

1

1
9

""24"

1

1

21

1

3

138

585

5

5

Marin

3

5

1
16

4
21

Mariposa

13

4

12

11

31

Mendocino
Merced

Modoc

1
3

18

505

4

32

18

Mono

16

23

2

19

8

17

11
1
1

19

14

16

Monterey
Napa

-

3

1
2

4

6

1

2"

1

5

.._-..

1

Nevada
Orange

-

3

2
1

2

1
2

9

......

1
3
6

5

1
8

3

7

4

2

1
3

2"

116

19

96

1

60

Placer
Pliimn.s

1

2

3

Riverside
Sacramento

1

2

3

2

1

San Benito

1
14

5

13

7
5

8
12

2
12

7
12

4
14

4
4

15
11

8
10

6

6

147
230

San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco

2
209

San Joaquin

8

5

7

1

1

2

4

5

4

5

San Luis Obispo

1

408

104

4

604

San Mateo

25

1

26

7

17

7

14
6

20
13

7
3

5

2

11
5

11

1

18
4

5

1

Santa Barbara
Santa Clara

15

26

29

20

22

3

18

8

11

8

7

Shasta

3
15

3
. 3

4
3

2

7

12
12

1

20

2
31

35

478

Sierra

18

18

22

12

Siskiyou
Solano

1
3

1

1

1
1

30
25

Sonoma

3

Stanislaus

2
368
781
398
180

Sutter

16
40

17
1

10

31

8

6

21
26
11

7

12

4

3

9

18
7
5

8

18
9
4

6
29

f

10

28

15

1

9

50
13

3

38

17

1

4

24
12

6

Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne

8

1
1
5

2

1

1

2

1

9

2

2

163

1

35

Ventura
Yolo

6

3

1

2

Yuba

_

293

325

269

215

255

177

224

253

292

228

243

8,877

Totals

THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT
SEIZURES OF FISH AND GAME

89

Fish

July 1. 1940.

to
June 30, 1941

July 1. 1941.

to
June 30, 1942

ToUl

Abalones ---

AbaloDes, green

Abalones, red

Abalones, black ..-

Abalones. pink --

Abalones, pounds

Albaoore, pounds

Assorted fish, pounds

Barracuda

Barracuda, pounds

Bass

Bass, pounds

Bass, black

Bass, black, pounds

Bass, calico

Bass, striped

Bass, striped, pounds

Bass, traps

Bass, white sea. pounds

Bass, rock

Bass, largemouth --

Bonito, pounds

Carp

Carp, pounds

Catfish

Catfish, pounds

Clams. Pismo

Clams, Washington.-

Clams, Razor, sacks

Clams, pounds

Clams, Jacknife

Cockles

Cockles, pounds

Corbina

Crabs

Crappie -

Crappie, pounds

Croakers, spotfin —

Croakers, spotfin. pounds

Fish traps..

Devil fish

Frogs

Frog legs, pounds

Fyke net -.

Halibut -

Halibut, pounds

Lobsters

Lobster, traps

Lobsters, spiney

Lobsters, spiney, pounds

Mullet, pounds

Mussels, pounds

Oysters, pounds

Perch

Salmon

Salmon, silver, pounds..

Salmon, pounds .-.

Salmon, king, pounds

Sardines

Sardines, pounds

Scallops

Set lines

Skipjack, pounds

Sunfish

Sunfish. bluegill

Sunfish, bluegill, pounds

Sunfish, green

Shark livers, blue, pounds

Shark livers, soupfin. pounds .

Throw nets

Trout

Trout, pounds

Trout, Rainbow

Trout, Eastern Brook

Trout, Steelhead

Trout, Loch Leven

Tuna, pounds

Tuna, bluefin, pounds

Tuna, yellowfin, pounds

Yellowtail, pounds

179

26

490

304

60

375

6,255

36

2

39

10

9

414

3

1,303

2

100

7

27

113

355

3,010

64

10

653

7,690
125

22

76

5

16
4

506

1,581

37

400
400

97
447

20

209

2

66

222
43M
249
45
204
7

431

470

6,803

246
67

168
56

300
"'59'

21
740

225
.....

"23'

1

80
283
693

45

1
4,492

7
18
85
20
44
4
9

14

6
375
125
63
202
267
370

69

77

26

100

1,500

10

52,220

1,500

8

46,612

299

279

12

15

237

2

315

394

23

1

5,293

3,000

380,459

12

179

271

557

472

56

60

300

375

59

6,255

57

742

128

10

9

639

3

2

1,303

23

2

100

8

27

193

638

3,703

109

10

653

1

12,182

125

7

40

161

25

44

4

9

2

14

16

4

6

881

1,706

100

202

267

370

400

400

166

524

46

100

1,500

10

52,220

1,500

8

46,612

299

488

14

66

15

237

2

537

4314

643

45

227

8

5,293

3,431

380,929

6,815

90

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
SEIZURES OF FISH AND GAME— Continued

Game

July 1, 1940,

to
June 30, 1941

July 1, 1941,

to
June 30, 1942

Total

AntploDP

2

80
2
4
1

2

80

1

3

4

1

4

4

1
3

28
3
4

35

1

Bittprn -

3

Coot

1

29

Cranps lonffbill

3

Curlew

1
8
5
1

1

7Mm

5

5

43

5

Dppr forkpH horn

1

1

9,153
5
1

17,093

10

1

Dppr snilcp hiipk -

7

879

3

898

28

5

62

22

1

7

407

1,286

3

672

1,570

28

5

Ducks. sDriff - -

62

22

Finch

1

3

3

Frogs -

11
67

11

87
1
5
3

154

Goldfinch

1

2

7

Ibis

3

1

1

Jacksnitje - -

1

1

1

1

1
6
6

1

4
7
2

76

7

166

6

8

33

10

Mudhens - - --

13

2

76

7

Pheasants

594

760

6

Phalaropes - -

8

64

7

574

97

Plover -

7

27

1

21

18

18

6

46

10

1

9

37
1

601

Ouail Mountain

1

21

Ouail Desert _--

18

1

39

232

6

19

Rabbits, brush

45

278

Rabbits, jack - ~

16

1

Robins _

17

13

2

1
1

26

50

Sandhill crane -

3

1

Sandpipers - - -

9
1

10

1

Sparrows _-

9
1
2

9

5

1
2
3

6

Squirrels, erev--

3

2

Swan

3

1
1

1

Thrush

1

5

5

Willits, western - -

2

2

1
3

1

Yellowlegs

1
5

4

5

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FISH CASES

Offense

July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1!)4I

Arrests Fines

Jail

.July I, 1941, to June 30, 1942

Arrests Fines

Jail

Abaloncs: Taking undcrsizc red, ovcrlimit, fake from
shells below hiRh water mark, no license, elosed

season, overlimit black, pink and green

Albacore: Scllins undorsize _

Alien purchasing and using citizen's license .-

Angling: No license, closed district, fail to wear li-
cense in visible position, fail to show license on
demand, closed waters, overlimit, making false
statement to obtain license, fish with more than
one rod and line, angling with more than two rods,
within 150 feet lower side of dam, transferring
license, at night, with set line, use another's license,
closed season, closed area, alien using citizen's

angling license

Barracuda: No license, overlimit ----

Bass: Taking striped bass after sunset, undersize,
selling striped bass, no license, take with more
than one rod and line, black bass, no license,
closed season, at night, with nets, take white sea

bass with round haul net --- -

Bass, black: No license, undersize, overlimit

Bass, sea: Undersize, overlimit

Bass, striped: No license, at night, undersize, with 2

rods, with nets

Catfish: Closed season, undersize, offering for sale,

no license, overlimit

Clams: Taking jackknife clams, no license, under-
size, Pismo clams, overlimit, razor clams, closed
season. District 9, undersize cockle clams, over-
limit Washington clams, fail to keep records of

clams bought from diggers, no license

Cockles, rock: No license

Commercial fishing: No license, fail to register com-
mercial fishing boat

Crabs: Closed season, undersized

Crab traps: Illegally used

Crappie: Overlimit, closed season, no license

Croaker, spotfin -_

Crustaceans: Fail to show on demand

Dip net : Take fish with baited dip net

Diver net: No buoys

Drag net

Explosives: Use to take fish in the Pit River _ _

Fail to apply for Fish and Game plates to replace
lost ones, fail to keep records of registration plates _

Fail to apply for identification cards

Fail to keep catch records, receipts

Fail to show license on demand and fish.

Fail to register commercial fishing boat

Fishing: 150 feet of dam, within 2 miles of the mouth
of Blue Lake, within 300 feet of the mouth of
WoodCreek, within 150 feet lower side of a dam. .

Fish trap: In the waters of Latham Slough

Fishway: Fish in upper end —

Frogs: Taking undersized, overlimit

Fyke nets: Meshes less than 2} 2 inches

Gaff: Within 300 feet of a stream, possess at Wood-
bridge Dam, Mokelumne River.-. ---

Gill net: With meshes over 1% inches in length, in
District 2, in tidewater at Klamath River, use to
take flying fish, in District IM, with mesh over
\% inches in size, before sunrise and set net in
District 19A, closed district, use in District 21 for

taking yellowfin croaker -

Halibut: Undersized, no license

License: Alien purchase of citizen license, predated

license, false statement in procuring license.

Lobsters: Closed season, undersized, oversized-

Lobster traps: Illegally used ---

Minnows: Use illegal net, seine over 6 feet long, in

District 2, using for bait, selling, no license -

Mussels: Take in San Diego Marine Life Refuge-. _-
Net: Operate in closed area, unlawful use of in Dis-
trict 19A, possess throw net in closed area, round

haul net in District 20, operate in Eel River

Night fishing..

Obstruction: Placing in astream ...

Oysters: Take from beds without permission

138

13,372 50

321
14

145

12

3

201

28

198
3

205
11

4,114 00

280 00

2,588 50
80 00
50 00

3,702 50

1,461 00

3,887 50
15 00

2,550 00
305 00

285 00
5 00

25 00

200 00
100 00

100 00
35 00

22
2
1
3

12

22

347 50
35 00

50 00
500 00

1,450 00
25 00

265 00

10 00
25 00

425 00
50 00

100 00
75 00

120',;

$2,360 00
.50 00
150 00

28II2
87}

119J

8732

335

4,536 00

248

4,244 SO

537

187

194'

331}

100

50

780

50

14

174

88

12
2
1

402 50

3,202 50

3
10

935 00
175 00
100 00
187 00
110 00
10 00

25 00

25 00

60 00
25 00
40 00

50 00

100 00

247 50

16
3

850 00
5 00

6

34

2

135 00
450 00
335 00

24
9

65 00

1,850 00
95 00

65

412

1,008

3574
37

180

12H

10

40

30

92

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
FISH CASES— Continued

Offense

July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941

Arrests

Fines

Jail

July 1, 1941, to June 30, 1942

Arrests

Fines

Jail

Operating drag boat in District 118.5

Operate net to take fish

Operate party boat, no permit, no plates

Paranzella net: Operate inside of three mile limit

Perch: No license, closed season, overlimit

Pollution .-.-.-._.-_--

Purse seine net: Illegal use in closed district, in Dis-
trict 118.5

Refuge: Take fish in refuge

Refuse to show fish on demand

Round haul net .

Salmon: No license, overlimit, take within 250 feet
of the lower side of dam, overlimit in District 11,
closed stream, salmon gaff within 300 feet of
stream, take with rifle, closed season, spear, take

other than with hook and line, closed area

Sardines: Reduction with no permit

Scallops: Undersized, no license

Seine: Beach in District 1, closed area

Set lines: In District 12, in District 1, in Whiskey

Slough, in District 4M

Shark fiver and no carcass on boat

Steelhead: No license

Spear: Possession in Cosumnes River within 300 feet

of stream, 200 feet of stream

Sturgeon

Sunfish: Closed season, no license, bluegill sunfish,

during closed season, green

Taking fish in a closed area with ring net

Throw net

Trammel net in closed area

TroUing with 2 lures on one line

Transfer of license

Trout: Using 2 rods to take trout, taking trout
within 300 feet of the mouth of a stream, overlimit
taking trout with more than two attractors, night
fishing, no license, 2 poles and set line, closed
season, within 2 mile limit on Blackwood Creek,
closed area, closed stream, take by explosives,
take from rearing ponds, clubbing, take with

snag hook

Tuna: Undersized, yellowfin tuna, selUng, no com-
mercial license, taking bluefin tuna with purse
seine nets, closed area, offering undersized yellow-
fin tuna and skipjack for sale

Wasting fish

Yellowtail: On boat carrying round haul net

$5 00

84

21
1
5

127 50
15,500 00

1,975 00
10 00
20 00

120

2,595 00

22

lo"

21

425 00

240 00
200 00

50

18

634 00
1,600 00

25 00

116

2,277 50

900 00

Totals.

25 00

12J^

124}^

171

loo'

40

85

20

1,900

$53,062 50 3,396

2

"§"
9

4
90

12

5300 00

34

48
1
4
5

1
4

12
4

45

118

2
10

1,772

10 00

1,100 00

110 00

12,750 00

800 00

1,425 00

1,260 50

25 00

45 00

220 00

5 00

255 00
75 00

1,370 00

100 00
300 00

10 00

2,371 00

2,485 00
50 00

847,940 00

24

10
10

180
50

5,580

'riiiH'ry-SKVEN'iii i;ii:nniai, itKi-oitr

GAME CASES

93

Offense

July 1,

1940, to June 30, 1941

July 1,

041, to June 30, 1942

Arrests

Fines

Jail

Arrests

Fines

Jail

Antelope: Taking and posscsaing, hunting with no
permit and killing female

7
3

$235 00
75 00

Avocets: Possession. _

2

8

1
7

2
1
4

358
103

47
110

192

$20 00
160 00

Bear: Closed season, illegally taken

Beaver pelts

1

25 00

Brant: Closed season

150 00
35 00

Coots: Shooting from auto, shooting from motor
boat, after four p.m.

.......

2,757

1,01511;

95
214

130

3

1

1

418
98

56 00
40 00
25 00

17,435 46
3,467 SO

Cranes: Possession sandhill cranes

Curlew: Closed season, no license

85 00

13,639 00
3,110 00

1.175 50
2,454 00

7,032 50

Deer: Take at night, possess doe, closed season,
female deer, deer in refuge, no deer tags, spotted
fawn, spot-lighting, killing doe, fail to have deer
tags validated, evidence of sex removed from hide,
fail to fill out deer tags, spike buck, failure to retain
horns, illegal venison, allow dogs to run and kill
deer, hunt in refuge, sale of deer meat, fail to re-
tain hide and horns, transporting deer meat,
forked horn deer in District 1^

2,039K
766

Deer meat: Closed season, doe meat, untagged
female.

Deer tags: Fail to validate, no deer tags, not properly
filled out, fail to have countersigned, defacing
deertags _ ..

Doves: Closed season, no license, overlimit, shoot
from auto, trapping doves ._

69

222

1

130

1,729 50
5,852 50

4

shoot from power boat, shooting after sunset,

overlimit, shoot from auto, possess woodducks

Eggs : Illegally taken game bird eggs -..

30
12'^

Firearms: In refuge, using roadsign as target

Frogs: Undersized

100
2

2,588 50
30 00

22} 2

3,065 00

Gallinules: Closed season

1

25 00

Game birds: Bring into California without a permit,
no license, shoot from power boat, sandpiper, no
license

21

44
2

540 00

1,120 00
35 00

Geese: Closed season, illegal possession, overlimit,

before sunrise, shoot from auto, no license

Grouse

57

1,307 50

Hare: Possession Sierra Hare

1

200
1
4

50 00

3,423 00
20 00
10 00

Hunting: No license, at night, with artificial light,
false statement to secure license, in refuge, fail to
show license on demand, hunting on posted land,
transferring license, hunting at night, closed area. .

Hunting Club: Operate without a license

151
2

2,581 00
10 00

143

70'/^

Jacksnipe: Killing in closed area

60

Light and gun: Possess in deer district

3

2

6

2

18

21

202

18

Meadowlarks: Kill and possess, non-game birds

Mudhens: Closed season, no license

50 00

75 00

50 00

340 00

415 00

5,428 00

485 00

6
16

155 00
335 00

Muskrats: Closed season

Night hunting..

125

"""745J^
90

Non-game birds

27

259

14

2

66

154

11
6

47
15

427 50

10,643 00

210 00

50 00

1,585 00

2,208 50
170 00
125 00

805 00
330 00

Oi

Pheasants: Closed season, no license, hen

547

Pigeons: Closed season.

20

Plover ..

Quail: Closed season, no license, trapping valley
quail

62

67
4
4

55

24

1
7
1
6
3

9
2

93

1,650 50

688 50

75 00

160 00

835 00

565 00

300 00

37 50

10 00

110 00

75 00

110 00

36
36.' 2

12' 2

15

Rabbits: Taking brush rabbits, closed season, cot-
tontails, possession jackrabbits, no license, take
with snare

42J^
19

Robins: Nolicense..

Sagehens: Bring illegally into the State ... ..

95

Shoot: Non-game birds from auto, from road, early
shooting, after sunset, no gun plug, at night, in

25

Shorebirds: Possession shooting bitterns, curlew,
grebe

Silencer: Possess and operate for taking wild game...

Snares: Take game birds with snares

75

Sparrow

Squirrels, tree and grey

50

3
2

125 00
50 00

25

Swan: Possession, shooting, taking whistling swan...
Trap: Interfere with trapper, on refuge, no permit,
disturbing traps of a licensed trapper

Trespass •

3
94

45 00
1,290 00

Waterfowl: Closed season, early shooting before sun-
rise

1,695 00

Totals.

1,647

$46,194 50

2,561' 2

1,943

$55,394 46

3 710

94

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

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235,604
566,206

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61,533

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16,510

928"

"l"2",502"

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74,851

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149,102
5,093

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5,862

11,292

"2"5"4',i30"

126,410

434,506

56,928

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Halibut, Northern

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Sablefish

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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

CANNED, CURED AND MANUFACTURED FISHERY PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE

YEAR OF 1940

Canned

Kind of fish or fishery
product

Size of cans

San

Francisco

district,

cases

Monterey

district,

cases

San Pedro

district,

cases

San Diego

district,

cases

Total
cases

4-lb., 12's

1,934

12,196

98,465

9,459

430

22,450

36,637

11

6,266

1,331,453

5,904

56,101

407

1,079

17,645

173

2,341

1-lb

13,275

J4-lb

3,953

120,063

M-lb

9,632

14-Ib lOO's

430

1-lb'.

3,085

14,136

1,001

3,781

40,821

127

636

71

25,535

'14-Ih

50,773

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1,012

i^-lb , lOO's

10,047

1-lb

1,372,274

J4-lb. -— -

6,031

l^lb 96's

56,737

JinQ

i^lb., 96's

71

No. 10 cans, 6's _

10,939
755,639
196,318

10,939

1-lb., oval

1-lb., tall

10 oz

178,316

52,877

4,021

664,241
398,960

1,598,196

648,155

4,021

ix-ib oval

3,497

3,497

i^lb.

26,439
204,332

26,439

Ji-lb., 96's

ix-lb fillet

3,913

150,890

118,707

536

32,275

27

359,135

118,707

l^lb B & P

536

?4-lb sa

32,275

6-oz., sq. lOO's-
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27

37

37

M-lb., sq. lOO's .

3,187

210

148,215

72

3,259

210

5-oz., lOO's

1-lb.

77,760

12,187

100

3,556

156,681

382,656

Rlipfl

12,187

CViQrl PrtP

1-lb

100

14-Ih

3,556

n .1

9-oz.

34,603

34,603

4-lb , 12's

337

24,565

196,.331

16,205

29,905

18,248

213,674

19,137

55,388

2,639

45,419

677

419,771

32,301

35,584

754

8,605

74,913

1,187

337

1-lb.

6,371
37,522

1,534

440

27,288

432,657

28,837

40,994

3,750
79,331

30,936

I4.lh.

233,853

M-lb

17,739

ixi-lb lOO's

30,345

1-lb.

45,536

i^lb

646,331

l^-\h

47,974

W-lb lOO's

96,382

4-lb , 12's

6,389

1-lb

124,750

12-oz

677

\4-Vo

1,149,763

222,449

14,135

285

9,569

131,857

150

226

5,712

54,200

7

6,018

19,044

2,552

1,569,534

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254,750

l^-\h lOO's

49,719

Tuna flakes

4-lb., 12's

1,039

1-Ib.

18,174

14-lb

206,770

^-Ib

1,337

4-lb., 12's

226

3^1b.

16,205
107,889

21,917

14-Ib lOO's

162,089

Ypllowtail

4-Ib 12's

7

1-lb

11,403
29,458

17,421

YrVo

48,502

•

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2,552

Vet food

Misc. sizes

14,198

817,893

832,091

Totals

346,928

1,458,996

5,210,519

2,357,690

9,374,133

Note. — Forty-eight cans to the case unless otherwise specified.
Monterey. San Pedro District includes Orange County.

San Francisco District includes all area north of

TIIIKTY-SEVF.NTIT HIENM.M- l!i:i'()I{'
Cured and Manufactured

90

Fishery product

Size or

<numtity

Sun

Franci.sdo
district

Monterey

district

San Pedro
district

San Die(?o

district

Total

42,580

42,580

189,228

189,228

Pounds

37,000

37,000

6,620

5,520

Ssihlofish smokpd

Pounds

339,644

865

94,624

339,644

825-11). tierces. --
PouiuLs-

865

94,624

9,683

22,360

32,043

Pounds

138,722

261,986
21,256

138,722

Pounds

261,986

Tons.

28,004

29,.542
2,.509,291

7,335

129,079

86,1.37

Kish oil - - -

Gallons

4,831,500 1 5.745.120

13,214,990

Miscellaneous Data

Francisco
district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

Estimated value of pack
Number of employees- _ .
Value of plants

$3,920,502

1,759

$4,275,098

$7,358,651

3,151

$3,497,715

$21,141,928

3,945

$3,469,283

$14,136,063

2,064

$1,066,715

$46,557,144

10,919

$12,308,811

100 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS,

SEASON 1940-1941

Disagreement on the price of sardines delayed the opening of the
sardine season in the San Francisco and Monterey districts in 1940.
With the exception of one plant in San Francisco that did not belong
to the San Francisco Sardine Association, all plants were idle until
October. A price of $10.50 per ton was eventually agreed upon and
plants in the Monterey district began receiving sardines on October
7th, and in the San Francisco district on October 8th.

A total of 226,188 tons of sardines were received for canning pur-
poses, as compared with 225,357 tons for the previous season. The
overage on the canning fish was 70,404 tons, and the offal from the fish
canned was 77,896 tons, making a total of 148,300 tons of the total
received for canning that went into the reduction plant. A decrease
in the pack of one-pound oval cans was offset by an increase in the
pack of other sizes. The total pack was approximately 25,000 cases
less than that of the previous season.

No change was made in the law pertaining to the taking of sardines
for canning or reduction purposes, and the same method of determining
the percentage of sardines received for canning that may be used for
reduction has not been altered from that shown in Circular 13.

Permits to receive and use sardines by a reduction process were
issued for 5,000 tons for each plant regardless of press capacity.
Seventy permits were issued for 350,000 tons but at the close of the
season 126,413 tons granted under permit were canceled. Of the per-
mit tonnage granted for use for reduction, onl}^ 60 per cent of the total
was taken in the San Francisco district, 84 per cent in the Monterey
district, 64 per cent in the San Pedro district, and 6 per cent in the
San Diego district.

The permits issued for the San Francisco and Monterey districts
were on a monthly allotment basis of 20 per cent each month for the
first five months of the season and the tonnage not taken in the month
for which it was allocated could be accumulated and taken at any time
thereafter until the close of the season February 15th. In southern
California the total allotment for the season was made available at the
opening of the season.

This report does not include sardines taken for fresh fish markets,
bait, or quarter oil pack.

TITIRTY-SEVENTir HIF.NMAT, RKPORT 101

The following plants operated during the season :

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT

Alaska Salmon Co., Kichmond

Benicia Fisheries (2 plants), lienicia

F. E. Booth Co., Inc. (2 phinls), Pittsburg

Burnett and Parr (Currier), Richmond

Burnett and Parr {Monitor), Kichmond

California Fish Products Co., Iviclnuoud

Carquincz Fishery, Ltd., Kichmond

Cypress Fisheries, Inc., San Francisco

Deep Sea Fisheries, Inc., Benicia

East Bay Fisheries, Inc., Richmond

Edible Fish Meals & Oils, Inc., Richmond

Farallone Packing Co., San Francisco

Fish-Dee-Lish Corp., Richmond

Fish Packers, Inc., McNears Point

Gardenia Packing Co. {Brookdale), Richmond

Golden State Fisheries, Inc., Benicia

Hofmann Packing Co., McNears Point

W. L. Martignoni (Charterer Lansing), Richmond

Martinez Food Canners, Ltd., Martinez

Northern Packing Corp., San Francisco

Old Capitol Packers, Inc., McNears Point

Ozol Packing Co., Martinez

Pittsburg Canners, Inc., Kichmond

Point Edith Fisheries, Ltd., Port Chicago

Polarine Fisheries, Inc., Richmond

Red Rock Fisheries, Inc., Richmond

Redoudo Fish Products Co., Richmond

Richmond Fisheries, Inc., Richmond

San Pablo Fisheries, Richmond

Santa Cruz Oil Corp., Port Costa

Santa Inez Fisheries, Inc., Port Costa

MONTEREY DISTRICT

F. E. Booth Co., Inc., Monterey

California Packing Corp., Monterey

Carmel Canning Co., Monterey

Custom House Packing Corp., Monterey

Del Mar Canning Co., Monterey

E. B. Gross Canning Co. (2 plants), Monterey

Hovden Food Products Corp. (2 plants), Monterey

Hovden Food Products Corp. (2 plants) , Moss Landing

Monterey Canning Co., Monterey

Monterey Fish Products, Inc. (2 plants), Monterey

San Carlos Canning Co. (2 plants), Monterey

San Xavier Fish Packing Co., Monterey

Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Monterey

102 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

SAN PEDRO DISTRICT

California Marine Curing & Packing Co., Terminal Island

California Sea Food Co., Long Beach

Coast Fishing Co., Wilmington

Franco Italian Packing Co., Terminal Island

French Sardine Co. of California, Inc. (2 plants), Terminal Island

Italian Food Products Co., Long Beach

K & M Fisheries, Terminal Island

Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Terminal Island

Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Wilmington

South Coast Fisheries., Inc., Terminal Island

South Pacific Canning Co., Long Beach

Southern California Fish Corp., Terminal Island

Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc. (3 plants). Terminal Island

SAN DIEGO

American Fisheries Co., San Diego
Fishermen's Tuna Packing Co.,^ San Diego
Sun Harbor Packing Corp., San Diego
Westgate Sea Products Co., San Diego

1 Permit granted, no sardines received.

TIIlllTV-SEVKNTII l!li;.\MAI, |{i;i'()KT

103

PRODUCTION OF SARDINE PLANTS
August 1, 1940, to March 31, 1941

District

iSardincH

received,

tons

Uwd for

canning,

tons

f'amiery
fish overage
UfK-d for
meal and
oil, tons

IJwd for

meal and

oil under

pf-rmit,

tona

San Francisco __ .

Monterey

II7,«I7
I(i5,145

i7n,r)5()

1,188

14,423

(«,99l

80,351

19

6,849

28,601

34,952

2

95,667
75,519

San Pedro -

51,234

San Diego

1,167

Totals -

464,709

1166,784
70,404

70,404

223,587

Add cannery overage used for meal and oil

226,188

1 The law requires that 13' 2 cases of 1-llj. oval cans Ix^ canned from each ton of sardines received for canning pur-
poses, but in calculating the amount of fish actually used in canning, a basis of 20 cases per ton is used.

District

Cannery
offal, tons

1-lb. ovals

packed,

cases

Other
size cans
packed,

cases

Other

size cans

reduced to

equivalent

of 1-lb.
ovals, cases

Cases,
per ton

San Francisco - _

7,213

30,495

40,179

9

168,700
622,219
672,780

130,784

650,672

947,796

452

119,713

597,627

934,975

452

13 5

Monterey --

13.6

San Pedro

13.9

21.5

Totals

77,896

1,463,699

1,729,704

1,652,767

District

Sardine
meal, tons

Ratio
per ton
of meal

Sardine

oU,
gallons

Gallons of
oil per ton

of fish
and offal

San Francisco,

Monterey

San Pedro

San Diego

Totals.. -

20,541

25,805

24,560

216

71,122

5.3
5.2
5.1
5.4

4,809,853

5,197,570

2,369,300

21,587

12,398,310

43.8
38.6
18.7
18.3

District

Reduction

permits

issued,

tons

Unused

reduction

permit

tonnage

cancelled,

tons

Used
for other
purposes,

tons

S^an Francisco

160,000
90,000
80,000
20,000

64,333
14,481
28,766
18,833

*878

Monterey

334

*4,022

Totals -

350,000

126,413

54,934

2 878 tons for pet food.

3 34 tons for salting.
M,022 tons for pet food.

5 4,900 tons petlfood, 34 tons for salting.

104

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF SARDINE PLANT OPERATIONS, SEASONS 1939-40 AND 1940-41

San Francisco District

Season
1939-40

Season
1940-41

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil..
Tons of sardines received for pet food, etc

Total tons of sardines received for all pm^poses

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

OU, gallons

21,201

189,590

680

21,272

95,667

878

211,471

196,011

98,296

90,628

36,324

9,313,706

117,817

168,700

130,784

119,713

20,541

4,809,853

71

*93,923

198

*93,654

*27,311
32,488
29,085

*15,783
*4,503,853

* Decrease.

Monterey District

Season
1939-40

Season
1940-41

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oU.
Tons of sardines received for salting

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes.

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals-

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

130,518
96,713

75,519

89,592

34

227,231

1,092,981

728,612

670,420

34,568

7,090,963

165,145

622,219

650,672

597,627

25,805

5,197,570

*54,999

*7,121

34

*62,086

*470,762

*77,940

*72,793

*8,763

*1,893,393

' Decrease.

San Pedro District

Season
1939-40

Season
1940-41

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oU..
Tons of sardines received for salting

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

73,634

17,032

2,415

93,081

545,182
558,878
539,666
12,145
984,851

115,303

51,234

4,022

170,559

672,780

947,796

934,975

24,560

2,369,300

41,669

34,202

1,607

77,478

127,598

388,918

395,309

12,415

1,384,449

TIIIRTY-SKVENTir niENNIAL REPORT

105

San Diego District

Tons of sardines received for running

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil.

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to eijuivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons ,

Seaaon
1930-40

4

01

06

Seaaon
1040-41

21
1,107

1,188

80

452

80

452

Ifi

2IR

472

21,687

Increaae

17

1,07a

1,003

372

372

200

21,115

California, All Districts Combined

Season
1939-40

Season
194041

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil..
Tons of sardines received for pet food, salting, etc -.

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent eases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

225,357

303,426

3,095

531,878

1,834,174

1,385,866

1,300,794

83,053

17,389,992

226,188

223,587

4,934

454,709

1,463,699

1,729,704

1,652,767

71,122

12,398,310

831

•79,839

1,839

•77,169

•370,475

343,838

351,973

•11,931

•4,991,682

• Decrease.

106

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

SARDINE CATCH BY MONTHS, SEASON 1940-41

Month

San Francisco

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

August, 1940.

September

October

November

December

January, 1941
February

Totals--.

1,205
2,371
6,480
6,272
3,656
1,044
244

635

764

35,685

36,832

12,353

7,597

1,801

27
350
219
160
122

21,272

95,667

1,840

3,135

42,192

43,454

16,228
8,801
2,167

117,817

6 878 tons for pet food.

Monterey

Month

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

Aueiiat 1940

29,249
23,630
19,006
12,675
5,032

26,715
17,668
16,795
10,139
4,202

13

1

55,977

November -

41,299

35,801

20

22,834

9,234

Totals - --

89,592

75,519

'34

165,145

' 34 tons for salting.

Month

San Pedro

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

November, 1940

December

January, 1941-..

February

March

Totals

34,043
27,202
29,528
23,721

29,887
8,141
8,338
4,781

87

1,086
645

1,229

976

86

65,016
35,988
39,095

29,478
982

115,303

51,234

84,022

170,559

8 4,022 tons for pet food.

San Diego

Month

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

210

818
132

7

210

December

818

January, 1941

13

8

145

15

21

1,167

1,188

'I'liiirrv-SKVKNTii lUK.VMAi, iciii'oirr

PACK OF 1-LB. OVALS BY MONTHS. SEASON 1940-41

107

Moiitli

Han
I'Viiiu'Ihco.

CllflOg

MontiTcy,
cawg

Han I'ldro,
cawH

Han Diego,
coam

:

Total
caao

AuBust 1940

6,412

11.931

52,!)2H

54,550

33,000

7,.50t)

2.355

6,412

11,031

212,000

13H,077
134,510
0ti,3t)0
40,273

265,918

Novpinber

107.531
I»;i.l34
IH0,537
r2(i,347
7.231

390.167

328,662

January, 1941

284.403

168.975

March . - - -_

7.231

Totals

168,700

622,219

672,780

1,463.699

PACK OF OTHER SIZE CANS REDUCED TO EQUIVALENTS OF 1-LB. OVALS. BY MONTHS.

SEASON 1940-41

Month

August. 1940-

September

October.

November

December

January, 1941-

February

March _

Totals-

San

Francisco,

cases

9,862
20,050
34,695
30,140
17,2(54
6,666
1,036

119,713

Monterey,
cases

182,062

182,048

122,676

82,711

28,130

597,627

San Pedro,
cases

262,060
210.052
247,062
207,926
7,875

934,975

San DieRO,

cases

329
123

452

Total
cases

9,862
20,050
216.757
474.248
349.992
336.768
237.215
7.875

1,652,767

SARDINE MEAL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1940-41

Month

San

Francisco,

tons

Monterey,
tons

San Pedro,
tons

San Diego,
tons

Total
tons

August, 1940.-

September

October

November

December

January, 1941.

February

March --

Totals -

269
400
7,143
7,765
2,870
1,647
447

8,517
6,408
5,576
3,735
1,569

9,880
5,275
5,215
4,079
111

20,541

25.805

24.560

37
152

27

216

269

400

15,660

24,090

13,873

10,624

6,095

111

71.122

SARDINE OIL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1940-41

August, 1940..

September

October

November

December

January, 1941.

February

March

Totals.

Month

San

Francisco,

gallons

65,:

104,

1,936,

1,817,

602,

235,

48,

247
296
256
191
557
417

4,809,853

Monterey,
gallons

2,018,332

1,323,580

1,173,743

523,74()

158,169

5,197,570

San Pedro,
gallons

1,211,120

529,113

471,856

154.4S4

2,727

2,369.300

San Diego,
gallons

3,060

15,953

2,574

21,587

Total
gallons

65.247

104.296

3,954,588

4,354,951

2,321,366

1,233,593

361.542

2,727

12,398.310

108

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

CALIFORNIA FRESH FISHERY PRODUCTS FOR YEAR 1941
Compiled by Division of Fish and Game, Bureau of Marine Fisheries

Species of fish

Eureka
region

Sacramento
region

San Francisco
region

Monterey
region

Santa Barbara
region

Albacore

383

2,485
600

1,172,855

33,306

1,550

31

5,806

1,136,438

Anchovy

33,215

Barracuda

156,484

Bonito - -

35,294

Cabezone

686

6,470

310

Cabrilla

Carp

6,120
176,923

Catfish

Crevally -_ _

Cultus, Pacific

159,697

283,685

70,789

29

16,058

2,701

EeL .

74

Flounder, Starry

281,371

302,632

1,184

Flying Fish

102

Grouper ..

Hake

5,482

330

211,879

8,726

20,516

2,659

300
15,366

Halibut, California -

212,538

Halibut, Northern - .

Hardhead - -

1,841

1,392

686,220
2,676

102,062

118,543

264,503

1,823,621

39

Kingfish

63

Mackerel, Horse

240

Mackerel, Pacific

31,602

528,915

Mackerel, Spanish _- -

Mullet

Perch

1,550

2,898

8,955

2,223

Pike

606

Pompano, California

254

Rock Bass

36,901

Rockfish

455,983

360,700

2,413,368

170,694

893

440,213

57,966

373,215

228,200

261,024,070

1,459,997

53,971

153,662

36,361

522,804,868

290,056

Sablefish

5,185

Salmon

Sand Dab -

844,963

3,188

Sardine __

134,301,050

10,692,857

Soul pin .

272

Sea Bass, Black

179

16

20,727

Sea Bass, Shortfin

Sea Bass, White

1,736

35,154

185,405
135

189
885,865

93,569

Sea Trout, CaUfomia

8

Shad .

112,912

Shark

1,480,702

2,827,094

940,183

Sheepshead

28,407

Skate

47,720

121,716

12,646

30,964

Skipjack

Smelt .

25,475
2,670,278

112,398
1,720,566

99,754
171,868

12,221

Sole

55,100

Splittail

20,383

83

Swordfish, Broadbill

477,793

Tomcod -- .-.

695

264
4,344

Tuna, Bluefin

3,898

Tuna, Yeilowfin . _ - _

Turbot

22,793
40,882

4,143
67

Whitebait

90,090

Whitefish, Ocean

15,326

Yellowtail

349

Miscellaneous Fish

89,711

48,395

3,799

22,665

Total fish, in pounds

8,470,815
464,012

135,464,881

268,408,618

3,750,652
952,152

529.506,774

45,676
5,357

14,839,489

Crustacean:
Crab

263

Spiny Lobster

152,621

MoUusk:
Abalone

488,950

511,375

Clam, Cockle

390
1,539

Clam, Gaper

Clam, Pismo

9,972

158,681

Clam, Softshell

65,988

680

6,499

102,040

1,529,157

9,338

Clam Washington

20,084
3,224

Octopus

30,080

84

188,624

Ovster Native

1,282,381

Total shellfish, in pounds

487,320

6,418,435

1,862,416

1,011,648

Grand total, in pounds -

8,958,135

135,464,881

274,827,053

531,369,190

15,851,137

110

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

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fornia, including fish
from west coast south
of the International
Boundary brought in
by boat

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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

CANNED, CURED AND MANUFACTURED FISHERY PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE

YEAR OF 1941

Canned

Kind of fish or fishery
product

Size of cans

San ■
Francisco
district,
cases

Monterey

district,

cases

San Pedro

district,

cases

San Diego

district,

cases

Total
cases

No. 10, 6's

82

48

737

82

1-lb.

48

}4-lb

737

4-lb., 12's

1,068

13,329

52,875

5,752

35,375

85,879

1,145

13,195

51

378

811,467

1,444

4,652

1,068

1-lb

1,432

7,718

995

12,592

26,199

14,761

i^lb

9,071

69,664

i^-lb

6,747

Bonito

1-lb

47,967

i/^lb

112,078

i^-lb

1,145

M-lb., lOO's.—

2.474

15,669

y2-\h

51

Clam .Tin'pp

No. 10, 6's

378

Mackerel

1-lb

6,700

19,484

837,651

i^lb

1,444

i^lb., 96's

4,652

No. 10, 6's

293
369

293

1-lb

369

Roe

1-lb

68
8

68

J^lb., 96's

8

Ralmnn

1-lb

1,125

1,125

No. 10, 6's

9,632

1,142,052

768,963

7.5,142

1,171

153,432

182,703

216,547

9,632

1-lb. Oval

1-lb. taU

J^lb.

459,454
323,757

689,210

870,256

9,989

2,290,716

496

1,963,472
85,131

14-lb. Oval

14-lb. 96'8

J^lb. filet -.

2,246
2,102

3,417

206,983

362,517

182,703

5-oz., lOO's

i^-lb. sq

80,021

151,384

447,952

2,279

2,279

M-lb. sq. lOO's

16,968

2,136

19,104

lOK-oz., E. 0...
3-oz. .

20,561
7,800

20,561

7,800

9-oz.

21,857

"

21,857

1-lb

13,137
98,029
11,243
13,924

7,255
74,073
14,939
13,296

2,007
41,428

1,565

233,699

15,960

14,227

182

27,496

2,747

1,944

18,052

253,928

37,727

13,759

2,065

130,554

13,319

Yz-lb

125,525

M-lb

13,990

M-lb., lOO's

15,868

Tula, fitHped

1-lb.

25,307

M-lb

328,001

i^-lb.

52,666

jl-lb., lOO's

27,055

Tuna, yellowfin

4-lb., 12's

4,072

1-lb

171,982

12-oz. -.-

1,565

i^lb

729,496

151,213

3,431

277

6,977

121,862

888

963,195

i^-lb

167,173

M-lb., lOO's

17,658

Tuna Flakes

4-lb., 12's

277

1-lb. . -.

6,271

33,487

787

5,322
28,208

8,849
17,392

13,248

H-lb

155,349

M-lb...

1,675

Tuna, "tonno" style

}4-lb

5,322

M-lb., lOO's...-

308
16,462
79,450

28,516

Yellowtail -

1-lb...

25,311

K-lb

96,842

i^-lb

J^-lb., lOO's

7,154

7,154

Pet food

Misc. sizes

30,822

997,081

1,027,903

Totals

927,888

2,605,767

4,608,747

1,679,717

9,822,119

Note. — Forty-eight cans to the case unless otherwise specified.
Monterey. San Pedro District includes Orange County.

San Francisco District includes all area north of

TiriKTY-SF.VENTII HIENNlAIi UKl'ORT
Cured and Manufactured

n:{

Fishery product

Size or
quantity

San

Francisco

district

Monterey

district

San Pedro

district

San Diego
district

Total

Pounds

Pounds

40.000
45,003

40,000

Mixed fish dried

45,0(J3

168,915

I58,!)I5

Sahlefiflh flmoked

Pounds

297,787

3G0

5

123,348

297,787

825-Ib. tierces.. -
200-lb. barrels-
Pounds . -

300

fiRlinnn siilted

5

Salmon smoked

123,348

SfirdineR salted

Pounds

27,000

27,000

48,381
108,624

32,773

7,429,493

109,554

48.381

Shrimo inea!

Pounds

108,624

Fish meal

Tons

38,875

7,537,870

78,343

25,832

2,027,959

20,393

5,332

81,870

102,812

Fish oil

Gallons

Gallons

17,677,198

Shark liver oil

208,290

Miscellaneous Data

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

Estimated value of pack
Number of employees...
Value of plants

115,746,480

2,408

$3,837,818

$20,091,185

3,468

$3,679,119

$21,309,333

6,405

$3,955,338

$10,943,066

2,351

$1,087,484

$68,090,064

14,632

$12,559,759

8—25467

114 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS,

SEASON 1941-1942

Compiled by S. H. Dado

Fishermen and plant operators in the San Francisco district
agreed on a price of $16.50 per ton of sardines prior to the opening
of the season August 1st. Fish were landed on August 1st, although
the opening date was just prior to the full moon which occurred on
the seventh. In the Monterey district agreement on price was delayed
nearly two weeks after August 1st. Fishing started on the fourteenth
with the fishermen receiving $17 per ton. Shortly thereafter the price
was raised to $17 per ton in San Francisco.

In southern California fishing was started promptly on October 1st,
and although the moon was full on the fifth, fair catches were made
during the first three days of the season.

No change was made in the law pertaining to taking of sardines
for canning or use by a reduction process, and the method of deter-
mining the percentage of sardines received for canning that may be
used for reduction was not altered from that shown in Circular 13.

After a hearing held April 25, 1941, permits were granted to take
an aggregate of not to exceed 332,500 tons of sardines for use by a
reduction or extraction process during the 1941-1942 sardine season,
to be allotted on the basis of 4,750 tons to each plant which held a
permit during the previous season, and would be ready and equipped
to operate on the opening of the season in the region in which the
plant was located. In August four additional permits were granted
for 4,500 tons each with deductions on the monthly allotment for
every month or proportionate part thereof that the plants were not
ready to operate. After all adjustments were made, permits were
issued as follows :

San Francisco district, 35 permits for 160,433 tons

Monterey district, 18 permits for 84,765 tons

San Pedro district, 17 permits for 79,486 tons

San Diego district, 4 permits for 19,000 tons

making a total of 74 permits for 343,684 tons.

"With declaration of war early in December, all sardine fishing
ceased in San Francisco and practically all of the sardine fleet left
San Francisco for their home ports. In Monterey and southern Cali-
fornia fishing continued after December 7th but the catches were
lighter than during the same months of prcAdous seasons. Most of
the tonnage brought into Monterej^ and southern California was
canned, only a small part of the catch being used by a reduction
process under permit.

Of the permits granted, only 75.6 per cent of the tonnage was
received at San Francisco, 82.7 per cent at Monterej^ 23.4 per cent
at San Pedro and less than 8. per cent at San Diego. For the State

TTIIKTY-ftKVKN'I'lI I'.IINMAI. l(i;i'(»lcT 11')

as a whole, (Jl.T) jxm- ('(MiI of tlic toiuia^^c i^M-anled was rf(MM\(*<| witli
cancellation of l;r2,;}28 tons at the close of the season.

The permits issued for tlie San Kiancisco and Monterey districts
were on a monthly allotment basis of 20 per cent for each of the first
five months of the season, and in southci-n (Jalifornia it was aMoftcd
on the basis of 25 per cent for each month of the first four months of
the season. Any tonnap:e not taken in the month for which it was
allotted could be accuninlatcd and taken at any time tliercaftcr until
the close of the season which fell on February ir)th in noi-thci-n Cali-
fornia and March 1st in southern California.

In February a recommendation was made by a subcommittee of
the National Defense Committee that the sardine season be extended
30 days. This re])ort was adoj)ted by the commission and referred to
the Governor who accepted the report and directed that it be adopted
as a necessary measure of State and National defense to enable the
Federal Government to be supplied with the sea food reriuirements of
the Army and Navy of the United States. In the San Francisco
district no additional sardine fishing was done after the regular
closing, but in Monterey and southern California sardine fishing con-
tinued into March. This report does not include sardines taken for
fresh fish markets, bait or quarter oil pack.

The following plants operated during the .season :

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT

Alaska Salmon Co., Richmond
American Sardine Co., Benicia
Benicia Fisheries (2 plants), Benicia
F. E. Booth Co., Inc. (2 plants), Pittsburg
California Fish Products Co., Richmond
Carquinez Fishery, Ltd., Richmond
Cypress Fisheries, Inc., San Francisco
East Bay Fisheries, Richmond
Edible Fish Meals & Oils, Richmond

Farallone Packing Co., Div. of Borden Co. (2 plants) , San Francisco
Fish-Dee-Lish Corp., Richmond -
Fish Packers, Inc., McNears Point
Gardenia Packing Co., Richmond
Golden State Fisheries, Inc., Benicia
Hofmann Packing Co., McNears Point
Lansing Fisheries, San Francisco
Martinez Food Canners, Ltd., Martinez
McGovern and McGovern, Richmond
Northern Packing Corp., San Francisco
Old Capitol Packers, Inc., McNears Point
' Ozol Packing Co., Martinez

Pittsburg Canners, Inc., Richmond
Point Edith Fisheries, Ltd., Richmond
Polarine Fisheries, Inc., Richmond
Port Costa Packing Co., Port Costa ^

1 Plant destroyed by fire September 2, 1941.

2 Plant destroyed by fire October 28, 1941.

116 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

Eed Eock Fisheries, Inc. (2 plants), Kiclimond

Redondo Fish Products Co., Riclimond

Richmond Fisheries, Inc., Richmond

San Pablo Fisheries, Richmond

Santa Inez Fisheries, Inc., Port Costa ^

Tamalpais Fishing and Packing Co., Richmond

MONTEREY DISTRICT

California Packing Corp., Monterey

Carmel Canning Co., Monterey

Custom House Packing Corp., Monterey

Del Mar Canning Co., Monterey

Edgewater Packing Co., Monterey

E. B. Gross Canning Co. (2 plants), Monterey

Hovden Food Products Corp. (2 plants) , Monterey

Hovden Food Products Corp. (2 plants). Moss Landing

Lucido Fisheries, Monterey

Monterey Canning Co., Monterey

Monterey Fish Products, Inc. (2 plants), Monterej^

San Carlos Canning Co., Monterey

San Xavier Fish Packing Co., Monterey

Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Monterey

SAN PEDRO DISTRICT

California Marine Curing & Packing Co., Terminal Island

California Sea Food Co., Inc., Long Beach

Coast Fishing Co., Wilmington

Franco Italian Packing Co., Terminal Island

French Sardine Co. of California, Inc. (2 plants), Terminal Island

K & M Fisheries, Inc., Terminal Island

Oxnard Canners, Inc., Hueneme

Sardamack Fisheries, Inc., Wilmington

Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Terminal Island

South Coast Fisheries, Inc., Terminal Island

South Pacific Canning Co., Inc., Long Beach

Southern California Fish Corp., Terminal Island

Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc. (3 plants). Terminal Island

West Coast Packing Corp., Long Beach

SAN DIEGO DISTRICT

American Fisheries Co., San Diego ^
High Seas Tuna Packing Co., Inc., San Diego
Sun Harbor Packing Co., San Diego
Westgate Sea Products Co., San Diego

1 Plant destroyed by fire September 2, 1941.

2 Permit granted, no sardines received.

TIIIRTY-SEVENTTT BFKNNFAI, REPORT

117

PRODUCTION OF SARDINE PLANTS
August 1, 1B41, to March 31, 1942

District

HardineH
. received,
tons

Used for

caniiiiiK,

tons

Cannery
fish overage
uwd for
meal and
oil, tons

Uacd for

meal and

oil under

permit,

tons

185,921

249,717

146,285

1,540

42,736

121,489

93,381

64

20,643

68,060

30,015

4

121,381

Monterey _------------- ._.-... --

70,139

18,633

San DleffO --- --------- - --

1,472

Totals

683,463

"267,870
108,622

108,822

211,625

368,292

• The law requires that 1314 cases of 1-lb. oval cans bo canned from each ton of sardines received for canning pur-
poses, but in calculating the amount of fish actually used in canning, a basis of 20 cases per ton is used.

District

Cannery
offal, tons

1-lb. ovals

packed,

cases

Other
size cans
packed,

cases

Other

size cans

reduced to

equivalent

of 1-lb.

ovals, cases

Cases,
per ton

San Francisco

Monterey

San Pedro

San Diego —

Totals—

21,368

60,744

46,690

32

449,589

1,098,747

633,298

427,566

1,413,846

1,244,910

1,266

405,120

1,331,057

1,236,037

1,266

128,834

2,181,634

3,087,588

2,973,480

13.5
13.5
15.1
19.8

District

Sardine
meal, tons

Ratio
per ton
of meal

Sardine

oil,
gallons

Gallons of
oil per ton

of fish
and offal

San Francisco

Monterey

San Pedro

San Diego

Totals...

29,935

36,309

18,590

269

85,103

5.4
5.2
5.1
5.6

7,162,343

7,222,683

2,088,695

25,244

16,498,965

43.8
38.2
21.9
16.7

District

Permits
issued,

tons

Unused

permit

tonnage

cancelled,

tons

Used
for other
purposes,

tons

160,433

84,765
79,486
19,000

39,243
14,626
60,899
17,560

»1,261

Monterey . -

229

M,256

San Dieco

Totals -

343,684

132,328

<5,546

1 1,261 tons for pet food.

2 29 tons for salting.

' 4,256 tons for pet food.

■• 5,517 tons for pet food, 29 tons for salting.

118

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF SARDINE PLANT OPERATIONS
SEASONS 1940-1941 AND 1941-1942

San Francisco District

Season
1940-41

Season
1941-42

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning --.

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oU-.
Tons of sardines received for pet food

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

21,272

95,667

878

117,817

168.700

130,784

119,713

20,541

4,809.853

63,279

121,381

1,261

185,921

449,589

427,566

405,120

29,935

7,162,343

42,007

25,714

383

68,104

280,889

296,782

285,407

9,394

2,352,490

Monterey District

Season
1940-41

Season
1941-42

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning --.

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil-.
Tons of sardines received for salting

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

75,519

89,592

34

165,145

622,219

650.672

597,627

25,805

5,197,570

179,549

70,139

29

249,717

1,098,747
1,413,846
1,331,057
36,309
7,222,683

104,030

•19,453

*5

84,572

476,528

763,174

733,430

10,504

2,025,113

* Decrease.

San Pedro District

Season
1940-41

Season
1941-42

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oU-.
Tons of sardines received for pet food

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons

115,303

51,234

4,022

170,559

672,780

947,796

934,975

24,560

2,369,300

123,396

18,633

4,256

146,285

633,298

1.244,910

1,236,037

18.590

2,088,695

8,093

*32,601

234

*24,274

*39.482

297,114

301,062

*5,970

*280.605

' Decrease.

'IMIIHTV-SKVKN'I'II lUKNNIAI- lil.VOH'V
San Diego Olitrict

119

Seaaon
lMO-41

S<?a»on
1941-42

Inercaae

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil.

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes-

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed ,

Caes of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals.

Meal, tons

Oil, gallons —

21
1.167

1,188

452

452

216

21,587

68
1,472

1,540

1,266

1,266

260

25,244

47
3U5

3fi2

814

814

63

3,657

California, All Districts Combined

Season
1940-41

Seaaon
1941-42

Increase

Tons of sardines received for canning

Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil..
Tons of sardines received for pet food, salting, etc

Total tons of sardines received for all purposes

Cases of 1-lb. oval cans packed-

Cases of other size cans packed

Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals

Meal, tons -.

Oil, gallons-

226,188

22.}, 587

4,934

454,709

1,463,699

1,729,704

1,652,767

71,122

12,398,310

366,292

211,625

5,546

583,463

2,181,634

3,087,588

2,973,480

85,103

16,498,965

140.104

•11,962

612

128,754

717.935

1,357,884

1,320,713

13,981

4,100,655

' Decrease.

120

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
SARDINE CATCH BY MONTHS, SEASON 1941-42

San Francisco

Month

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

AiiP^ii^it 1Q41 --

11,775
15,267
17,876
18,361

26,547
30,271
34,122
30,441

18
420
446
377

38,340

Rpntpmber - -

45,958

52,444

NovPTnher

49,179

Toniiarv 1Q42

Totals

63,279

121,381

1,261

185,921

Month

Monterey

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

August, 1941..

September

October

November

December

January, 1942

February

March

Totals...

23,529
41,807
43,206
51,317

4,330
12,393

2,920
47

14,495

15,489

16,807

16,783

1,474

4,097

994

179,549

70,139

19

10

29

38,043
57,296
60,013
68,100

5,804
16,500

3,914
47

249,717

San Pedro

Month

Canning

Reduction

Other
purposes

Total

Ortoher 1941

43,203
19,141
• 17,184
17,736
18,448
7,684

8,804
3,301
3,261
1,613
1,654

1,213
791
678

1,009
565

53,220

Novpmber - -

23,233

21,123

.Taniiarv 1942 - -

20,358

20,667

March

7,684

Totals

123,396

18,633

4,256

146,285

October, 1941.

November

December

Januarj', 1942.

February

March

Totals- --

Month

San Diego

Canning

29
36

68

Reduction

437
411
416
176

32
1,472

Other
purposes

Total

440
411
416
176
29
68

1,540

TIIIRTY-SEVENTir TUENNIAT; RKPORT
PACK OF 1-LB.'0VALSIBY MONTHS, SEASON 1941-42

121

Month

San

Francisco,
cases

Montorpy,
cases

San Pedro,
cases

San DicKO.
caie*

ToUl.
caaca

AuRust, 1941

96,086
111,679
118,690
123,235

140,661

257,507

201,476

317,969

20,991

75,559

18,584

236,746
36'J.0H6
57X,S73
640 641

September

October .

198.707
99,437
76,949
92.S71

113,624
61.710

November

December

103,940
168,430
132,20S
61 710

January, 1942

February

March

Totals..-

449,689

1,098,747

633,298

2,181,634

PACK OF OTHER SIZE CANS REDUCED TO EQUIVALENTS OF 1-LB. OVALS, BY MONTHS,

SEASON 1941-42

Month

San

Francisco,

cases

Monterey,
cases

San Pedro,
cases

San Diego,
cases

Total,
cases

August, 1941..

September

October

November

December

January. 1942-

February

March

Totals.

62,920

94,743

122,746

124,711

405,120

177.530

307,343

322,005

375,106

31,870

92,779

23,600

S24

392,683
191,417
180,417
190,023
188,025
87,472

1,331,057

1,236,037

44

518
704

1,266

240,450
402,086
837,478
691,234
212,287
288,802
212,143
89,000

2,973,480

SARDINE MEAL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1941-42

Month

San

Francisco,

tons

Monterey,
tons

San Pedro,
tons

San Diego,
tons

Total,
tons

August, 1941.-

September

October

November

December

January, 1942.

February

March

Totals.

6,034
7,331
8,590
7,980

5,694

8,080

8,536

10,027

868

2,494

605

5

6,997
3,062
2,791
2,449
2,487
804

29,935

36,309

18,590

75
75
77
29
3
10

269

11,728

15,411

24,198

21,144

3,736

4,972

3,095

819

85,103

SARDINE OIL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1941-42

Month

San

Francisco,

gallons

Monterey,
gallons

San Pedro,
gallons

San Diego,
gallons

Total,
gallons

August, 1941..

September

October

November

December

January, 1942.

February

March

1,439,124
1,761,632
2,086,946
1,874,641

1,120,016

1,744,880

1,838,355

2,012,572

153,290

275,136

78,194

240

1,048,576
386,607
355,129
165.174
110.760
22,449

8,785
7.851
6,497
1,830
23
258

Totals.

7,162,343

7,222,683

2,088,695

25,244

2,559,140

3,506,512

4,982,662

4,281.671

514,916

442,140

188,977

22,947

16,498.965

122

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

SARDINE CATCH, CASE PACK, MEAL AND OIL PRODUCTION

For Sardine Packing Seasons
Sardine Catch, Tons

Season

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

1925-26.
1926-27.
1927-28
1928-29.
1929-30
1930-31.
1931-32.
1932-33.
1933-34.
1934-35.
1935-36-
1936-37.
1937-38.
1938-39.
1939-40.
1940-41.
1941-42.

248

2,653

11,066

12,757

20,655

24,468

19,938

17,417

35,467

67,140

74,231

139,429

132,248

200,361

211,471

117,817

185,921

69,011

76,690

98,678

119,102

159,434

108,953

68,825

89,257

151,937

229,992

184,113

206,229

104,464

180,090

227,231

165,145

249,717

61,992

64,216

67,459

119,180

140,432

38,580

42,557

83,492

124,950

178,755

138,333

137,914

109,015

145,335

93,081

170,559

146,285

5,214

3,973
1,394
2,079

1,488

4,859

10,489

4,569

107

2,790

95

1,188

1,540

136,465
143,559
181,176
252,433
322,600
172,001
131,320
190,166
313,842
480,746
407,166
488,141
345,834
528,576
531,878
454,709
583,463

Sardines, 1-Lb. Ovals, Cases

Season

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

1925-26.
1926-27.
1927-28.
1928-29,
1929-30.
1930-31.
1931-32.
1932-33.
1933-34.
1934-35.
1935-36.
1936-37.
1937-38.
1938-39.
1939-40.
1940-41-
1941-42-

3,892
51,657
110,911
114,446
206,478
266,598
269,586
157,469
221,798
264,805
336,554
198,621
127,214
172,454
196,011
168,700
449,589

937,014

1,150,859

1,363,251

1,405,746

1,797,566

1,069,627

720,518

253,000

748,706

629,779

919,497

818,909

502,194

687,287

1,092,981

622,219

1,098,747

968,495
986,858
878,175
1,140,488
1,493,615
403,041
470,796
321,794
526,540
591,759
680,103
629,802
553,306
630,998
545,182
672,780
633,298

66,074

39,380
12,383
16,551

1,975,475
2,189,374
2,391,717
2,673,063
3,514,210
1,739,266
1,460,900
732,263
1,497,044
1,486,343
1,936,154
1,647,332
1,182,714
1,490,739
1,834,174
1,463,699
2,181,634

Other Size Cans Reduced to Equivalents of 1-Lb. Ovals, Cases

1925-26-
1926-27.
1927-28-
1928-29-
1929-30-
1930-31-
1931-32-,
1932-33-
1933-34-
1934-35-
1935-36.
1936-37-
1937-38-
1938-39-
1939-40.
1940-41.
1941-42.

Season

San

Francisco

district

40,825

69,886

79,224

69,932

8,381

5,129

9,846

12,025

39,597

42,986

33,763

51,658

90,628

119,713

405,120

Monterey
district

35,956

21,673

14,160

45,778

90,238

176,384

43,816

10,815

113,842

142,535

594,191

469,296

326,543

376,076

670,420

597,627

1,331,057

San Pedro
district

16,361
63,264
145,143
173,540
458,416
170,388
159,066
75,775
331,631
222,661
627,117
819,859
756,369
655,303
539,666
934,975
1,236,037

San Diego
district

13,065

31,995
10,368
12,552

5,396

13,058

19,856

9,573

1,040

80

452

1,266

Total

65,382

84,937

232,123

299,572

640,430

416,704

211,263

91,719

460,715

390,279

1,280,761

1,341,714

1,117,715

1,083,037

1,300,794

1,652,767

2,973,480

TIIIUTY-SKVKNTII I'.IKNMAI, U 111 'OUT
Sardine Meal, Tona

^2'.]

Season

Sum

PraiieiHco

district

Monterey
diHtrict

San Pedro
dixtrict

San Diego
district

Total

192,5-26

20

228

1,1, S3

1,387

2,282

2,716

2.303

2.297

5.073

10.,571

11,604

23,686

23,058

34,751

36,324

20,541

29,935

6.393

6.447
9,3.55
12,395
10,671
11,490
7,825
14,370
22,206
36,396
20.933
31.867
15.383
28,859
34,.568
2,5,805
36,.309

5,062

5,902
7.128
14,802
10,258
4,317
4,911
14,060
19.166
29,836
19,422
18.7.35
14..525
22.060
12.145
24,500
18,590

467

12,842

12.6.37
17.850
28.724
35.462
I8..523
15.039
30,727
40.707
77,651
59.904
7.5.115
52.981
86.213
83.0.53
71 122

1926-27

1927-28

184
140
251

192S-29

I929-,30

1930-31

1931-32

1932-33

193,3-34

262

848

1,945

827

15
.537

16
216
269

1934-35 ,...

19,35-36

1936-37

1937-38

1938-39 -

1939-40

1940-41

1941-42

85.103

Sardine Oil.

Gallons

Season .

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

1925-26

2.629

60,967

257,989

288,055

474,530

763,643

612,181

574,958

1.175,401

2,514,588

3,196,286

5,509,905

4.659.147

7,804,909

9,313,706

4,809,853

7,162,343

1,110,983
1,501,384
1,601,993
2,651.524
3,887.472
3,363,912
2.143.101
3,761,387
4,819,900
9,379,239
6,854.372
6,814.184
3.067,587
5.462,066
7,090,963
5,197,570
7,222,683

658,817

682.796

711,579

2,178.815

1,986,704

630,011

762,701

2,161,476

3,242,899

4,865,486

2,939.863

1,898,134

1,447,631

2,197,757

984,851

2,369,300

2,088,695

43.995

1.816,424
2,245,147
2.581 814

1926-27

1927-28 --

10.253

6,857

11,071

1928-29 .

5 125 251

1929-30

6.359 777

1930-31

1931-32 . .

3.517 983

1932-33

6,497.821

1933-34

24,303

111.252

210,171

77,700

912

37,325

472

21,587

25,244

9 262 503

1934-35

16.870.565

1935-36

13,200.692

1936-37

14,299.923

1937-38 -

9,175,277

1938-39 .

15.502.067

1939-40

17.389,992

1940-41

1941-42

12,398.310

16.498,965

Sardine Oil Production, Gallons per Ton

Season

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

1930-31

47.5
47.1
43.0
39.6
41.7
49.9
41.3
36.3
40.2
45.5
43.8
43.8

43.2
43.1
45.6
37.0
44.5
46.8
39.1
36.6
35.6
38.7
38.6
38.2

26.3
28.5
29.1
31.3
30.7
27.9
18.9
19.3
19.8
15.5
18.7
21.9

1931-32 ..

1932-33 ---

1933-34 - --

17.7

1934-35

24.7

1935-36

21.0

1936-37 -

17.9

1937-38

11.1

1938-39

13.4

1939-40

5.0

1940-41

18.3

1941-42

16.7

124

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

CASE PACK, MEAL AND OIL PRODUCTION FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1928-1941
Sardines, 1-Lb. Ovals, Cases

Year

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

1928 -

109,198
204,878
237,159
307,575
125,737
239,917
292,216
301,455
225,185
101,912
164,559
225,462
178.316

1,402,237

1,834,648

1,342,249

696,640

334,019

598,616

798,942

825,011

864,498

577,405

556,477

1,023,285

755,639

945,676
1,438,159
863,254
498,996
415,874
365,750
531,619
615,808
586,038
761,776
600,532
627,524
664.241

39,755
12,225
15,500

2,496,966
3,489,910
2,458,162
1,503,211
875,630
1,204,283
1,622,777
1,742,274
1,675,721
1,441,093
1,321,568
1,876,271
1,598,196
2,290,716

1929 . - -

1930

1931

1932... —

1933...

1934

1935...

1936

1937-

1938

1939

1940

1941 459.454

1,142,052 689.210

'

Fish Meal, Tons

Year

1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938.
1939.
1940.
1941.

San

Francisco

district

1,589

2,576

3,375

3,597

2,435

4,941

11,138

12,994

24,593

22,916

31,773

43,369

21,256

32,773

Monterey
district

10,986
16,640
13,752
8,416
12,560
18,869
34,492
27,966
30,431
21,118
25,202
33,238
28,004
38,875

San Pedro
district

12,923
20,040
13,653
7,600
9,846
18,249
27,236
31,163
23,588
29,184
24,209
21,858
29,542
25,832

San Diego
district

Total

2,367

27,865

3,565

42,821

4,859

35,639

2,827

22,440

2,659

27,500

4,310

46,369

4,858

77,724

6,572

78,695

7,655

86,267

8,300

81,518

6,732

87,916

6,704

105,169

7,335

86,137

5,332

102,812

Includes meal produced from sardines and other species of fish.

Fish Oil, Gallons

Year

San

Francisco

district

Monterey
district

San Pedro
district

San Diego
district

Total

1928

282,043

454,726

747,931

726,514

426,831

933,696

2,490,156

3,106,785

5,626,422

4,431,668

7,032,792

10,395,398

4,831,500

7,429,493

2,174,673
3,750,392
3,769,950
2,372,303
3,378,929
4,209,366
9,322,080
6,734,305
6,756,541
4,122,817
4,753,160
6,894,201
5,745,120
7,537,870

1,268,518
2,280,991
1,282,893
818,364
1,293,961
2,585,784
4,221,447
3,821,566
2,834,887
2,578,600
2,126,661
1,594,122
2,509,291
2,627,959

24,068

62,017

41,989

7,511

25,678

58,948

94,525

261,482

260,059

191,757

130,606

96,806

129,079

81,876

3,749,302

6,548,126

5,842,763

3,924,692

5,125,399

7,787,794

16,128,208

13,924,138

15,477,909

11,324,842

14,043,219

18,980,527

13,214,990

17,677,198

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

Includes oil produced from sardines and other species of fish.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME
San Francisco, California

CULBERT L-. OLSON ^^'^WH.?,?

KENNETH I. FULTON DIRECTOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

NATE MILNOR, President I-os Angeles

GERMAIN BULCKE, Commissioner San Francisco

EDWIN L. CARTY, Commissiont-r Oxnard

LEE P. PAYNE, Commissioner Los Angeles

W. B. WILLIAMS, Commissioner Alturas

GEORGE P. MILLER, Executive Secretary San Francisco

BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION

A. C. TAFT, Chief San Francisco

A. E. Burghduff, Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries San Francisco

Brian Curtis, Supervising Fisheries Biologist San Francisco

L. Phillips, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries San Francisco

George McCloud, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries Mt. Shasta

Allan Pollitt, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries Independence

D. A. Clanton, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries San Bernardino

Earl Leitritz, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries San Francisco

J. C. Lewis, Assistant Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries Tahoe

Ed Clessen, Foreman, Fort Seward Hatchery Alderpoint

William Berrian, Foreman, Fall Creek Hatchery Copco

Archie Thompson, Foreman, Yosemite Hatchery Yosemite

John Marshall, Foreman, Feather River Hatchery Clio

A. N. Culver, In Charge, Kaweah Hatchery Three Rivers

Donald Evins, Foreman, Lake Almanor Hatchery Westwood

Ross McCloud, Foreman, Basin Creek Hatchery Tuolumne

Peter Topp, Foreman, Burney Creek Hatchery Burney

C. L. Frame, Foreman, Kings River Hatchery Fresno

Harold Hewitt, Foreman, Prairie Creek Hatchery Orick

J. L. Stinnett, Foreman, Brookdale Hatchery Brookdale

Harry Cole, Foreman, Yuba River Hatchery Camptonville

Clarence Chansler, Fish Hatchery Man, Madera Hatchery Madera

R. C. Lewis, Foreman, Hot Creek Hatchery Bishop

Cecil Ray, In Charge, Kern Hatchery Kernville

Joseph Wales, Biological Surveyor Mt. Shasta

Leo Shapovalov, Senior Fisheries Biologist Stanford University

William Dill, Senior Fisheries Biologist Fresno

Elden H. Vestal, Junior Aquatic Biologist June Lake

Chester Woodhull, Junior Aquatic Biologist Fresno

BUREAU OF GAME CONSERVATION

J. S. HUNTER, Chief San Francisco

Gordon H. True, Jr., In Charge, Pittman-Robertson Project San Francisco

Donald D. McLean, Economic Biologist San Francisco

Roy M. Wattenbarger, Supervisor Los Banos Refuge Los Banos

L. H. Cloyd, Supervisor Gray Lodge Refuge Gridley

Russell M. Reedy, Supervisor Imperial Refuge Calipatria

Ralph R. Noble, Supervisor Suisun Refuge Joice Island

Joe Vlasnik, Jr., Supervisor Elk Refuge Tupman

John R. "Wallace, In- Charge, Predatory Animal Control San Francisco

Asa L. Brown, Supervising Trapper Beaumont

John L. McDonald, Supervising Trapper Redding

O. R. Shaw, Supervising Trapper Salinas

BUREAU OF GAME FARMS

AUGUST BADE, Chief Yountville

E. D. Piatt, Superintendent, Los Serranos Game Farm Chino

C. Van Ornum, Superintendent, Yountville Game Farm Yountville

BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES

RICHARD VAN CLEVE, Chief San Francisco

S. H. Dado, Assistant Chief San Francisco

W. L. Scofield, Supervising Fisheries Researcher Terminal Island

G. H. Clark, Supervising Fisheries Researcher Stanford University

Frances N. Clark, Supervising Fisheries Researcher Terminal Island

Harry C. Godsil, Senior Fisheries Researcher San Diego

Donald H. Fry, Jr., Senior Fisheries Researcher Terminal Island

Richard S. Croker, Senior Fisheries Researcher Terminal Island

J. B. Phillips, Senior Fisheries Researcher Pacific Grove

Paul Bonnot, Senior Fisheries Researcher Stanford University

S. Ross Hatton, Senior Fisheries Researcher Stanford University

Geraldine Conner, Fisheries Statistician Terminal Island

BUREAU OF ENGINEERING

JOHN SPENCER, Chief . San Francisco

Clarence EUiger, Assistant Hydraulic Engineer San Francisco

Byron Wittorff, Assistant Red Bluff

Samuel Kabakov, Civil Engineering Draftsman San Francisco

BUREAU OF LICENSES

H. R. DUNBAR, Chief Sacramento

L. O'Leary, Supervising License Agent : Sacramento

R. Nickerson, Supervising License Agent Los Angeles

Bmil Dorig, License Agent San Francisco

ACCOUNTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

D. H. BLOOD, Departmental Accounting Officer Sacramento

BUREAU OF PATROL

E. L. MACAULAY, Chief of Patrol (absent on military leave) San Francisco

L. F. CHAPPELL, Chief of Patrol San Francisco

CENTRAL DISTRICT (Headquarters, Sacramento)

C. S. Bauder, Inspector in Charge Sacramento

Northern Division

A. A. Jordan, Captain Redding

Jos. H. Sanders, Captain Sacramento

A. H. Willard, Captain Rocklin

E. O. Wraith, Captain Chico

L. E. Mercer, Warden, Butte County Chico

Chester Ramsey, Warden, Butte County Oroville

Taylor London, Warden, Colusa County Colusa

Albert Sears, Warden, El Dorado County Placerville

E. C. Vail, Warden, Glenn County Willovs^s

Jack Sawyer, Warden, Lassen County Westwood

Don Da~vison, Warden, Modoc County Alturas

Earl Hiscox, Warden, Nevada County Nevada City

Wm. La Marr, Warden, Placer County Tahoe City

Nelson Poole, Warden, Placer County Auburn

E. J. Johnson, Warden, Plumas County Quincy

George Shockley, Warden, Plumas County Portola

H. S. Vary, Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento

Eugene Durney, Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento

Charles Sibeck, Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento

Earl Caldwell, Warden, Shasta County Burney

Chas. Love, Warden, Shasta County Redding

Don Chipman, Warden, Siskiyou County Dunsmuir

Brice Hammack, Warden, Siskiyou County Yreka

Louis Olive, Warden, Siskiyou County Tulelake

Fred Pi- Starr, Warden, Siskiyou County Dorris

R. E. Tutt, Warden, Sierra County Downieville

J. E. Hughes, Warden, Solano County Dixon

A. Granstrom, Warden, Sutter County Yuba City

R. W. Anderson, Warden, Tehama County Red Bluff

Harold Erwick, Warden, Tehama County Corning

C. L. Gourley, Warden, Trinity County Weaverville

C. O. Fisher, Warden, Yolo County . Woodland

R. A. Tinnin, Warden, Yuba County Marysville

Southern Division

S. R. Gilloon, Captain Fresno

John O'Connell, Captain Stockton

R. J. Little, Warden, Amador County Pine Grove

L. R. Garrett, Warden, Calaveras County Murphys

F. A. Bullard, Warden, Fresno County Reedley

Paul Kehrer, Warden, Fresno County Fresno

Lester Arnold, Warden, Kern County Bakersfleld

C. L. Brown, Warden, Kern County Kernville

C. S. Donham, Warden, Kern County Taft

P^y Ellis, Warden, Kings County Hanford

H. E. Black, Warden, Madera County Madera

Gilbert T. Davis, Warden, Mariposa County Mariposa

Hilton Bergstrom, Warden, Merced County Los Banos

H. Groves, Warden, Merced County Merced

R. J. Bullard, Warden, San Joaquin County Tracy

Wm. Hoppe, Warden, San Joaquin County Lodi

Geo. Magladry, Warden, Stanislaus County Modesto

W. I. Long, Warden, Tulare County Visalia

Roswell Welch, Warden, Tulare County Porterville

F. F. Johnston, Warden, Tuolumne County Sonora

COAST DISTRICT (Headquarters, San Francisco)
VVm. J. Harp, Inspector In Charge San Kraricliioo

Northern Division

Scott Feland, Captain Kureka

J. D. Dondero, Captain Laki-jwrt

Henry Lencioni, Captain f?anta Hohu.

Ray Diainoiid, VVardoii, Del Norte County Crt-Hci'nl City

Walter Gray, Warden, Ihiinholdt County (jarlx-rvllle

Jolin Hurley, Warden, lluiiiboldt Counly Hureka

W. F. Kaliher, Warden, Humboldt (bounty Forluna

Ltaurence Werder, Warden. Hundioldt County Kureka

Kenneth Lang-ford, Warden, I^ake County Lakeport

M. F. Joy, Warden, Marin County Tiburon

R. J. Yates, Warden, Marin County San Rafael

Ovid Holmes, Warden, Mendocino County Fort HraRK

Floyd Loots, Warden, Mendocinr) County Wllllts

Leo Mitchell, Warden, Mendocino County Point Arena

R. Remley, Warden, Mendocino County Wllllts

.1. W. Harbuck, Warden, Napa County -. Napa

Bert Laws, Warden, Sonoma County Petalunia

Victor Von Arx, Warden, Stnioma County Santa Rowa

Georg-e Johnson, Warden, Sonoma County Cloverdale

Southern Division

O. P. Brownlow, Captain Alameda

C. L. Bundock, Warden, Alameda County Oakland

Ed Clements, Warden, Contra Costa County Martinez

Owen Mello, Warden, Monterey County Pacific Grove

Henry Ocker, Warden, Monterey County Kins City

F. H. Post, Warden, Monterey County Salinas

J. P. Visslere, Warden, San Benito County Hollister

Lee C. Shea, Warden, San Francisco County 1 San Francisco

F. W. Hecker, Warden, San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo

Orben Philbrick, Warden, San Luis Obispo County Paso Robles

C. R. Peek, Warden, San Mateo County San Mateo

M. S. Clark, Warden, Santa Clara County Palo Alto

C. B. Holladay, Warden, Santa Clara County San Jose

F. J. McDermott, Warden, Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz

SOUTHERN DISTRICT (Headquarters, Los Angeles)

Earl Macklin, Captain in Charge Los Angeles

E. H. Ober, Captain, Special Duty 1 Los Angeles

Western Division

Li. T. Ward, Captain Escondido

Fred Albrecht, Warden, Los Angeles County Los Angeles

Walter Shannon, Warden, Los Angeles County Los Angeles

Walter Emerick, Warden, Los Angeles County Palmdale

Theodore Jolley, Warden, Orange County Orange

E. H. Glidden, Warden, San Diego County San Diego

Chester Parker, Warden, San Diego County Julian

A. R. Ainsworth, Warden, Santa Barbara County Santa Maria

R. E. Bedwell, Warden, Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara

W. Greenwald, Warden, Ventura County Fillmore

John Spicer, "Warden, Ventui-a County Ojai

Eastern Division

H. C. Jackson, Captain San Bernardino

Leo Rossier, Warden, Imperial County El Centro

W. S. Talbott, Warden, Inyo County Bishop

C. J. Walters, Warden, Inyo County Independence

James Loundagin, Warden, Mono County_ Leevining

W. C. Blewett, Warden, Riverside County Indio

W. L. Hare, Warden, Riverside County Hemet

R. C. O'Conner, Warden, Riverside County Banning

A. L. Stager, "Warden, San Bernardino County Upland

W. C. Malone, Warden, San Bernardino County San Bernardino

Erol Greenleaf, W^arden, San Bernardino County Big Bear Lake

Otto Rowland, Warden, San Bernardino County Victorville

MARINE PATROL

Ralph Classic, Captain Monterey

Lars Weseth, Master, M.V. N. B. Scofield Terminal Island

Howard V. Shebley, Warden, Cruiser Bonito Newport Harbor

A. "Wallen, Assistant "Warden, Cruiser Bonito Newport Harbor

Kenneth Webb, Warden, Cruiser Broadbill San Diego

Phillip Westcott, Asssitant Warden, Cruiser Broadbill San Diego

Ralph Dale, Cruiser Perch Antioch

Kenneth Hooker, Warden, Cruiser Quinnat III San Francisco

V. Swenson, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Quinnat III San Francisco

K. Lund, Warden, Cruiser Rainbow III Martinez

G. Whitesell, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Rainbow III Martinez

Otis Wright, Assistant Warden, Launch Sturgeon Monterey

Walter Engelke, Captain and Warden, Cruiser Tuna Santa Monica

Harry Rouch, Deckhand, Cruiser Tuna Santa Monica

Robert Mills, Cruiser Yellowtail Santa Barbara

Allen C. Swenson, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Yellowtail Santa Barbara

John Barry, Warden Ventura

Ellis Berry, Warden Morro Bay

W. J. Black, Warden Monterey

J. R. Cox, Warden Watsonville

Donald Glass, Warden Terminal Island

N. C. Kunkel, Warden Terminal Island

Leslie B. Lahr, Warden Terminal Island

Niles Millen, Warden Terminal Island

Ralph Miller, Warden . San Francisco

Tate F. Miller, Warden ^-Terminal Island

C. L. Savage, Warden Terminal Island

T. W. Schilling, Warden Terminal Island

G. R. Smalley, Warden Richmond

T. J. Smith, Warden San Diego

L. G. Van Vorhis, Warden Terminal Island

B. L. Walker, Warden Terminal Island

Frank Felton, Assistant Warden San Diego

POLLUTION DETAIL

Paul A. Shaw, Chemical Engineer San Francisco

C. L. Towers, Warden Los Angeles

Don Hall, Warden Stockton

H. L. Lantis, Warden Long Beach

J. G. McKerlie, Warden Alameda

R. L. Schoen, Warden Wilmington

Walter R. Krukow, Assistant Warden Santa Barbara

J. A. R,eutgen, Assistant Warden Martinez

Clarence Whaley, Assistant Warden San Diego

R. G. Kaneen, Assistant Warden Terminal Island

CALIFORNIA JUNIOR GAME PATROL

George D. Seymour San Francisco

MARINE PATROL AND RESEARCH BOATS

Motor Vessel N. B. Scofield, Terminal Island

Motor Vessel Bluefin, Monterey

Cruiser Bonito, Newport Harbor

Cruiser Broadbill, San Diego

Cruiser Perch, Antioch

Cruiser Quinnat III, San Francisco

Cruiser Rainbow III, Martinez

Cruiser Tuna, Santa Monica

Cruiser Yellowtail, Santa Barbara

Launch Sturgeon, Monterey

printed in California state printing office

SACRAMENTO, 1944 GEORGE H. MOORE, STATE PRINTER

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