^g^^ California. Dept. of Fish and Game, Biennial Report 1938-1940. (bound volume) DEC. 12 '94, WtPirQVEWi io-^r^^ ^>^-^¥lP^ f---^4^K}" California Resources Agency Library 1416 9th Street, Room 117 Sacramento, California 95814 1/ 0^ 'o^-ry-'C^ /9of'- J STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director THIRTY- SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME FOR THE YEARS 1938-1940 M k Sail: -^-, A printed in California state pkintinc office SACRAMENTO, 1941 GEORGE M. MOORE, STATE PRINTER STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME FOR THE YEARS 1938-1940 *VUV ^3 m2 f0^ NATE F. MILNOR, President GERMAIN BULCKE W. B. WILLIAMS LEE P. PAYNE EDWIN L. CARTY LESTER A. MCMILLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FRONTISPIECE i 2 IN MEMORIAM 5 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, 7 REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS TO THE GOVERNOR 9 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO THE BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS 11 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION A. C. Taft 14 Pollution Detail - 28 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF GAME CONSERVATION J. S. Hunter 31 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF GAME FARMS August Bade 35 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF PATROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT E. L. Macaulay 37 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES S. H. Dado and G. H. Clark 38 Report of the California State Fisheries Laboratory 42 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING J. Spencer 52 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF LICENSES H. R. Dunbar 55 STATISTICAL REPORTS— Thirteen year record of deer kill 56 Predatory animal catch by counties 57 Arrests and convictions 58 Record of mountain lion bounties 58—59 Record of fish distribution . 64 Financial statement 90 California fresh fishery products, year 1938 100 Canned, cured and manufactured fishery products, year 1938 104 Report of sardine canning and reduction plants, season 1938-39 106 California fresh fishery products, year 1939 114 Canned, cured and manufactured fishery products, year 1939 118 Report of sardine canning and reduction plants, season 1939-40 120 (3) LIST OF MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS B. B. Redding S. R. Throckmorton J. D. Farwell R. H. Buckingham A. R. Dibble J. D. Redding T. J. Sherwood Joseph Routier J. Do^Yney Harvey Charles Josselyn Joseph D. Redding Ramon E. Wilson Joseph Morizio Hugh L. Macniel William C. Murdock H. F. Emeric J. M. Morrison Alexander T. Vogelsang C. B. Gould H. W. Keller AV. W. Van Arsdale W. E. Gerber John Birmingham, Jr. George Stone F. W. Van Sicklen M. J. Connell W. G. Henshaw F. M. Newbert Carl Westerfeld E. L. Bosqui G. H. Anderson I. Zellerbach Ralph Clock Reginald G. Fernald George B. Clarkson Charles R. Bell J. Dale Gentry Earl B. Gilmore E. C. Moore E. C. Houchin Charles N. Cotton A. T. Jergins Newton G. Booth Raymond Grey E. L. McKenzie Kenneth I. Fulton Frank W. Clark Phil S. Gibson Nate P. Milnor Germain Bulcke Edwin L. Carty Lee F. Payne AV. B. Williams (4) 3n Mcmoriam It is with inucli regret the ])ivision reports the following deaths and retirements of members of its staff' during the biennium and wislies at this time again to give recognition to the faithful and efficient service rendered by these men. Entered Service Dierl E. V. Cassell 3/10/10 6/ 8/39 J. H. droves 8/ 1/18 10/ 2/38 Charles Holzhauser 7/ 1/36 9/ 2/39 AVilliam Lippincott 8/ 1/18 12/21/39 S. H. Lyons 7/15/27 9/26/38 George West 4/ 1/08 11/18/38 Retired J. H. Gyger 10/ 4/11 11/ 1/39 N. B. Scofield 1897 11/30/39 John J. Shannon 5/ 7/21 6/30/40 R. L. Sinkey 12/ 1/11 10/31/39 (5) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL July ], 1940 To His Kxcdlency, Culbert L. C)iiSONj Governor, State of California, Sacramento. Sir: We, the members of the Fish and Game Commission, are liappy to submit our Biennial Report covering the period July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1940. This Commission, as you know, was appointed by you in Septem- ber, 1939, and with your assistance and advice, we hope that we have prepared a long-time program which will result in the proper utiliza- tion of our fish and game resources. The following report covers the activities of the various func- tions within the Division. We desire to express our appreciation to you, to the State Legis- lature and to the other State departments for their cooperation. Respectfully submitted. Nate F. Milnor, President. Germain Bulcke, Commissioner. Edwin L. Carty, Commissioner. Lee F. Payne, Commissioner. W. B. Williams, Commissioner. (7) i THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS TO THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA During the biennium, July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1940, the members of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of the State of Cali- fornia have, according to your wish, worked unceasingly to the end that California's fish and game be managed in the best interests of its citizens. Your commission, recognizing the importance of allowing the public a voice in the management of fish and game, has made it a point to invite the sportsmen and the representatives of the commercial fishing and other interests to attend its meetings and to take part in its deliberations. We feel that we have been successful in getting really close to the public that we serve. We regard this as a major accom- plishment. An important part of this public relations program has been the appointment of advisory committees to assist the board in the formula- tion of policies and regulations in connection with certain specialized phases of fish and game management. The Sardine Advisory Com- mittee, the Hot Creek Fish Hatchery Advisory Committee and the Waterfowl Regulation Advisory Committees have met regularly and have submitted to us many valuable recommendations. In addition to fostering a better spirit of cooperation between the Division of Fish and Game and the public, your board of commis- sioners has also worked in closer harmony with the other divisions of the Department of Natural Resources. We played a prominent role at a meeting held at Big Sur, Monterey County, for the purpose of laying plans for a closely integrated departmental program. We are happy to report that not only has there been an increase in the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, but that California sports- men have been enjoying the harvest of an increased crop of fish and game. The big game herd is in a particularly healthy condition as evi- denced by a substantial increase in the deer kill during each year of the biennium. The conflict between deer and agriculture continues to present a serious problem in many sections of the State, emphasizing again the crying need for investing the Board of Fish and Game Com- missioners with the authority to deal with local problems that can not be taken care of under existing statutes. The past biennium has witnessed the launching of an entirelj^ new game restoration program in this State — the Pittman Robertson pro- gram, with which Your Excellency is already familiar. Approximately $250,000 has been appropriated to this State during the past two years and is being spent under our direction in accordance with the terms of the act. (9) 10 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION The board continues to be faced with the problem of providing fishing for an ever increasing army of fishermen in the face of many obstacles. We have taken great pains to study the fish hatchery setup thoroughly and have authorized improvements that will, we feel sure, produce results. We indorsed a proposed fish screen bill for introduction at the 1941 session of the Legislature which has generally received the unani- mous support of sportsmen's organizations, the American Legion, the Califorina State Grange and others. It is hoped that if this measure is enacted into law that a more cooperative and friendly feeling will be engendered between agricultural interests, the sportsmen and the commission. As a result of failure to secure appropriate action from the fruit and vegetable eanners through cooperative measures, your commission instructed that all pollution violations be prosecuted or compliance secured through other means. This action resulted in the whole- hearted support of the sportsmen. For details of these and other activities, we respectfully refer you to the ensuing reports submitted to us by the executive officer and the chiefs of the several bureaus of the Division of Fish and Game. The Fish and Game Commission wishes to express its appreciation for the aid that it has received from you and from the members of your staff. We could not have accomplished so much had it not been for 3^our never flagging interest in the cause which we serve. Respectfully submitted. Nate F. Milnor, President Germain Bulcke Edwin L. Carty Lee F. Payne W. B. Williams THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 11 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO THE BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS During the biennium, as your executive officer, I have endeavored to faithfully carry out your wishes and to maintain the Division in an efficient and businesslike manner in accordance with the personnel and financial policies which have already been established. Since my appointment as executive officer, I have been sincerely interested in establishing an educational program by means of which the sportsmen of the State and others interested in the conservation of California's wild life may be kept advised of just what the Division of Fish and Game is doing and what the reasons are for doing it. Too often we have been criticized in the past for not doing things which we actually are doing at the time, and I feel that we should be com- pletely frank with the sportsmen who are footing the bill. To this end, I have appointed an educational director who at the present time is organizing his program. I feel that the reorganization of the engineering functions of the Division that has been accomplished during the biennium is a real step forward. Up to the present time, the various bureaus were all carrj'ing on their own engineering work which resulted in a duplication of effort and higher than necessary cost of operation. All of the engineering functions are now centralized in one bureau, the Bureau of Engineering, which was formerly known as the Bureau of Hydraulics. I wish further to report the following changes in Commission per- sonnel during the biennial period : Dr. E. C. Moore Mr. I. Zellerbach Mr. Newton G. Booth, Jr. Mr. Raymond Grey Mr. E. L. McKenzie Mr. Kenneth I. Fulton Mr. Frank W. Clark Mr. Phil Gibson Mr. Nate F. Milnor Mr. Germain Bulcke Mr. E. L. Carty Mr. Lee F. Pavne Mr. W. B. Williams Mr. Herbert C. Davis, former executive officer, was replaced September 19, 1939, by Mr. Lester A. McMillan. LIBRARY The outstanding development in connection with the library dur- ing this period was moving into the new quarters in the later months of 1938. "With the assistance of the Patrol Department, the shelves were arranged and labeled. Space at first seemed adequate but it 12 • FISH AND GAME COMMISSION became necessary to secure three new metal stacks and seven metal cabinets to hold the existing volumes which came from storage at that time. The stacks are within the library proper and the metal cabinets are placed along the office corridor, adding greatly to the appearance of the long hall and the convenience of the library. The Law Library of 711 bound volumes still remains in storage. The library has increased during this period by the addition of 375 bound volumes ($1,024.02 by purchase; $247.09 by gift), making a total of 2,625 bound volumes with a value of $9,275.59. Seven hundred and eighteen miscellaneous pamphlets were added, making a total of 6,375 scientific and other pamphlets, with an appraised value of $1,059.95. The greater proportion of this material represents gifts. All pamphlets are filed in specially prepared boxes and accessible for use. Regularly received periodicals number 225, of which 187 are received free, and 48 cover paid subscriptions. The subscription budget has increased a trifle to care for the acquisition of several addi- tional scientific publications deemed necessary for our work, and which could not be obtained free of charge. Two years' back issues of periodicals, and some worn books, are now ready for binding. It is hoped that provision will be made for this work under the next budget. Our record of early Fish and Game biennial reports is nearing completion, four rare early numbers having been received during this period. We hope that we may soon obtain those covering years 1872-73 and 1877-79 in order that our file of this valuable historical material may be made complete. Lending and reference work has increased greatly. Time could not be provided to compile any accurate record of all services rendered ; however, during this period the library's current lending circulation list numbers 118 employees from office and field. One hundred and three other names, due to separation from our Division's service, were dropped from our record. "We are grateful to the several United States bureaus and the Special Libraries Association of San Francisco for cooperation, espe- cially in interlibrarj^ loans. - THIRTY-SIXTH UIENNIAL REPORT 1 .'} WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PROJECT During the bieiinium a WPA project operated at tlie Stanford University laboratory of the California Division of Fish and Game, under its sponsorship. Much aid was rendered to the Bureau of Fish Conservation and to members of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries in the form of mounting of fish scales (preparatory to examination by biolo- gists of the Division), measurement of fish specimens, map mounting, translation of foreign fisheries publications into English, filing and transcription of stream and lake survey and stocking records, catalog- ing, and general typing, clerical, and statistical work. (The projects that operated during the biennium are the following : Work Project No. 7263 began operation June 28, 1937 and closed December 8, 1938. Work Project No. 10,553 started December 9, 1938, and was con- tinued with suppleraentarv funds from September 25, 1939, to Mav 23, 1940. AVork Project No. 50-11861 started May 24, 1940, and is continu- ing at the present time.) Kespectfullv' submitted. Lester A. McMillax. 14 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION By A. C. Taft, Chief The Division of Fish and Game now operates 23 trout hatcheries and rearing stations, and one bass hatchery and fish rescue station, for the rearing and salvage of fish to be planted in the fresh waters of the State. The annual production of the trout stations is in excess of 30 million fish per year. These same stations also rear about 7 million salmon, most of which are handled at the two hatcheries in the Klamath River area, Fall Creek (No. 20) and Mt. Shasta (No. 21). This existing hatchery system has developed over a period of some 60 years and as at present constituted it represents facilities resulting from an extended experience in meeting requirements in this State. The personnel on whom the success of the work depends in a large degree also benefits from this long background of experience. Most of the men have come into State service while young and have acquired their technical training through actual experience. This hatchery system was developed to meet the needs for large numbers of relatively small fish for distribution throughout the State in the less accessible areas and particularly in the many barren streams and lakes of our higher mountain areas. This type of work was very necessary and very valuable and there is still need for this type of pro- duction in order to maintain fishing in the bulk of the trout area of the State. However, with the constantly increasing population of California and other changing factors such as the development of roads and increasing interest in outdoor recreation, it has become apparent that certain changes in our plan of operations are now necessary. For many years there has been extended discussion amongst sportsmen's clubs and even within the ranks of fish culturists with regard to the merits of planting fish of various sizes. It has been the consistent view of the Bureau of Fish Conservation that most of the needs of California for trout planting can best be served by the production of fish less than one year old which are planted in relatively large numbers and then attain their growth on the natural food in the streams. At the same time it is apparent to us that this program fails to meet the needs of many accessible and heavily fished areas in the State and for some time our work has been directed toward meeting these new needs. The production of catchable sized fish for planting in California is made difficult by certain extremes of conditions that exist in the State. First of all, satisfactory water supplies for year round hatchery operation are difficult to find. Most of our hatcheries now in existence utilize stream water which in the nature of the case varies greatly in temperature from summer to winter. At the lower elevations, that are accessible for operation during the winter months, temperatures are excessively high during the summer months and difficulty is encoun- tered in rearing fish there after August 1st. On the other hand, TIIIRTY-SIXTIT lUI^NKFAT, UKPORT 15 stations located higher up on tliese same streams would ciicdiinlci- I lie difficulty of inaccessibility during the winter months and even though that wf)s overcome it would be found that the water temperatures were so low that during most of the winter periods little or no growth could be obtained. Similar difficulties in other States are met through the use of spring water which usually nuiintains a more or less uniform temperature throughout the yeai-. Although spring water is abundani in California in certain localized areas such as around Mount Lassen and in the Ov^^ens River basin, the balance of the State is practically without springs of sufficient size to furnish hatchery water supplies. The outstanding success of rearing fish to catchable size in a relatively short period at Hot Creek has demonstrated what can be done under favorable conditions and it should be our objective to duplicate those conditions as nearly as possible. ■*>* * ■ Looking downstream on a parallel bar fish screen Cleaning- bar on .screen just above water In considering the development of a program for rearing fish of larger size to supplement the production of the present hatcheries, two additional difficulties had to be overcome. The first of these was that of obtaining a satisfactory food supply at a more reasonable cost. Dur- ing the last few years beef liver, which constitutes the basic food for young fry and fingerlings and which should constitute from 30 to 40 per cent of the food of larger fish, has varied in price from 12 to 18 cents per pound delivered at the hatcheries. Since on the average it requires three or more pounds of food to produce a pound of fish, it is apparent that the Division of Fish and Game could hardly afford to supply many fish to the anglers which were produced through the use of food of this cost. Over a period of four years a great deal of experi- mentation has been done at the Mount Shasta Hatchery to determine the usefulness of certain dried milk and meat meals to supplement the use of fresh meat. This has been worked out to the point now where 16 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION such meals can be used to constitute up to 60 per cent of the diet of larger fish at a cost per pound of about 5 cents delivered at the hatch- ery. We are, therefore, using these meals in considerable quantities at Hot Creek and at Mount Shasta. The large amount of fresh meat required even when meals were used made it imperative that some reduction be obtained in the cost of liver. This was done through working out arrangements whereby the State could obtain condemned fluke livers for use. Under the requirements of the State Board of Health these livers, which are not considered suitable for human con- sumption, are frozen at relatively low temperatures to kill the flukes and then dyed with a green vegetable substance which indicates that they are not suitable for human use. Practically our entire liver sup- ply has been obtained from this source during the past year at a cost of about 8 cents per pound delivered at the hatchery. It can thus be seen that the cost of our food supply has been reduced by about one- half and we are now in a better position from that standpoint to under- take the rearing of more fish to a larger size. One other problem that required solution was that of transporting fish of larger size safely and at less cost. During the past two years we have developed aeration equipment which is used on all pickups and trucks which permits safe handling of fish over long distances and also makes it possible to carry more ounces of fish per pound of water. The solution of these two major difficulties now places the Bureau of Fish Conservation in a favorable position to develop a supplementary hatchery program which will make it possible to supply catchable sized fish to several of the more heavily fished and accessible areas. The present hatchery system can not readily be changed to make it satisfac- tory for the rearing of these larger fish. The hatcheries are located at points where water temperatures are not satisfactory throughout the year for such work and their actual rearing facilities for the most part consist of troughs which are only suitable for smaller fish. It, there- fore, seems apparent that such expansion as is to take place in our hatchery system should be of a different type to supplement the work now being done. On the attached map, hatcheries and rearing stations have been indicated in three categories; first, existing hatcheries and rearing sta- tions ; second, hatcheries recently abandoned due to flood damage, and, third, recommended development for rearing ponds and hatcheries. By referring to the numbers and comparing them with the list given on the accompanying sheets, the names and locations of the various hatcheries can be obtained and also information as to their relative size. Productive capacity is indicated by the number of troughs, tanks or ponds which are available at each station for the rearing of fish. On the third sheet of this list will be found a section entitled "Recommended Developments." Included therein are the stations or localities in which we believe our program for development should be concentrated. In some instances such as Hot Creek and Fishing Creek proven satisfactory waters now exist, but in most of the others the locations are only tentative and should by all means be proven by the establishment and operation of experimental stations for a period of at least one year before any extensive development is undertaken. TIIIKTY-SIXTir HIKNNIAIi UVA'OHT 17 Taking up these recoiiiinciKlcd developments in order, the Fillmore Experimental Station is now imdci- process of inslallation. Imme- diately following the action of the Coiniiiission in abandoning the plans for the Lytle Creek Ilalcliery onr eHorts were turned toward finding a substitute site and it is believed 1liat the existence of 10 or more second feet of ground w^ater in the bed of the Santa Clara River near Fillmore offers the best i)resent opportunity for development. The water available at that point averages 62 degrees in temperature throughout the year and can be taken onto nearby land under gravity with a conduit system something over 3000 feet in length. According to surveys of the State Department of AVater Resources even at the close of the long dry period in 1927 and 1928 the ground water near the point of diversion was only six feet below the surface. However, some caution should be used in making plans for work at this point since chemical analj'ses show that the water is very heavily laden wdth a Looking upstream on a rotary fish screen. Power wheel in front of screen Opening in concrete wall at left is for flushing out moving sand and gravel variety of mineral elements and it would be impossible to predict in advance whether it would be suitable for the rearing of fish. One acre of land has been leased for temporary use at a cost of $25 per month from the Sespe Land and Water Company and an experimental station consisting of pumping system, six troughs and two circular tanks, together with a tent house for the attendant, will be constructed immediately. As soon as this experimental work is under way negotiations should be entered into with the Sespe Land and Water Company for a lease and option on a hatchery site of approximately five acres together wdth the necessary right of way for pipe line. This Fillmore Station would be very satisfactory from the standpoint of geographical location to rear fish of considerable size for planting in the entire southern part of the State. It is readily accessible to the mountainous area of Riverside and San Bernardino counties by way of the highway through Saugus. 2 — seaai 18 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION The so-called Fishing Creek hatchery site (No. 18) has been under lease by the Division of Fish and Game from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company since 1937. It consists of several acres of land on the shore of Lake Britton, Shasta County, and is held under a 20-year lease at an annual rental of $150. Work was first undertaken there in 1937 and a few experimental troughs were set up to determine if the water supply was satisfactory. It was found that the fish make the same good growth obtained at the Burney Creek Hatchery nearby and that probably the water originates from the same type of source. The water supply consists of over 30 second feet issuing as a spring from a lava bluff above the hatchery site and with a temperature of approximately 48 degrees the year round. It would be the plan in developing this site to utilize the water for the operation of rearing and brood stock ponds in conjunction with the work of the Burney Creek Hatchery which is located about two miles down the lake. We are badly in need of additional facilities for holding rainbow brood stock and also for ponds in which fish of a somewhat larger size could be reared for planting in the heavily fished trout v/aters from the Feather River north to the Pit River drainage. This hatchery site is located within a few miles of the main highway running north and south from McCloud to Lake Tahoe and could be utilized advantageously for this purpose. Some difficulty has arisen in obtaining a right of way for a pipe line from the water source to the prospective hatchery grounds. This has come about through the fact that one piece of land is held by the United States Indian Service and is now in process of being sold. There is reason to believe that a solution will be found for these diffi- culties in the very near future. It will probably be unnecessary to go into any detailed discussion regarding the desirability of developing the Hot Creek rearing ponds in Mono County (No. 11). The Commission has already taken action toward authorizing this work and the money is available. The site and $25,000 toward construction is being supplied by the City of Los Angeles in lieu of the construction of fish ladders at the Grant Lake and Long Valley dams. This hatchery if developed as now planned will be capable of serving the entire Mono-Inyo accessible area with fish of from four to six inches in length. Items No. 28 and No. 29 under Permanent Development can best be discussed together. The hatchery situation in the north coast area from San Francisco to Eureka has not previously been brought before the Commission. However, it is one of considerable urgency since our hatchery near Ukiah was destroyed in the spring of 1938 and the next hatchery to the north. Fort Seward (No. 4), is very old and does not serve our present requirements satisfactorily. Fort Seward Hatchery was built in 1916, which was prior to the construction of the Redwood Highway. For that reason it was located on the line of the North- western Pacific Railroad on the main fork of the Eel River. At the present time the construction of the Redwood Highway has placed the heavy burden of fishing on the South Fork of the Eel and made it the main artery for the distribution of fish in that area. The water supply for the Fort Seward Hatchery is very unsatisfactory and makes it necessary for us to plant the fish out at a small size during late June or early July each year. The minimum of necessary repairs have been THIRTY-SIXTH lUKNNIAL Ki:i'()I{T 19 made to the hatchery building and livinj? quarters and if the Division is to avoid expendinjj: a rather lai-jzc sum on reliabilitatinj? this unsatis- factory station it will be necessary to ol)tain a new site atid start experi- mental work this year. It is, tlierefoi-e, recommended that a number of sites along the South Fork of the Eel River be investigated this season and active steps be taken to set up one or more experimental stations for operation next fall. One of the most promising sites is near Dyerville on the South Fork and water could be obtained from Canoe Creek which lies within one of the State parks. It is hoped that arrangements can be made for a hatchery site on land which is already owned by the State. This prospective hatchery site is indicated as No. 28 on the map and would replace Fort Seward which is No. 4. It will be noted from the map that from this previously mentioned station (No. 28) south to San Francisco no hatcheries are now in oper- ation since the Cold Creek Hatchery (No. 24) near Ukiah was destroyed in 1938. Although the streams in these counties — Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa and Marin are, for the most part, small, they are very heavily fished due to their close proximity to the metropolitan areas around the bay. A supply of spring water is available in the south end of Lake County and it is recommended that negotiations be under- taken for a lease and option so that this water could be tried out in an experimental way for the development of rearing ponds. This would make it possible for us to suppl}^ fish of somewhat larger size for cer- tain streams and lakes in Marin, Napa and Lake counties. It has been apparent for some time that there is great need for a supply of catchable sized fish for planting in the southern San Joaquin-Sierra region. Included in this area are the streams from the San Joaquin south to and including the Kern. It has now been arranged for the Bureau of Fish Conservation to take over the opera- tion of the sportmen's ponds at Kernville, which is shown as No. 31 on the map. These ponds will furnish an ample supply of fish of some size for all of the waters of the lower Kern and its tributaries which can be reached at reasonable transportation costs. There still remain a number of heavily fished streams and areas which are under prospective development in the counties from Tulare County north through Fresno and Madera. The streams included are the Tule River, the Kaw^eah River, Kings River and the San Joaquin. At the present time we have one large hatchery, No. 3, located on the Kings River, two small seasonal or summer rearing stations, No. 8, Madera Hatch- ery, and No. 2, Huntington Lake Hatchery. The fourth hatchery for the area is No. 22, Kaweah, which is of medium size and like all of this group mentioned, is designed solely for the rearing of small fish for early planting. The development of the Sequoia and Kings River park areas and the growth of population in the southern San Joaquin make it advisable for us to develop as rapidly as possible facilities for rearing fish of larger size. In this entire area there is practically no spring water of consequence. Such springs as exist are small in volume, cold in temperature and located at rather high elevations. With a view to possible use of well water of suitable temperature, some investi- gation has already been made. At the present time we have found one well near Visalia wdiich has a temperature of 57 degrees and so located that water pumped therefrom could advantageously be used 20 PISH AND GAME COMMISSION for irrigation below. This station would be entirely experimental since many details of operation and water use are new and the outcome could, therefore, not be predicted. However, the urgent need for this new type of rearing facility is so great that considerable experimental work would be justified. OREGON j.J,OSEFHiHE IjaCXSOW _kl*m*th y •20 1 ^ i i / 18»«»j7^ I tMlIM \ i - v-1 .7 I 7 ^./llH"* ^ , Existing hatcheries and rearing stations Hatcheries recently abandoned due to flood damage Recommended development for rearing ponds and hatcheries lORMiBt S""""f i / .Ax:' N v.. s— ])i^ '^ 7^'k-^^ u~\ (NEVADA 10 *\^,„ ' ^— - v ( j\t.H )\ MtRALDA. ... .23 ( ,17;.'' '\ / • °i V \ ""^ »«fT» CL«A ) 3 Z..^ - -^ • 6 lAH iiRHAmao \ ■\- \ \ MEXICO Fish Cultural Stations, California, 1938-1940 In summary, the recommendations for expansion of the hatchery system consist for the most part of pond stations where fish of a larger size could be reared for use in heavily fished, accessible areas. The only exception is that of No. 28 which would provide for the replace- ment of a hatchery which is now old and in poor repair and poorly located to serve our needs, but even in that case rearing ponds should be included in the new construction. It is believed that if the devel- THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 21 opments given herein materialize onr present hatchery system wDuld be expanded in such a way as to best serve the future needs of trout fishing- in California. STATE FISH HATCHERIES AND REARING STATIONS IN OPERATION— 1940 Alpine County : I.Alpine Hatchery, located near Markleeville (seasonal) 30 troughs. Fresno County : 2. Huntington Lake Hatchery, located near Lakeshore (seasonal) 6 troughs, 10 tanks, 1 pond. 3. Kings River Hatchery, located .ICJ miles east of Fresno 100 troughs. Humboldt County : 4. Fort Seward Hatchery, located near Alderpoint 100 troughs. 5. Prairie Creek Hatchery, located near Orick 80 troughs, 4 tanks. Inyo County : 6. Mount Whitney Hatchery, located near Independence 120 troughs, 2 tanks, 5 ponds. Kern County : 31. Kern Hatchery 8 ponds. Lassen County : 7. Lake Almanor Hatchery, located near Westwood 96 troughs, 10 tanks, 4 ponds. Madera County : S.Madera Hatchery, located near Bass Lake (seasonal) 6 troughs, 10 tanks. Mariposa County : 9. Yosemite Hatchery, located in Yosemite National Park 52 troughs, 4 tanks. Mendocino County : 24. Cold Creek Hatchery, located near Ukiah (destroyed by flood, 1938) . Mono County : 10. Fern Creek Hatchery, located near June Lake (seasonal) 30 troughs. 11. Hot Creek Hatchery, located near Mammoth 12 troughs, 12 raceways, 7 ponds. Placer County : 12. Mount Tallac Hatchery, located near Lake Tahoe 52 troughs, 17 tanks. 13. Tahoe Hatchery, located near Tahoe City 64 troughs. Plumas County : 14. Feather River Hatchery, located near Clio 60 troughs, 2 ponds. 22 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Sacramento County : 15. Central Valleys Hatchery, located near Elk Grove 19 ponds, 2 tanks. San Bernardino County : 16. Forest Home Hatchery, located near Mentone and Forest Home (damaged by flood, 1938). Santa Cruz County : 25. Big Creek Hatchery, located near Davenport (damaged by flood, 1940). IT. Brookdale Hatchery, located near Brookdale 40 troughs, 7 ponds. Shasta County : 18. Burner Creek Hatchery, located near Burney 100 troughs, 4 ponds. Sierra County : 19. Yuba River Hatchery, located near Camptonville 30 troughs. Siskiyou County : 20. Fall Creek Hatchery, located near Copco 116 troughs, 9 ponds. 21. Mount Shasta Hatchery, located near Mt. Shasta City 464 troughs, 52 ponds. Tulare County : 22. Kaweah Hatchery, located near Three Rivers 60 troughs. Tuolumne County : 23. Basin Creek Hatchery, located near Tuolumne 80 troughs, 9 tanks. Recommended Developments 26. Fillmore experimental trout rearing station 2 tanks, 6 troughs, 4 ponds. 27. Fishing Creek rearing ponds. Plans not yet drawn. 11. Hot Creek rearing ponds and hatchery 22 ponds, 30 trough-hatchery. 28. Replacement for Fort Seward Hatchery (No. 4) . 29. Lake County rearing ponds and small hatchery. 30. Sequoia rearing ponds. A detailed list of the fish plantings made during the biennium will be found in the appendix to this report. This includes both fish reared in the hatcheries and those salvaged through fish rescue work. Following is a list of the fish cultural stations operated by public agencies in California since they were first established in 1870. This listing has been prepared by Mr. Louie Phillips, Hatchery Inspector, and is based on a similar list prepared by Mr. W. H. Shebley in 1922. Mr. Phillips has made some corrections and has brought the list up to date. This report is of great interest because it very pointedly brings out the hazards that are involved in establishing fish cultural stations in California. Although many of the hatcheries were designedly experi- mental, the fact that 51 hatcheries have been constructed and later TIIIRTY-SIX'ni ItlKN'MAF; KKl'OKT 23 abandoned shows that many difficiillics were eiicDuiitcicil. 'I'liis is more than twice as many as are now in operation and about the same ratio holds tnie for epp: collectinp: stations. This clearly doinonstratos that satisfactory hatchery sites arc difficult to find in C;iiirornia and indi- cates that in the future even greater care should be taken and all pos- sible information should be obtained before new stations are established. "Wherever possible temporary and experimental facilities should be thoroughly tried out before any permanent investment is made. PUBLIC HATCHERIES AND EGG COLLECTING STATIONS OPERATED IN CALIFORNIA, 1870-1940 Years of "Name Location Operation Acclimatization Society City Hall, San Francisco 1870-1871 State Hatching House University of California, Berkeley, Cali- fornia 1870-1877 Baird Fish Hatchery (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries) McCloud River, Shasta County 1872 (Rebuilt) 1 1881-1883 1888-1!)2<) Clear Lake Experimental Hatchery Kelsey Creek, Lake County 1873-1874 Frazier Hatchery Squaw Creek, Placer County 1875-1880 San Leandro Hatchery San Leandro, Alameda County 1878-1883 Hurley Hatchery Tahoe City, Placer County 1880-1888 Woodsen Egg Collecting Station Fort Bidwell 1881-1884 Shebley Hatchery Shebley's Station, Nevada County 1883-1888 Phipps Hatchery Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County 1884-1888 Hat Creek Hatchery Carbon, Shasta County 1885-1888 Mount Shasta Hatchery Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County 1888- Tahoe Hatchery (new hatch- ery built in 1920) Tahoe City, Placer County 1889-1891 1894-1920 1920- Fort Gaston Fish Hatchery (U. S. Bureau of Fisheries) -Trinity River, Hoopa Indian Reserva- tion, Humboldt County 18S9-1S9S Shovel Creek Egg Collecting Station Klamath River, near Beswick, Siskiyou County 1 1889-1912 Glen Ellen Fish Hatchery 1929-19.34 (Private hatchery con- trolled by State) Glen Ellen, Sonoma County 1890-1891 Del Monte Fish Hatchery (Private hatchery con- trolled by State) Del Monte, Monterey County 1890-1891 Bear Valley Hatchery Olema, Marin County 1891-1894 Alma Fish Hatchery (Pri- vate hatchery controlled by State) Alma, Santa Clara County 1892-1893 Korbel Fish Hatchery (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries) Redwood Creek, Humboldt County 1893-1897 Independence Lake Fish Hatchery and Egg Collect- ing Station Independence Lake, Nevada County 1893-1894 Redwood Creek Egg Collect- ing Station (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries) Redwood Creek, Humboldt County 1893-1897 Battle Creek Fish Hatchery (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries) -Battle Creek, Shasta County 1895- 24 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Years of Name Location Operation "Wawona Fish Hatchery Big Creek, Wawona, Mariposa County 1895-1928 Mount Tallac Fish Hatchery— Taylor Creek, El Dorado County 1895-1909 Xew Mount Tallac Fish Hatchery Taylor Creek, El Dorado County 1909- Price Creek Fish Hatchery —Grizzly Bluff, Humboldt County 1897-1916 Ukiah Fish Hatchery Ukiah, Mendocino County 1897-1927 [Nlears Creek Egg Collecting Station Near Sims, Shasta County 1898-1899 Hazel Creek Egg Collecting Station Xear Sims, Shasta County 1898-1899 Cottonwood Creek Egg Col- lecting Station Hornbrook, Siskiyou County 1900-1938 Campbell Creek McCloud River, Shasta County 1901 Squaw Yalley Creek McCloud River, Shasta County 1901 Howe Creek Egg Collecting Station Eel River, Humboldt County 1902 Mill Creek Fish Hatchery (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries) _Los Molinos, Tehama County 1902- California State Verdi Fish Hatchery Verdi, State of Nevada 1902-1905 Edgewood Experimental Sta- tion Upper Shasta River, Siskiyou County 1906-1907 Shasta River Egg Collecting Station Near Yreka, Siskiyou County 1907-1908 1937- Bouldin Island Striped Bass Hatchery Bouldin Island, San Joaquin County 1907-1909 Glen Alpine Fish Hatchery Glen Alpine Springs, El Dorado County__1908-1913 Bogus Creek Egg Collecting Station Klamath River, Siskiyou County 1910- Klamathon Egg Collecting Station Xear Hornbrook, Siskiyou County 1910- Snow Mountain Egg Collect- ing Station Eel River, Mendocino County 1910- Sacramento Experimental Salmon Hatchery Sacramento 1911-1913 Brookdale Fish Hatchery (Operated by County 1905- 1912) (Operated by State 1912) Brookdale, Santa Cruz County 1912- Scott Creek Egg Collecting Station (Operated by County 1905-1912) Santa Cruz County 1912- "Willow Creek Egg Collecting Station Thrall, Siskiyou County 1912 Camp Creek Egg Collecting Station Klamath River, Siskiyou County 1912-1934 Bear Lake Fish Hatchery Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County 1914-1932 Gottville Egg Collecting Sta- tion Klamath River, Siskiyou County 1914 North Creek Egg Collecting Station Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County — 1915 Burney Creek Egg Collecting Station Burney Creek, Shasta County 1915 Ward Canyon Egg Collecting Station Copco, Siskiyou County 1915 Fort Seward Fish Hatchery Alderpoint, Humboldt County 1916- Marlette-Carson Fish Hatchery Carson City, Nevada (Operated by Cali- fornia Fish and Game Commission) 1916-1917 I TTIIRTY-SIX'I'll HI i:\.\l A I; REPORT 25 Years of Name f.ofdlinn Operation Yuba City Experimental Shad Hatchery Yul)a City, Sutter County liMt; Almanor Fish Ilatehery Lake AIih.-iikh- Dam, I'lunias County 1910-11)19 Domingo Springs Fish Hatchery ('hcster, Tlumas County 1916-1937 Rae Lakes Egg Collecting Station Rao Lakes, Fresno County 1917-1927 Bryan's Rest Egg Collecting Station Bryan's Rest, Humboldt County 1917 Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery_independence, Inyo County 1917- Cottonwood Lakes Egg Col- lecting Station Cottonwood Lakes, Inyo County 1918- Yosemite Experimental Hatchery Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County 1918-1920 Clear Creek Fish Hatchery___^Westwood, Lassen County 1918-19H0 Feather River Fish Hatchery Experimental Ciray Eagle Creek, Plumas County 1918 North Creek Fish Hatchery Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County___1919-1928 Fall Creek Fish Hatchery Copco, Siskiyou County 1919- Kaweah Fish Hatchery Three Rivers, Tulare County 1919- Metcalf Creek Egg Collecting Station Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County__1919- Bull Creek Egg Collecting Station Dyerville, Humboldt County 1919 Grout Creek Egg Collecting Station Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County — 1919- Warner Creek Egg Collecting Station Warner Creek, Plumas County 1920-1937 Eel River Egg Collecting Station Branscomb, Mendocino County 1920-1921 Feather River Hatchery lohnsville, Plumas County 1921-1923 San Joaquin Experimental Station Auberry, Fresno County 1921 Upper Truckee River Egg Collecting Station El Dorado County 1921- Taylor Creek Egg Collecting Station Taylor Creek, El Dorado County 1921-1935 Blackwood Creek Egg Collect- ing Station Lake Tahoe, Placer County 1921-1932 Ward Creek Egg Collecting Station Lake Tahoe, Placer County 1921-1921 Feather River Fish Hatchery Clio, Plumas County 1924- Shackleford Creek Egg Col- lecting Station Scott River, Siskiyou County 1925- Beaver Creek Egg Collecting Station Klamath River, Siskiyou County 1925-1937 Blackwood Creek Hatchery Lake Tahoe, Placer County 1925-1937 Rush Creek Egg Collecting Station Rush Creek, Mono County 1925- Fern Creek Hatchery Near June Lake, Mono County 1926- Butt Creek Egg Collecting Station Lake Almanor, Plumas County 1926-1927 Gull Lake Egg Collecting 1933-1935 Station Gull Lake, Mono County 1926-1936 Burney Creek Fish Hatchery Burney, Shasta County 1927- Big Creek Fish Hatchery Big Creek. Santa Cruz County 1927-1939 Yosemite Fish Hatchery Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County 1927- Cold Creek Fish Hatchery Ukiah, Mendocino County 1928-1937 Mormon Creek Experimental Hatchery Sonora, Tuolumne County 1928-1930 Kern River Experimental Hatchery Kernville, Kern County„„_„_^-^-,-, — 1928 26 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Years of Name Location Operation Kings River Experimental Hatchery Kings River, Fresno County 1928-1930 Prairie Creelv Experimental Hatchery Orick, Humboldt County 1928 Prairie Creek Egg Collecting Station Orick, Humboldt County 1928-1937 Mud Creek Egg Collecting Station Lake Almanor, Plumas County 1928- Santa Ana River Station Forcee Creek, San Bernardino County 1928-1929 San Gabriel River Station Coldbrook Camp, Los Angeles County 1928-1929 Yuba River Hatchery North Fork Tuba River, Sierra County 1929- Walker River Egg Collecting Station West Walker River, Mono County 1929 1931-1932 Bucks Lake Egg Collecting Station Bucks Lake, Plumas County 1929-1931 Ballards Reservoir Egg Col- lecting Station Canby, Modoc County 1930 San Gabriel River Hatchery Rincon Flats, Los Angeles County 1930-1932 Snow Creek Fish Hatchery Snow Creek, Riverside County__'_ 1930-1932 Santa Ana River Hatchery Sevenoaks, San Bernardino County 1930-1932 Lake Hemet Egg Collecting Station Lake Hemet, Riverside County 1930 Madera Hatchery Bass Lake, Madera County 1930 Lake Arrowhead Egg Collect- ing Station Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County_1930-1932 1935 1940- Kiugs River Hatchery Kings River, Fresno County 1930- Lake Almanor Hatchery on Benner Creek Chester, Plumas County 1930-1933 Chester Egg Collecting Station- Xorth Fork Feather River, Plumas County 1931-1937 Walker Lake Egg Collecting Station W^alker Lake, Mono County 1931- Huntington Lake Hatchery Huntington Lake, Fresno County 1931- Butte Lake Egg Collecting Station Butte Lake, Lassen County 1931-1934 Alpine Fish Hatchery Markleeville, Alpine County 1932- Forest Home Fish Hatchery Forest Home, San Bernardino County 1932-1940 Friant Bass Hatchery Friant, Fresno County 1932-1937 Hagen Flat Egg Collecting Station Pit River, Shasta County 1932-1933 Kosk Creek Egg Collecting Station Pit River, Shasta County 1933-1934 Hamilton Branch Egg Col- lecting Station Lake Almanor, Plumas County 1933-1936 Hot Creek Hatchery Mono County 1933- Deep Creek Egg Collecting Station Pit River, Shasta County 1934- Blue Lakes Egg Collecting Station Alpine County 1934- Independence Lake Egg Collect- ing Station Nevada County 1934-1935 Marlette Lake Egg Collecting Station State of Nevada 1934-1939 Hobart Creek and Lake Egg Collecting Station State of Nevada 1934-1939 Lake Eleanor Egg Collecting Station Yosemite National Park 1934- Tompkins Creek Egg Collecting Station Scott River, Siskiyou County 1935 TTTIRTY-SIXTTI BIENNIAL REPORT 27 Yearn of Name Location Operation San Lorenzo River Egg Collect- ing Station Brookdale, Santa Cruz County 1935- Shasta River Dam Egg Collect- ing Station Yreka, Siskiyou County 1936 Central Valleys Bass Hatchery Elk Grove, Sacramento County 1937- Kirman Lake Egg Collecting Station Mono County 1937- Little River Egg Collecting Station Humboldt County 1938- Pasadena Reservoir Egg Col- lecting Station San Cabriol River, Los Angeles County__1938-1939 Mountain Home Hatchery San Bernardino County 1938-1940 Heenan Lake Egg Collecting Station Alpine County 1939- Lake Arrowhead Hatchery Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino County _1940- Fillmore Experimental Hatchery Fillmore, Ventura County 1940- Kern Hatchery Kernville, Kern County 1940- 28 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION POLLUTION DETAIL Paul A. Shaw, In Charge The program and work of the Pollution Detail, outlined in the o5th Biennial Report, have been continued and expanded during the present biennium to include a personnel of three from the Bureau of Fish Conservation and eight from the Bureau of Patrol. OIL The Detail has maintained a frequent and more complete patrol covering areas where production, refining, loading, shipping, storage and use of oil and petroleum products constitute a potential hazard to aquatic life in State waters. In this work the cooperation of Fed- eral enforcement agencies has been extended ; patrol by boats and planes, together with effective backing on enforcement having been of inestimable benefit in the investigation and control of pollution from this source. Many new and modern oil separating units, particularly at the car loading, tank cleaning and roundhouse stations of the rail- roads have been constructed during the period covered by this report with resulting improvement to aquatic conditions. A further step, to remove suspended solids, hazardous chemicals and final traces of oil has recently been taken, on our insistence, by a concern handling oil field waste waters where an installation costing over $100,000 is now being completed for this purpose. MINING Pollution resulting from mining has, next to oil, required the most active efforts of this Detail. Repeated inspections, suggestions on proper control measures and emphasis on protection of recreational values as well as fish life, combined with a more insistent public demand, has served to initiate a greater degree of cooperation on the part of mining company officials than has been evident in past years. Thus, the improvements have largely been through suggestion, request and the weight of public opinion rather than enforcement, but this method is inadequate for the minority who delay action until forced to do so. The same situation applies to the Klamath and Trinity area where the legislation now in effect (Section 482) does not guarantee stream clarity and efforts to preserve suitable conditions for recreation and fishing depend on cooperative work and good will rather than compliance with the law. This situation emphasizes the need of factual data to establish more definitely the damage caused by pollution from placer mining, on which a study will soon be under way, and also initiates the thought that legislation to control pollution from this source would be justi- fied on the basis of damage only to the recreational use of State waters. Control of tailings from quartz mills is less difficult, potential damage TIllKTY-SIXTIl IUKXN'IAIj KIll'OKT 29 being' more definitely established, and permanent iuipoundinf; areas have been constrncted and i)nt in sal islactiiry operation at many addi- tional mills dnrinji' the biennium. A stud}' to determine the extent and methods of controUin*; future damage to waters of the Shasta Dam reservoir by tunnel drainage con- taminated with copper and acid from abandoned mines will be con- cluded shortly after the present biennium, the data now indicating that a project to exclude air by sealing tunnel entrances would be effective. FOOD AND BEVERAGE PLANTS The food and beverage industries produce wastes causing pollution of a different type but equal in impoi-tance to that from oil and mine tailings. The large contributors to pollution in this classification are the fruit, vegetable and fish plants, wineries, distilleries, beet sugar refineries and milk products. Two factors have been primarily respon- sible for delays in securing complete remedial measures to eliminate pollution from these sources. First, several of the large industries have had sufficient influence to request and secure deferred action. For- tunately, during the present biennium the Fish and Game Commission took a firm stand authorizing strict enforcement of pollution laws. Second, complete remedial and treatment measures are dependent on further research and investigation, sufficient data not being available for the design and installation of proper pollution control facilities. In this connection, while the burden of responsibility rests with the industry, it is essential that this Division be familiar with suitable methods, and conduct sufficient research of a practical character to offer suggestions to the industry, thus avoiding further delays when it is claimed that treatment methods are not available. Employment of a Junior Sanitary Engineer, recently approved by the Fish and Game Commission, and construction of adequate laboratory facilities are urgently needed to carry on this program. Notwithstanding the difficulties above stated, material progress has been made in reducing pollution from the food and beverage indus- tries. Celery packers in the Terminous area installed flume, elevator and bin units at a cost of $50,000 for handling waste celery ; this mate- rial now being taken away by truck and utilized for stock feed. Wineries in the Lodi area constructed sumps and land disposal areas for still slops following a severe fish mortality from pollution of the Mokelumne River. Asparagus packing and canning plants, together with a few peach and tomato canners have eliminated a portion of the garbage like wastes by land disposal, but further remedial measures are urgently needed. Several sugar refineries improved land areas for waste disposal and another refinery is now installing a treatment plant. On the whole, pollution from sugar refinery wastes was greatly reduced during the biennium. Pollution from milk product plants has been decreased over former years, but seasonal inspections are still necessary to safeguard certain streams during summer and fall periods of low water flow. Control of pollution from fish canning and reduction plants con- centrated at San Diego, Terminal Island, Monterey and the San Fran- cisco Bay areas, estimated to produce wastes equivalent to the raw sewage of 2,500,000 persons at Monterey and 5,000,000 persons in the 30 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION San Francisco Bay area during days of peak operation, has only been effected to a minor degree, the principal improvement being removal of fish scales and large fish particles from purse seine bilge water and plant effluents. Greater oil recovery and reduction of solids in press liquor has also been provided at a few plants. However, steps to elim- inate pollution from all plant effluents are progressing with research under way by the City of Los Angeles, various fish plant operators and private engineering concerns. SEWAGE AND GARBAGE Pollution of State waters from sewage is still a serious problem. Data contained in a recent Federal bulletin reveals that 10 per cent of the investment needed throughout the Nation for abatement of sewage pollution is required here in California. While laws relative to sewage disposal do not come under the jurisdiction of the Division of Fish and Game, the Pollution Detail indirectly has been active in advocating, requesting and securing sewage pollution abatement in a number of instances. Complete treatment units have been installed at several smaller communities and the cities of San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento have plans and programs well under way for sewage disposal improvements. Garbage and similar refuse which periodically pollutes many water areas in California, causing severe complaints, is not specifically pro- hibited under the pollution act enforced by the Detail. Certain sec- tions of the Public Health Code cover this matter adequately, but the Department of Public Health does not have the personnel for enforcement. A plan is therefore being considered, whereby officers of the Pollution Detail would be authorized to enforce these sections of the Health Code, and if adopted a marked decrease in harbor, beach and stream pollution from this source can be anticipated during the coming biennium. MISCELLANEOUS Definite aquatic improvement has also been effected during the biennium from control measures installed at the request of this Detail at many plants of other types such as sa■v^^nills, chemical and manufac- turing concerns. COURT CASES During the biennium, under the efficient supervision of "Warden C. L. Towers, 134 cases were prosecuted with fines totalling $26,355, of which amount $20,280 was paid in cash. In this connection the installation of short wave radios has been of great value in answering calls immediately and securing proper evidence. The use of motion picture cameras has also greatly aided in collecting convincing evidence. TllIRTY-SlXTll lilKNNrAI, ItKl'OKT 31 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF GAME CONSERVATION By J. S. Hunter, Chief The work of the Bureau of Game Conservation iu assisting in the management of game in our State has grown year by year witli the taking over of new problems the solution of which will add to the game supply and assure posterity of a continuation of the pleasures of field sports for years to come. Conditions, generally, are satisfactory but there are many problems that must be worked out before we can rest on our oars and say our work is finished. WATERFOWL There is no doubt that the number of ducks has increased during the past several years. This is due to the work of the various inter- ested agencies that have brought about better protection and breeding conditions. The work of the Federal Government through the Fish and Wildlife Service can not be too highly commended nor can the accomplishments of Ducks Unlimited in improving conditions in the north go unmentioned. Our own part in setting aside of sanctuaries where millions of birds have found security during the open season and have been able to survive and go to their northern breeding grounds, must not be overlooked. There is, however, work yet to be done. Duck disease, lead poison- ing, and other causes take a great toll which may or may not be pre- vented. We must carry on and make every effort to find a cure for these destructive agencies. Breeding areas in our State must be pro- vided. It is evident there can be no great increase in breeding areas in the wintering localities, but there is a wonderful opportunity to better conditions in the real duck breeding areas in the northeastern part of the State. WATERFOWL REFUGES Ducks by the millions have been using our waterfowl refuges as loafing and feeding areas. Year by year their numbers are increasing. The first birds arrive in August and increase so that by the end of the season there are thousands upon thousands of birds. These birds have successfully escaped the hunters' shotguns and will continue on to their northern breeding grounds. Were it not for these protected areas the duck situation in California would be in a serious condition. It has been possible during the past two years to maintain a satis- factory water area on all the refuges. At Los Banos during the duck season we could have used more water, but with the development of the interior valley project, the water situation on this refuge will be more satisfactory. During September, 1939, in Imperial Valley, tor- rential rains flooded the refuge but caused no damage. In the Spring of 1940 flood conditions prevailed in the Sacramento Vallev. During 32 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION the flood of 1937 we thought we had seen the highest water we would ever have. However, the 1940 flood was four feet higher, even exceed- ing the record flood of 1907. The newly finished superintendent's house on Gray Lodge Kefuge had been built, we believed, so that the floor would be at least 18 inches above the highest flood. At its peak the water was 19 feet deep in the house. Fortunately, very little damage resulted. QUAIL The status of our chief upland game bird is not satisfactory. There remains much work to be done and it is for this reason that we have undertaken an extensive study with Pittman-Robertson funds of the quail problem and we hope it will bring about results satisfactory to the thousands of our sportsmen. Whether the situation is caused by disease can not be stated at the present time, but we are aware of con- ditions and will carry on until we know the cause and, we hope, the cure. Excellent work can be done in improving quail conditions by the development of water, feed, cover and roosting places and in trap- ping birds in heavily stocked localities and transferring them to areas that are underpopulated. DOVES In certain parts of California the mourning dove is the main game bird. In years past when the season opened well ahead of September, doves were being reduced in numbers but since September 1st was made the opening date, the supply has remained constant and in sections has increased. In the greater j)art of the State, unless the season opens the first of September, there is very limited hunting. The nesting season is then over and the birds leave the locality where they have been abundant. Probably the greatest concentration area is in Imperial Valley. In that section the season can be opened the first of October and the hunters be assured of good shooting on practically any day of the season. PIGEONS The success of the pigeon hunter depends greatly upon the abundance of feed. In the areas commonly frequented by these birds, unless there is a good supply of acorns and berries, there will be few birds. Usually the best hunting is in the lower central coast counties. Last year in the Pleyto section in southern Monterey and northern San Luis Obispo counties, more than 20,000 pigeons were taken during the open season. In doing so hunters used more than 14,000 boxes of shells. Pigeons are not the easiest of game birds to hit. We are sure that this kill did not injure the supply as the birds were as abundant by the end of the season as at the beginning. PHEASANTS The ring-necked pheasant can now be considered as a thoroughly established game bird in our State, particularly in that section where rice growing is carried on. No less than 125,000 birds are taken annually. In that part of the Sacramento Valley covered by flood waters in the Spring of 1940 there was a heavy loss of birds. However, THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 33 the species is a prolific breeder and under favorable conditions will recover rapidly. SAGEHEN There has been a very encouraging increase in sagehens during the past several years in Modoc, Lassen and Mono counties. It is hoped that with the attention now being given them, they will continue to increase so it will be possible to put the species back on the list that can be taken by hunters, DEER There are few States in the Union that can offer more in the way of deer hunting than we can in California. With a season extending through August to the middle of October, with a limit of two deer, and with an excellent supply to draw from, what more could the hunter desire? Since the deer tag law was adopted in 1927 the deer harvest, according to postcard returns, has been more than doubled and there are few parts of the State where conditions justify worry. On the other hand, there are sections where it seems deer may be too abundant and it may be necessary to reduce their numbers. Crop protection from deer is becoming a serious problem. ANTELOPE Previous to the record-breaking cold winter of 1936-37 the antelope herd increased to such an extent that we believe it would soon be pos- sible to have a limited open season. However, so many were winter killed there was a serious setback and an open season must be delayed until complete recovery has been made. Close watch will be kept on the antelope population. During the winter when the animals bunch and when climatic conditions permit, a census will be taken. Last year a census taken in February indicated there were somewhere near 6,000 head in Modoc and Lassen counties. ELK The valley elk that were moved to Owens Vallej^ have continued to increase. When Owens Valley was not farmed the elk were welcome and were not a problem but with the change in the agricultural pro- gram of the Los Angeles owners, crop protection from elk is serious. Plans are under way which, if perfected, will lead to the fencing of an area where the elk may range without disturbing anyone. The 200 or 300 Roosevelt elk that are found in the redwood country in Humboldt County also continue to give some trouble to the agricultural interests. It is hoped that arrangements can be made whereby this most interesting species can be held in some park area where damage to crops will be of little consequence. The elk on the refuge in Kern County are slowly increasing. Some loss in the herd is occasioned each year by the fact that certain morons think it is sport to sneak up on the outside of the fence and shoot at the animals with 22 rifles. A number have been killed by such bandits. Two shooters who were caught were given a term on the road gang but this has apparently not cured the trouble. 34 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION PREDATORY ANIMALS During the biennial period trappers working in this bureau accounted for 5,797 coyotes, 1,917 wildcats and 3,411 lesser predators. In taking these 11,125 animals trappers covered 510,734 miles of trap- lines and made 487,279 sets, working 10,664 man days. In this work we cooperate with other agencies engaged in predatory animal control. Our men work in game areas that are not covered otherwise. Pred- ators are not equally distributed in the various sections of the State. In some regions a record breaking catch can be made while in other areas much harder work will produce a poor take. MOUNTAIN LIONS Since mountain lion control was undertaken by the division there have been taken up to the end of the biennial period 8,523 lions. Without doubt this work has reflected, generally, on the deer popula- tion, deer being the primary food of lions. Certainly it has been a great help to sheepmen. It has been truthfully stated that every lion in sheep country will cause the loss of hundreds of dollars worth of sheep. In addition to the bounty of $20 on male and $30 on female lions, the division employs four lion hunters who spend all their time on this work. These men account for from one-fourth to one-third of the lions taken annually. During the biennium 527 lions were killed. PITTMAN-ROBERTSON PROJECTS Our Pittman-Robertson program was begun during the biennium. Money for the projects under the authority of the Federal act is secured from the tax on arms and ammunition. In order to be eligible a State must contribute 25 per cent of the amount received from the Government. Six projects are now under way. We realize that par- ticular attention should be given to the quail situation. Accordingly, a study of all conditions affecting quail is being carried on in the lower central coast counties. Information gathered here will be of value in all parts of the State. An extensive study of the southern mule deer is being carried on in Santa Barbara County. This is a continuation of the work undertaken by the Forest Service which that agency was compelled to drop on account of insufficient funds. Study of the desert regions with the particular idea of improving game conditions is under way. The fur resources of our State are being thoroughly studied. The Pittman-Robertson program will enable us to carry on studies of the many problems that confront us in the management of our game, l^isease, parasites, feed and water conditions, relationship of the various species one to another, in fact all the thousand and one questions that come up repeatedly and for which there have been no research funds, can now be undertaken. Finally, I wish to express my appreciation for the assistance the bureau has received from commissioners, executive officers, and the other bureaus of the Division, to employees of the Department of Finance and other State agencies, and to a loyal and cooperative staff in the Bureau of Game Conservation. THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 35 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF GAME FARMS By August Bade, Chief During the past two years the production and distribution of game birds from our two main farms lias been increased over previous bienniums. The main factor in this increased production and distribution is further development of the holding pen program. At the close of the previous biennium we were serving 987 pens. During the present biennium this number was increased to over 1400. Many more clubs have become interested and have constructed units of rearing pens in their particular locality. In order to meet the increased demand of young birds that are raised in these sportsmen 's pens our brooding janits have been increased. The Fresno brooding unit has been increased a third and a new brood- ing unit has been installed at our Sacramento holding pens. Soon after the first of the year of 1940 Federal aid in the form of labor by the National Youth Administration was offered. Bureau of Game Farms took advantage of this labor and have increased the facilities at Fresno, Sacramento and Willows. These units are all located in excellent game bird country and it is planned to keep these units as well as our Redding unit open the year around. These four units are spaced well in northern California and will give good results. In southern California two other brooding and holding pen units are being constructed. One unit, of 12 double-colony houses and 48 rearing pens for Los Angeles County, is utilizing county labor, the other unit of the same size for San Diego County is utilizing Federal National Youth Administration labor. These two units will round out the valley quail program in southern California. Still another unit of 20 rearing pens at the 22d Agricultural District Fair Grounds at Del Mar has been built using Federal NYA labor. The State Legislature passed a Game Management Area Law during the 1939 session. The law went into effect so late in 1939 that it could not be used. However, in 1940 the Game Management Law has created quite a lot of interest. This law allows farmers or land- owners to manage their lands and agricultural practices so that they can raise game birds as a crop. With restrictions under the Game Management Law the farmer may then sell the privilege of harvesting part of the crop of game birds. Part of the crop must be left for the following spring nesting season. We hope that this program will help the farmer-sportsmen's situation. This bureau realizes that our future upland game hunting and recreation depends largely upon the farmer. With this idea in mind we are giving assistance to the farmer and landowner in helping them raise game as a crop. 36 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION EGGS LAID Ring-necked pheasant, Mongolian pheasant, Chinese pheasant, Reeves pheasant 217,950 Partridges 42,890 Quail 22,677 EGGS DISTRIBUTED Ring-necked pheasant, Mongolian pheasant, Chinese pheasant. Reeves pheasant ^ 28,634 Partridges Quail 136 BIRDS LIBERATED Ring-necked pheasant, Mongolian pheasant, Chinese pheasant. Reeves pheasant 99,965 Partridges 18,091 Quail 14,916 August Bade, Chief Bureau of Game Farms Yountville, California TIIIRTY-SIXTTI BIENNIAL REPORT 37 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF PATROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT E. Li. MACAin.AY, Chief of Patrol Since the last biennial report an additional patrol district has been organized, the INIarine Fisheries Patrol, under the immediate supervision of Inspector C. IT. Groat. Inspector L. F. Chappell was assigned to the vacancy in the Central District caused by the death of Inspector S. H. Lyons on September 26, 1938. The Commission authorized an increase in the patrol force of 20 wardens and request has been made to the Personnel Board for a promotional examination to fill these positions. A new twin-screw patrol boat, the "Perch" Avas placed in com- mission in November 1938. This vessel is of shallow draft design and will be used on the Sacramento River. The patrol boat "Alba- core," an ocean-going vessel originally built in 1917, was sold, having outlived its usefulness, and the launch "Hunter" was disposed of for the same reason. The motorvessel "Bluefin," while en route to Mexican waters, struck a reef off North Coronado Island at 2.30 a.m. November 12, 1939, during a dense fog. The captain was able to back off and pro- ceed towards the mainland after sending a radio message for assist- ance. The vessel finally sank a quarter mile from Point Loma while being towed. The boat has been raised and repaired, and should give many more years of satisfactory service. Conferences with all wardens present were held in Sacramento on February 10 and February 11, 1939, and in San Francisco April 18 and April 19, 1940. These meetings are very beneficial as they give every patrol employee an opportunity to become acquainted with Fish and Game problems in other portions of the State. During the past biennium, the following members of this bureau retired from active service : J. H. Gyger T. K. Duncan and the following passed away : Inspector S. H. Lyons Warden C. A. Holzhauser Warden R. L. Sinkey Warden J. H. Groves Captain Wm. Lippincott Junior Game Patrol activities have continued under the supervision of Warden M. F. Joy, Jr., but some difficulties have been encountered in securing qualified troop leaders who can spare the time necessary to properly take care of their groups. A recapitulation of arrests and convictions will be found in the appendix on page 58. 38 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES By S. H. DadOj Assistant Chief and G. H. Clark, Supervising Fisheries Researcher California continues to lead all other States in total production and value of its commercial fisheries. In 1938 there were 1,208,950,115 pounds and in 1939, 1,476,051,812 pounds of fish and shellfish delivered to California fishing ports by California fishing boats. The landings for the two years combined amounted to 2,685,001,927 pounds. Com- pared with the total catch for the two-year period of 1936 and 1937 of 2,417,557,000 pounds, the deliveries of 1938 and 1939 show an increase of over 11 per cent. The canning of fish continues to increase with a pack of 6,341,557 eases in 1938 and 8,021,345 cases in 1939. This is a total pack of 14,362,902 cases for the two years, as compared with 13,790,431 cases for the combined years of 1936 and 1937. The estimated value of the canned, cured and manufactured fishery products for the years of 1938 and 1939 was $78,462,614. At the close of 1939 there was an invest- ment of about $10,000,000 in fish canning and manufacturing plants, which gave employment to approximately 10,000 people at the peak of the packing season. For the license year 1938-1939 (April 1st to March 31st), 7,519 market fishermen licenses were issued, and 8,697 in 1939-1940. A complete report of the fish catch and fish pack for the calendar vears of 1938 and 1939 and the special seasonal sardine reports for 1938-1939 and 1939-1940 were issued as Circulars No. 13 and No. 14, and are republished in the appendix of this report. SARDINES The sardine fishery continues to lead, in pounds landed, all other fisheries, not only in California but also in all other States. Its out- standing importance in tonnage, as compared with all other fish of the State, is shov^m in Figure 1. With the passage of an initiative amendment adding Section 1110 to the Fish and Game Code, the floating reduction plants, which had been operating outside of the State's jurisdiction on the high seas off San Francisco for a number of years, ceased operations early in Decem- ber, 1938. All sardines taken off the coast of California since that time have been delivered to shore plants. The sardine catch delivered to California shore plants and to the floating reduction plants, which operated off the California coast dur- ing the 1938-39 season, is shown in tons for past two seasons. ISeason Shore plant 1938-39 528,576 1939-40 .531,878 Floating plant Total 57,212 (Estimated) 585,788 None 531,878 I THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 30 -2^ — — — OJ^OjcOOJCJOJOJCVJcJrOrO roro tn ro ro fO fO rO (T^ O^ 0~i 0^ 0^ (T^ Fig. 1 CALIFORNIA CANNED FISHERY PRODUCTION • All conned fishery products c3- o I ;. •-- -• Sordines • • Tunas > Mackerel -^"°"""'^^ """"•" mocnerei 20.000 coses per year Fig. 2 40 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION The demand for canned sardines has increased, as the pack during the past two seasons, 1938-39 to 1939-40 (see table below), shows. Each of these two seasons closed with a shortage of canned sardines on hand. Practically all of the output of the sardine canneries was sold as soon as packed and if sardines of a size and quality fit for canning had been available in southern California during the 1939-40 season, the pack would no doubt have been much larger. It has been reported to us that many plants in southern California could not fill their orders for canned sardines. Some canned sardines were purchased in Mon- terey by southern California canners, and more would have been secured if they had been available. Cases other size Amount received Cases ofl-lh. cans equivalent Season for canning oval cans to 1-lb. oval cans Total 1938-39 187,857 tons 1,490,739 1,083,037 2,573,776 1939-40 225,357 tons 1,834,174 1,300,794 3,134,968 Permits to use sardines for manufacture of meal and oil by a reduction process were issued during the past two seasons. The fol- lowing table shows the amount of permit tonnage granted and the number of tons used under permit., Also recorded are the number of tons of meal and gallons of oil produced from fish received for use under permit, which includes meal and oil produced from cannery offal and overage from fish received for canning, as allowed under the law. Used for reduction Season Permits issued under permit Meal produced Oil produced 19.38-39 485,764 tons 337,849 tons 86,213 tons 15,502,057 gal. 1939-40 402,375 tons 303,426 tons 83,053 tons 17,389,992 gal. In the season of 1939-40 the oil yield was five gallons per ton greater than in the previous season in the San Francisco area, and over three gallons per ton greater in the Monterey area. In southern Cali- fornia the oil yield per ton in 1939-40 was slightly lower than during the preceding season. There is a continued tendency on the part of the fishermen to build additional purse seine boats for sardine fishing. For some time there have been more boats in the sardine fishery than needed, with the result that the fishermen, particularly in the San Francisco area and in the southern California area, did not do well individually, although the canners had profitable seasons. In the Monterey area the number of boats in the sardine fishery was limited during the past season. Con- sequently, each fisherman 's profits were greater there than in the other ports. TUNA The amount of tuna delivered to plants in California is far below the sardine tonnage but the case pack of tuna is about equal to the sardine pack. In 1938, 2,527,498 cases of tuna were packed, and in 1939 it was 3,280,683 cases, an all-time high for the tuna industry. Since 1932 tuna has been packed only in the San Diego and San Pedro areas. During the past five years fair quantities of albacore (white meat tuna) have been landed at Monterey but none had been canned at this port until 1939 when one plant made a considerable pack. Pre- THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 41 viously all albacore landed in northern California had been shipped or trucked to the southern California plants for packing. MACKEREL Mackerel landings continue to hold third ])]ace in the fisheries of California, both in quantity of catch and pack of canned products. In 1938, 79,848,015 pounds of mackerel were delivered and 958,890 cases packed ; and in 1939, 80,908,851 pounds of mackerel were caught, resulting in a pack of 968,529 cases. Although these figures are larger than the totals for 1937, they are less than for the three high years of 1934, 1935 and 1936 when the pack each year exceeded one million cases. In 1938 and 1939, the canners and fishermen agreed to impose a closed season on mackerel fishing during April and May. Again in 1940 a closed season of April, May and June was agreed upon in order to give the mackerel some respite from overfishing. This closed period has been strictly adhered to by both parties, even though there were no penalties involved in case of infraction of the agreement. Their adher- ence to this closed season was very commendable and while it will no doubt benefit the mackerel fishery somewhat, we feel that it is not suffi- cient protection to the fishery in its present condition. Mackerel fish- ing for canning purposes was formerly done by boats using round haul nets. However, scarcity of mackerel has brought about a major change in the fishery. During the fall of 1939 very few mackerel were taken with round haul nets because the fish were so scattered and in such small schools that it was unprofitable for round haul net boats to engage exclusively in mackerel fishing. Large numbers of small boats, using chum bait and dip nets, have been doing most of the fishing and have made consistent but not large catches. With this great number of small craft engaged in the fishery and putting forth additional effort, the total catch has remained high as far as poundage is concerned. It is very apparent that the mackerel is being heavily overfished and is in need of additional protection. CRAB In the past two years, many changes have occurred in the State's commercial crab fishery. Price disputes, due to the influx of large, graded crabs at a lower price shipped from Oregon, Washington, and Eureka, have caused considerable economic trouble to the local San Francisco crab industry. For a great many years, the San Francisco Crab Union, a cooperative association of 250 to 300 members, has had a noncompetitive market on crabs in California. By taking advantage of the provisions (Section 460) of the California Fish and Game Code, fishermen in Eureka during the last two years were able to ship crabs from Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties to other districts, upon presentation of an affidavit showing the crabs had been taken outside of the three-mile limit. These activities added an impetus to the crab industrv in these northern counties — the catch increasing from 150,000 pounds "in 1937 to 530.000 pounds in 1938, and to 2,200,000 pounds in 1939. This increased catch will not affect the crab popula- tion as long as the laws are observed. Male crabs, seven inches across the back (which is the minimum legal size) have passed through one or more spavwiing seasons, and as female crabs are fully protected at 42 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION .all times, the present larger catcli is a harvest of the surplus male crabs which have reached maturity. SHARKS Sharks have always been considered a nuisance by both the sport and commercial fishermen. These fish tear their nets, eat their bait, and are believed to be predators of the important food fishes. Previous to 1937, an average of only 500,000 pounds a year of sharks had been utilized in fresh fish markets, and most of the sharks taken in nets and on lines had been knocked on the head and cast back into the sea. During 1937, it was found that the liver oil of certain species of sharks, notably soupfin, was high in the number of vitamin A units. Several companies in California became interested in obtaining the sharks for the liver oils, for use in fortifying the vitamin content of other fish oils, such as that of sardines, utilized in poultry and animal feeding. The demand for shark liver oil caused fishermen to turn from other fishing activities to shark fishing. The catch, which was 914,000 pounds in 1937, increased to 7,504,000 pounds in 1938, and to 9,157,000 pounds in 1939. Prices started at $40 per ton to the fishermen in 1938 and increased until $70 per ton is now paid for soupfin, the most desirable species. It is reported that the price may be $80 or more per ton before the 1940 season closes. Because the majority of the shark catch is now used in an extrac- tion or reduction process, it became necessary for the Division of Fish and Game to issue reduction permits to companies wishing to process sharks for their liver oils. Shark carcasses, after the liver has been removed, are used to some extent for fresh food, but 90 per cent are made into meal. Some of the shark fishermen and reduction operators, as well as the Division, are doubtful if the shark supply can withstand such heavy exploitation. Some protection may be desirable after further investi- gation. Report of the California State Fisheries Laboratory By W. L. ScoFiELD, Supervisor The goal sought in the management of the marine fisheries of the State is full utilization consistent with sustained yield. This implies maintaining a full breeding stock from which is harvested an annual crop approximately equivalent to the replacements spawned from year to year. The research program of the laboratory is designed to furnish to the admini.strative officers the necessary information as to the state of the supply, degree of utilization, effectiveness of present laws, and the life histories and behavior of the various species, so that more efficient regulations may be enacted if they are needed. A moderately comprehensive knowledge of changes in abundance, degree of utilization and life history of any one species requires, in most cases, several years of study followed by continuous observation so long as the fishery is in need of management. Without unlimited personnel and funds, such detailed studies must be confined to the most important species only and the lesser marine resources must be observed THIRTY-SIXTH I'.IKNNIAL RKl'OItT 43 more .superficially. The major re.search program, tlierefore, is con- cerned with the four most important species. Less intensive studies are conducted covering a larger number of our fisheries. Two activities, other than biological research, are of major importance and each of these as well as each of the four studies mentioned above has for some years been operating under the direction of a staff member, who has been assigned the responsibility for carrying out the program as planned. These assignments are: sardines, mackerel, tuna, flatfish, compilation of statistics, and marine sport catch. Other important activities are a survey of the Central Valley Water Project, a survey of the aba] one fishery, and the oyster culture studies. RESEARCH VESSEL We have long felt the need of a research vessel especially designed for all kinds of fishing and the operation of all types of collecting gear. The launching on December 17, 1938, of such a vessel was a highlight of the past biennium. The new vessel, named the "N. B. Scofield" after the "father of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries," is 100 feet, 6 inches in length, carries a seven-man crew wnth bunk space for a research staff, and is constructed so as to accommodate such widely divergent activities as otter board trawling and tuna live-bait fishing. In addition to laboratory space both forward and aft, the hold is provided with the latest in refrigeration equipment so that spoilage problems in chilling and storage may be studied. Throughout, the vessel carries the best in equipment and our hopes for her accomplishment are now being justified by the work she has been doing both locally and on distant fishing banks. Her 1940 schedule included a ten-weeks' tuna fishing trip to off-shore banks as far south as the Galapagos Islands on the equator. SARDINE The sardine fishery, our leading fisheries industry, has received major attention since the laboratory was established. Most of the pre- liminary work has been accomplished so that the problem now is to measure population changes, especially the contributions made by each year-class entering the fishery and the effect of each annual catch upon the diminished supply. Tagging begun four years ago has continued with the cooperation of the Dominion of Canada and the States of Oregon and Washington. Tag returns have confirmed our conclusions about migrations but, of much greater significance, the percentage of returns offers another method of measuring fishing intensity and population decline. One portion of the research program featured during the last two years is an effort to estimate the strength of the next entering age-class by direct observation of the schools of small sardines. Each fall a survey is conducted to estimate the survivors from the previous spring spawning. This is supplemented by a general bait survey along the coast of southern California, the region of heaviest spawning of the sardine. Our sardine research program necessarily has been modified some- what in order to cooperate with the sardine investigations launched in 1938 by the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service, formerly the United States Bureau of Fisheries. r- 44 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MACKEREL Over-utilization of mackerel lias become much more apparent during the biennium and the evidences of declining abundance have been reported and publicized. Scarcity is admitted by most fishermen and canners so that in 1938 they voluntarily imposed upon themselves a closed season and scrupuloush^ observed it for three years. The average catch of a purse seine boat dropped steadily from 1934 to 1938, till the catches of 1938 were only one-quarter of what they were four years before. As a result, most of these boats dropped out of the fisherj'^ in 1939, their places being taken by small boats fishing with strikers and dip nets. This type of fishing is cheaper and more successful in small scattered schools, and our excessive total catch has been maintained by the larger number of small boats. In 1939 about 400 such boats fished mackerel in southern California. Much of the needed biological information has been reported so that more of the research work during the last two years has been directed tov/ard determining at what level this over-worked fishery should be held. Features of the work are : (1) Tagging to show migra- tions and to help in making estimations of population. More than 27,000 mackerel have been tagged from Monterey, California, to Turtle Bay. Lower California, and over 1,000 tags have been recovered. (2) Analysis of boat catches as a measure of abundance. (3) Yield from each fishing area. (4) Age composition and mortality rate of popula- tion. (5) Spawaiing extent and volume in the difi'erent areas. Larvae have been discovered in the Gulf of California in February and eijsrs found along the west coast of LoAver California in January and Feb- ruary, whereas the local spawning season is chiefly during May, June and July. TUNA At least five species of tuna are caught by California boats along our coast and south to the equator. The solution of several biological and management problems will be influenced greatly by the answer to the question of whether we are drawing upon a single freely migratins' population or upon several separated groups or local races. The chief object of the tuna program is therefore to gather biological data for obtaining the answer to this question. This includes studies of the characteristics of the fish from different fishing areas and tagging to determine migrations. Life-history data are being gathered and mate- rial accumulated for determining the species and races of the tunas in our fishery. During the past biennium, the chief accomplishment has been valuable contributions to the knowledge of fish spoilage, changes taking place during storage by different methods on refrigerated fishing boats, and recommendations as to how losses due to spoilage on boats may be reduced. Preliminary results, as rapidly as available, have been reported in mimeographed form for distribution to men of the fish trades and others interested in fish refrigeration. BOTTOM FISH Work on the bottom fish of northern California has been somewhat restricted because the press of other investigations necessitated the use of the research vessels in other waters. However, the collections TUIRTY-SIXTII l!li;.\NIAI, Itlll'Oiri' 45 of detailed fishiii<4' and catcli data Iia\'e l)een coiitiiiued and aiialy/(!d I'e^ularly. Tlie fishery has iiiaiiitained a satisfaf^tory increase in cateli pel- unit of ^-ear since the time of tlie voiuidaiy a(h)ption ol' hu-f^cr mesh sizes in the di-ajj nets nsed in this indiistiy. Thece has been an aetnal 26 29 20 22 3 18 8 11 Shasta 1 3 3 4 3 2 7 12 12 1 20 33 435 Sierra > 18 18 22 Siskiyou Solano 1 3 1 1 1 1 30 25 Sonoma 3 Stanislaus 2 361 719 369 173 Sutter ) I I 10 31 8 6 21 26 11 7 12 4 3 9 18 7 5 8 18 9 4 6 29 8 3 10 28 15 1 9 50 13 Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne i 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 9 159 1 35 Venttira Yolo 1 6 3 1 2 Yuba 5 325 269 215 255 177 224 253 292 8,406 Totals 59 92 00 31 37 03 68 44 76 20 7 47 36M 06 75M 14 33 57 45 01 66 23 2 00 09 1 40 00 11 13 20 12 57 00 32 39 20 1 50 2 3 2 132 .38 40J^ iOO 1 50 2 106 190 ?28 1 184 15 2 64 527 IH 353 36 46 225 127 10 337 143 21 18 333 581^ 310 214 4 62H 410 S70 000 58 Fishc Game Fishc Game Reeaf 193 193' TTTIRTY-SIXTir lilKNNIAIi KKI'OFiT SEIZURES OF FISH AND GAME 59 Fish Abalone Abalone, pounds. Abalone, black , Abalone, red Barracuda. Barracuda, pounds Bass — Black.. Black, pounds Calico Large-mouth White Sea... White Sea, pounds Striped Striped, pounds Carp Catfish Catfish, pounds Clams Clams, cockle. Clams, horseneck Clams, Pismo Clams, Pismo, pounds Clams, razor Clams, Washington Clam rake Cod, pounds Crabs. Crappie Crappie, pounds Grumon Halibut Halibut, pounds Kingfish, pounds Lobsters Lobsters, pounds Lobsters, pots Lobsters, receiver Mullet, pounds Nets, bass Nets, crab Nets, fyke Perch Salmon Salmon, pounds Salmon, King and Silver, pounds. Salmon, Silver Sardines, tons Shad... Shad, pounds Shad roe, pounds Skipjack, pounds Spear Sturgeon Sturgeon, pounds. Sturgeon, head Sturgeon, roe Sunfish Sunfish, pounds.. Sunfish, Bluegill Sunfish, Bluegill, pounds Traps, bass Traps, lobster Trout Trout, Dolly Varden Trout, Eastern Brook Trout, Golden.. Trout, Loch Leven .- Trout, Mackinaw, pounds Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rainbow, pounds Trout, Steelhead Trout, Steelhead, pounds - Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin, tons Tuna, Yellowfin, pounds.. Yellowtail Yellowtail, pounds .- July 1, 1938, to June 30, in39 1,401 700 101 186 157 4,599 198 2,508 1 8 127 l.fiSl 246 4,473 2 2,500 309 1 1,326 190 1 11 40 300 1,317 234}^ 153 110 1,039}^ 2 6 190 184 2 64 435 IH 683 43 133 980 10 206 143 14 36 58H 191 lUH 3 1,320 1,854 6,000 July 1, 1939, to June 30, 1940 1,091 31 136 63 2,289 158 18 29 47 3,937H 408 1,3671^ 13 25 830 1,145 850 20 2,050 40 1,374 21 12 120 1 217 1,215 504H 20 1 150 2 79 28 1,101 2,500 1 50 400 27,728 1 15 92 270 36 3 92 147 131 7 18 297 119 991^ 1 17,090 16 Total 2,492 700 31 237 63 2,358 344 175 29 7 47 8,.536>i 606 3,8751^ 14 33 957 1,145 2,501 266 6,523 2 2,500 309 1 40 2,700 211 13 120 12 257 300 2,532 739 20 1 150 2 3 2 232 138 2,140>^ 2,500 1 50 2 406 190 27,728 1 184 15 2 64 527 IH 953 36 46 225 1,127 10 337 143 21 18 333 58>2 310 214 4 62H 18,410 1,870 6,000 60 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION SEIZURES OF FISH AND GAME— Continued Game July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939 July 1, 1939, to June 30, 1940 Total Antelope horns Avocets Bears, brown Bearmeat, pounds Bearmeat, hindquarters _ Bearskin Bird net Brant, black sea Coots Curlew, Hudsonian Deer Deerhead Deerhides Deermeat, pounds Deerskin Doves Dowitcher Ducks Ducks, mallards Mallards, wood Geese Geese, Canada Godwit, Hudsonian Grebe Grouse Herons Honkers KiUdeer Meadowlark Mudhens Muskrat hides Non-game birds Partridges, chukar Pheasants Pigeons Pigeons, bandtailed Plover Quail Rabbits Rabbits, brush_ . _ Rabbits, cottontails Rabbits, jack Robins Sagehen Sandpiper Seagull Sea otter skins Shorebirds Sparrows Squirrels Squirrels, tree hides Swans Teal, blue-wing Turkeys, wild Wood Ibis 1 1 1 1 23 1 22K 1 2 7,491 5 439 668 759 1 121 6 2 16 144 7 1 5 198 32 16 25 3 134 3 6 10 86 2 3,537^ 277 10 652 115 38 7 117 11 78 105 2 18 1 1 1 53 2 4 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 10 1 1 2 1 26 1 IO8V2 1 4 ll,028J-i 5 716 10 1,320 759 1 236 6 5 6 5 2 2 13 2 16 38 3 7 261 18 1 5 276 137 18 25 n 152 4 6 1 1 59 3 6 2 6 5 2 2 THIRTY-SIXTH UIENNIAI, Ki;i-()in' FISH CASES 61 OffcTlSO Abalones: undersized, overlimit, red, usiiiR div- ing apparatus to take, transporting, under- sized green, black, closed season, out of shell. Angling: No license, closed season, fail to show license on demand, transfer license, too close to dam, less than 250 foct from fish ladder, at night, 2 poles and more than 2 attraetors, false statement on license, with illegal gear, in refuge Barracuda: No license, undersized Bass: Undersized, no license, striped, take young bass for bait, selling sea-bass, bass traps in Dist. 19, night fishing, calico, white sea bass, closed season, night buying or soiling, trawling for striped bass with 2 lines, overlimit calico. . Catfish: Retaining in live box, take with traps, selling closed season, undersized, overlimit, take other than by angling Clams: Closed season, out of shell, Pismo, no license, jackknife no license, undersized cockle clams, undersized, selling, razor, Washington, clam forks in clam preserve Corbina: Selling Commercial fishing: No license, no boat num- ber, no records, fail to register boat and gear. . Crabs: Undersized, female, closed season Crappie: Possession, closed season Explosives: Using to take fish Fail to deliver fish receipt records to San Fran- cisco office, fail to keep record of fish sales, to show fish on demand, and to maintain and operate a fishway Fish: Take with shovel, take from State ponds.. Frogs: Overlimit, undersized Gaff hooks: Possess within 300 ft. of a stream, using in fish ladder, take salmon, steelhead. Possess by Santa Ynez River Grunion: Closed season Halibut: Undersized, sale Lobsters: Closed season, undersized, oversized. . Minnows: Selling, no license MoUusks: Taking without commercial license, fail to show on demand Mullet: Taking and selling, no commercial license Nets: Destroy anothers, using drag nets, drift gill nets in Dist. 15, gill net in Klamath River District, in Smith River, fyke net, no commer- cial license. Operate in Dist. 3, fyke nets in closed waters, in Cache Slough, in Mokelumne River, cutting net being legally used, nets with meshes less than 2J 2 in. gill net in Dist. 12-B, round haul net to take barracuda and yellow- tail in closed season Obstructing stream to fish Operate party fishing boat without license Oysters: Taking from private beds Perch: Taking from closed stream, no license Pollution Postdating a license Reduction plant: No license, wastage, using whole fish Salmon: Overlimit, spearing, take with gill net, closed season, night, operating salmon fence in Stanislaus River, selling untagged, under- sized king and silver, no license, fail to show on demand, take with pitchfork Sardines: No commercial license, reducing more than 32}-2% of sardines accepted for canning Seines: Illegal use, purse seines in Dist. 20, oper- ate beach seine in Dist. 2-B, operate purse seine in closed waters Set lines: In Georgiana Slough, in Honker Bay, in Dist. 1, in Dist. 12-C, using to take striped Shoot fish Shrimps: Retaining fish other than shrimp in shrimp trowl Skipjack: Sale of underweight July 1, l!i:iS, to.luiii' 30, I!l3!t Arrests 229 40S 4 282 3 251 2 148 40 21 1 25 1 49 86 30 1 FincB $4,2 IK 00 4,891 00 40 00 4,456 00 3,087 50 2,180 00 (ilo 00 1(15 00 10 00 75 00 205 00 20 00 1,090 00 65 00 3,682 50 6 50 00 3 75 00 10 167 50 69 9,875 00 1,009 00 115 00 4,805 00 1,130 00 50 00 .Jail 81 320'5 640 75 1,2211/2 80 124 11 122.1/2 "399" 295 35 6I21.5 300 12' 2 July I, KCMI, to June 30. 1940 Arrests 93 324 346 142 185 16 5 17 4 1 49 1 Fines 4,330 50 6,054 00 125 00 2.198 00 4,180 00 295 00 90 00 35 00 25 00 116 1 6,056 00 I 100 00 25 00 11,500 00 100 00 400 (K) 1,690 00 70 00 915 00 135 00 200 00 Jail $1,835 00 172 3944 522}- i 1.211 320 37 121 2 425 00 ; 25 40 00 1,230 00 2041^2 25 00 15 640 62 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FISH CASES— Continued Offense .i July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939 July 1, 1939, to June 30, 1940 Arrests Fines Jail Arrests Fines Jail Spear: Possess within 300 ft. of stream, in Dist. 1, possess on river, Woodbridge Dam, on stream closed to spearing Spotfin croaker: No license 78 2 109 5 167 5 2 2 6 1939 00 10 00 1,147 00 150 00 3,834 00 1,125 00 50 00 7 00 75 00 82 49 $1,735 00 30 Sunfish: No license, closed season, possess blue- gill sunfish, overlimit Traps: Possess fish taken in fish trap, operating fish trap 114H 59 4 122 4 925 50 75 00 2,706 00 250 00 8sy2 Trout: Using 2 poles, closed season, overlimit, take with set lines, bringing into State and failing to tag, possession steelhead, take with explosives, eastern brook, rainbow, selling, prohibited gear, spearing steelhead, snagging, take with shovel _ . . , _ 415 51 Tuna: Bluefin, operating purse seine to take yellowfin, no license, sale of underweight, pnRRPRR underweight, yellowfin Waste of food fish Yellowfin croaker* No license, undersized 1 100 00 Yellowtail: Overlimit, sale for salting, no license Totals 2,213 150,043 50 4,947 1,736 $47,870 00 3,8681^ Mlliri'V-SIXTII lUKNNrAT, Rr:i'OHT GAME CASES 63 Offense July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1039 July 1. 1030, to June 30, 1040 Arrests Fines Jail Arrests Fines Jail Antelope: Possession tiorns and parts of hide . . 2 4 2 1 2 21 54S 118 296 150 00 125 00 12 50 25 00 50 00 225 00 15,382 50 2,437 50 8,362 50 4 Bear: Possession bear meat closed season, in refuge, no permit $166 00 45 Bird nets: Possession Brant: Talcing black, closed season 1 1 t 53 N 148 185 1 154 10 flntrimprcinl fiun C,U\h- Nn licpnsp 174 6,265 52^2 1,997 25 Coots: Possession in closed season, taking after four, overlimit, possession no license - . . . Deer: Posscssdeermeat closed season, take with spotlight, spike buck, allowing dogs to run deer, hides, evidence of sex removed, fail to fill out tag, take female deer, hunting deer at night, fail to retain hide and antlers in posses- sion, possess spotted fawn, forked horn in Dist. 1%, failure to tag, deface and altering tag, fail to have tag validated, erasing tag, shoot spotted fawn ... . 55 00 23,557 00 3,187 00 4,725 00 10 00 2,330 00 10 6,43812 360 Doves: Closed season, illegal shipment, shoot from auto, no license, overlimit .. Ducks: Closed season, shoot before 7 a.m., pos- sess wood ducks, selling ducks, taking eggs, no duck stamp 544') Elk hide: Unlawful possession Firearms: In game refuge, discharge in refuge... Fox: Closed season, no license 75 1 1 8 18 69 8 3 825 00 157H 80 Frogs: Possession, undersized 25 00 210 00 340 00 992 00 150 00 50 00 Game: Fail to show on demand, take with spot- light, possession gun and spotlight in game area Game birds: Closed season, no license, shoot from auto; shoot from powerboat - 1 32 1 1 2 175 2 2 5 00 765 00 Geese: Closed season, overlimit, possess illegally wild goose 20 1 Grebe: Killing Grouse. . 25 00 50 00 3,218 00 10 00 50 00 Heron: Taking Hunting: No license, night hunting from auto, closed season in game refuge, with anothers license, false statement to obtain hunting license 189 1 2,670 00 10 00 550 397 Killdeer: Possession, killing Larks: No license, shoot from auto. Meadowlarks: Possession 3 1 5 3 10 00 10 00 20 00 85 00 20 Mink: Trapping for profit Mudhens: Closed season 12J2 1 25 2 129 5 1 45 84 10 00 365 00 5 00 5,147 50 60 00 100 00 1,040 00 1,232 00 Nongame birds: Possession . 37H Partridges: Kill chukar, unlawful sale Pheasants: Closed season, overlimit, female, shoot from auto, operate snares Pigeons: Closed season, band-tailed closed sea- son, overlimit 151 8 2 77 k 76 3 5 25 2 1 4,690 00 105 00 25 00 1,673 50 734 50 50 00 200 00 460 00 50 00 435 670 Plover: Possession _ 12,12 159' 2 31 Quail: Closed season, no license, possess valley quail, take with trap 44 Rabbits: No license, cottontails, closed season, brush rabbits, shoot from auto, spotlighting, night hunting 6IJ2 Rail: Killing . Refuge: Take mamitial in refuge 132 3 7 100 00 175 00 Sagehen: Closed season, possession parts of Seal: Killing _ Sea Otter: Possess skin . i so 32 1 10 2 12 4 50 00 1,429 00 585 00 25 00 115 00 25 00 1S5 00 75 00 Shooting: In game refuge, from highway, from auto, from public road, early, from powerboat, with shotgun holding more than six shells . - 17 17 4 4 i 17 457 50 380 00 121 -; Shorebirds: Taking, possession, shooting pro- tected . 3 SDotlightine Squirrel: Possession tree squirrel 35 00 170 00 160 00 37 25 Swan: Possession 15 Trapping: No license, fail to send records to San Francisco office, remove anothers traps, steal- ing traps, robbing traps of licensed trapper, theft of No. 3 Victor traps . 12 Waterfowl: Hunting at night . 12'-, Wood ibis: Possession.. 1 50 00 Totals 1,796 $41,307 50 10,055' i 1,699 J4S,S75 50 8,804 64 K FISH AJCD GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION RECAPITULATION TROUT Rainbow 7,654,318 Loch Leven 5,172,201 Steelhead 5,062,974 Eastern Brook 5,093,497 Black Spotted 506,230 Golden 987,736 Total 24,476,956 SALMON Silver 1,111,385 King 6,822,596 Chum - 153,350 Total 8,087,331 SPINY RAYED Small Mouthed Black Bass Kentucky Bass Total. 123,597 25,654 149,251 GENERAL FISH RESCUE TROUT Loch Leven - Steelhead Cutthroat--. Total- SALMON King.. Silver. Total. 900 39,629 825 41,354 81,640 88,045 169,685 SPINY RAYED Shad 2,523 Small Mouthed Black Bass 128,450 Large Mouthed Black Bass 1,653,178 Striped Bass 1,324 Calico Bass 20,315 Rock and Warmouth Bass 69,955 Sacramento Perch , '.. 1,379 Crappie ' 849,731 Square TaHed Catfish 9,321,635 Forked Tail Catfish.-. . 1,188,913 Bluegill Sunfish 1,324,952 Green Sunfish 826,928 Mottled Sunfish 4,172 Total 15,393,455 Grand total 32,713,538 Grand total .... 15,604,494 66 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH Hatchery ALPINE BASIN CREEK BEAR RIVER BASE BIG CREEK BROOKDALE. BURNEY CREEK. FALL CREEK FEATHER RIVER FERN CREEK. __. FOREST HOME... FORT SEWARD... HOT CREEK .... HUNTINGTON LAKE KAWEAH LAKE ALMANOR.... MADERA MT. SHASTA. County Alpine Mono Alpine Calaveras Tuolumne Nevada Placer Sierra Monterey San Francisco. _, San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz Alameda Monterey San Benito San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz Lassen Modoc Shasta Siskiyou Plumas Sierra Fresno Madera Mono Los Angeles San Bernardino. Humboldt Lake Marin Mendocino Napa Trinity Mono Fresno Fresno . Kern Tulare Lassen Plumas Shasta Tehama Madera Alpine Amador Butte Colusa El Dorado Glenn Placer Plumas San Francisco-.. Shasta Siskiyou Tehama- Trinity Yuba Total from county by hatchery 539,760 5,000 43,070 341,965 609,085 787,980 339,860 21,200 210,000 2,030 300,000 57,240 514,002 29,200 143,480 21,000 30,000 5,000 78,710 522,440 75,000 364,000 923,400 5,556,000 734,250 184,950 41,000 112,000 206,580 27,000 6,000 1,640,881 30,000 55,000 209,000 35,000 30,000 479,016 238,250 44,500 75,000 834,500 263,400 941,250 12,000 96,500 210,650 53,200 220,800 467,000 10,000 659,000 16,000 25,000 65,000 4,900 383,046 3,0^4,276 338,000 688,500 20,000 Rainbow 18,070 161,130 167,370 237,400 138,800 50,000 157,000 278,445 1,443,000 359,750 53,800 41,000 112,000 199,380 27,000 6,000 219,408 75,000 199,200 13,000 258,900 12,000 21,500 40,000 70,000 262,000 10,000 341,000 16,000 25,000 35,000 205,000 347,000 85,000 485,000 20,000 TIIIRTY-SIXTIT HIENNIAL REPORT AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Continued 67 flalden Black Spotted Ciitlliniat I>()C1| liC'Vell Eastern Brook Salmon Sllv a oi HI o cc => o «rt UJ oe -J < cc < z oe < a. o c: 1- CO ■«T OS 1^ CO u- ir CC «r 1 o c c 1' c< c^ -1 cr 1- CC c cc t ' 'i cc ■ C cr <= 1- O IT " 1- .•S S 8 CI -^ 1- ft f^ -^ 1- C-l •-' -1 o cc c 1- •r o 2 CO i Miscel- laneous Miscel- laneous 1- 0 a., o ^ a O g to CO OO M O .s a o s o 05_ CO S3 i C3> OO s ^ -2 g O »0 05 (M »ci ec o cc '«*< »c i-T b-T CO t- CO ^ ^ M CO -- OO CO o CO CO Oi O O CO O CO 05 O CO o «0 CO GO CO o CO ci r-T t— CO i^ b- -rr 0 lO -* OS Oi-tOOlOSfMCOt^ »f3 »o CO t'- CO r-' CO »o 1—1 Tf »o >o o r-^ Ci CO T^cooi-^osr^-^j**— ( TT C<1 GO 1-H '(t* t^ CO o CO CO s o o 5 CO oT t-T CO CO S5 CO O 1 ^■2 pa D. CO b- 05 CO OS o CO OO c -a "o O -a OO t^ o -^ O 'O s CO OO § 1(5 CO § c» CO CO o c o o »c O OO Oi C^ -^ CO «- o »c GO O) t- O >0 O O (M O O O Oi o »c o »o *>:. t-- ^1 r-; o CO t^ t^ O 'T'i' »0 OS CO '^ji CO (N r^ OO O »0 CO I-" CO^O»OOOiOOO-^cD p: < c: 1 a: &- PC c < a: E- p: £ Pi; en c ti- ts: c 1 g t>: > 1 < s >-: »<: < i 1 C 1— < f- z t; c S < cc E- Z c > K Z E- W g K K c S < c < c ■< < E- p: > 2 K 0 3 1 78 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH Hatchery County Total from county by hatchery Rainbow Steelhead ALPINE Alpine ... . . 838,970 59,135 561,175 39,620 1,157,885 1,052,761 329,595 10,500 672,809 25 6,000 30,000 90,000 68,000 12,000 348,755 199,000 465,000 1,845,320 19,200 35,720 65,534 15,000 66,345 5,854,790 1,106,830 266,160 13,016 113,988 491,939 32,000 15,000 70,500 57,500 1,001,351 83,000 231,000 25,000 130,000 67,800 61,200 739,173 371,061 85,000 1,125,000 685,367 20,000 460,100 1,399,500 40,000 110,000 15,000 36,270 497,025 81,200 25,010 232,220 39,620 589,630 331,555 144,140 BASIN CREEK __ ... Alpine. Calaveras. Monterey Tlln1iimnp BEAR RIVER PLANTING BASE Nevada ._ . Placer _ . Sierra BIG CREEK Santa Cru2 . . 400,791 San Francisco .. 25 BROOKDALE Alameda . 6,000 Marin-.. . 30,000 Monterey . 90,000 San Mateo . .. . .. .. 68,000 Santa Clara . . . 12,000 Santa Cruz 348,755 BURNEY CREEK Lassen 60,000 105,000 731,500 Modoc. .. _ Shasta EXPERIMENTAL Lassen Shasta . « Siskiyou Tehama ... 6,360 15,000 66,345 1,947,790 456,100 110,100 13,016 113,988 195,748 32,000 15,000 70,500 57,500 555 Trinity FALL CREEK Siskiyou _ .. FEATHER RIVER Plumas -_ Sierra FERN CREEK Fresno. Madera Mono . FOREST HOME Los Angeles Riverside- -.. San Bernardino Ventura ... FORT SEWARD Humboldt.. . ... 517,500 Lake .. 83,000 Mendocino . 231,000 Sonoma .. . 25 000 Trinity 130 000 HOT CREEK Inyo. 67,800 61,200 573,673 290,771 25,000 466,600 228,215 Madera . Mono KTTNTTNGTON LAKK Fresno -_ - KAWEAH . Fresno Tulare KINGS RIVER Fresno . .. LAKE ALMANOR.. Butte Lassen Plumas Shasta Tehama 80,000 568,500 40,000 LYTLE CREEK : Los Angeles -. . _ San Bernardino Madera 5,550 164,905 MADERA TTIIRTY-SIXTTT RIKNNIAI, ItKl'OKT AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Continued 79 Oolden Black Spottrii CiiKhniaf Locli LovcM Kastcni Brnok KiliK Salmon Silver Salmon M isccl- laiicoUH Miiwci- lannouH Total 592,750 165,020 34,125 838,970 328,955 431,025 539,902 129,320 10,500 137,230 181,304 56,135 1,817,815 1,392,850 172,018 572,834 554,755 44,000 255,000 825,645 95,000 105,000 288,175 19,200 2,509,320 35,720 46,299 12,320 201,799 3,907,000 5,854.790 363,800 105,000 286,930 51,060 1.372,990 296,191 618,943 175,000 483,851 1,470,351 91,931 73,569 80,290 20,000 256,900 172,638 20,000 241,800 76,000 868,173 371,061 40,000 401,500 284,514 1,210,000 685,367 138,300 757,000 110,000 2,029,600 15,000 30,720 190,395 51,270 141,725 497,025 80 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH Hatchery County Total from county by hatchery Rainbow Steelhead MOUNTAIN HOME Los Angeles .. .__ 144,125 133,000 356,080 25,000 67,000 272,000 718,000 602,520 25,000 1,206,890 3,517,404 445,000 872,440 98,756 1,136,517 250,048 22,900 1,313,965 19,220 394,800 1,011,200 27,500 50,200 647,170 8,000 688,680 3,450 65,350 1,414,430 100,000 65,000 26,000 1,161,000 473,950 200,067 468,133 10,000 28,000 117,480 25,000 50,000 40,000 312,000 315,000 25,000 156,000 511,050 125,000 472,000 46,896 364,566 150,000 1,540 57,820 Riverside . - San Bernardino San Diego - MOUNT SHASTA Alpine Amador Butte El Dorado Placer.-- - _ . Shasta Siskiyou . . - Tehama Trinity - MOUNT WHITNEY Fresno - -_ Inyo Kern Madera Mono Tulare-.- PRAIRIE CREEK _ Del Norte -. - - - 394,800 Humboldt Napa Trinity El Dorado 892,700 27,500 50,200 TAHOE Nevada Placer San Francisco Nevada, State of - - - - TALLAC... El Dorado 1,030,100 100,000 40,000 12,000 599,800 254,500 82,548 237,681 272,400 Nevada Placer Madera Mariposa Tuolumne - Nevada Sierra YOSEMITE 25,000 YUBA RIVER Totals 41,113,714 13,173,517 3,605,226 TIURTY-SIXTII lUKNNIAh ItKI'OltT AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Continued 81 Golden Black Spotted Cutthroat Loch Lcvoii I'" astern Brook King Salmon Silvrr Salmon Miscel- laneous Miscel- laneoiiH Total 134,125 105,000 238,600 658,205 7,000 97,000 135,000 406,000 165,000 122,520 1,050,890 662,774 320,000 10,000 360,980 1 ,982,600 110,000 18,020 187,455 280,440 7,716,254 33,840 112,980 471,516 100,048 21 360 20,670 742,015 493,460 19,220 2,841,406 118,500 1,483,700 107,000 540,170 8,000 229,120 3,450 65,350 459,560 1,412,650 111,930 1,579,430 14,000 22,200 219,450 22,200 158,602 439,000 1,660,950 95,319 71,850 668,200 208,070 1,000,871 10,778,223 5,403,398 6,653,891 290,518 41,113,714 I 6 98681 82 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH County Hatchery Total from hatchery by county Rainbow Steelhead ALAMEDA Brookdale Alpine 6,000 838,970 59,135 57,000 272,000 20,000 718,000 561,175 394,800 602,520 647,170 1,414,430 13,016 371,061 85,000 685,367 98,756 1,001,351 1,011,200 67,800 1,136,517 250,048 83,000 199,000 19,200 460,100 32,000 15,000 144,125 113,988 61,200 497,025 22,900 26,000 30,000 1,161,000 231,000 465,000 491,939 739,173 1,313,965 39,620 90,000 27,500 1,052,761 8,000 100,000 200,067 65,350 6,000 ALPINE 81,200 25,010 50,000 40,000 Basin Creek . . _ _ . . Mount Shasta ..._._ AMADOR Mount Shasta _ _ . _ BUTTE Lake Almanor Mount Shasta .- _ 312,000 232,220 CALAVERAS Basin Creek . DEL NORTE Prairie Creek _ _ 394,800 EL DORADO . Mount Shasta- 315,000 Tahoe ,. Tallac-..- 1,030,100 13,016 290,771 25,000 228,215 46,896 272 400 FRESNO Fern Creek. ._ .__ Huntington Lake - . - _ _ Kaweah- Kings Rivpr Mount ViThitney _ HUMBOLDT Fort Seward... . _ _ 517,500 Prairie Creek 892,700 INYO . Hot Creek 67,800 364,566 150,000 Mount Whitney KERN Mount Whitney--. - .. LAKE. ._ Fort Seward 83,000 LASSEN Burney Creek. _. 60,000 Experimental Lake Almanor Forest Home.. _. . . 80,000 32,000 LOS ANGELES Lytle Creek Mountain Home Fern Creek . . . _ 10,000 113,988 61,200 164,905 1,540 12,000 MADERA Hot Creek Madera Mount Whitney.. _. . . Yosemite Brookdale Yosemite Fort Seward MARIN 30,000 MARIPOSA _. 599,800 MENDOCINO 231,000 MODOC . _. _. Burney Creek. 105,000 195,748 573,673 57,820 39,620 MONO _ Fern Creek Hot Creek.. - _ Mount Whitney. . _ _ _ . MONTEREY . Basin Creek Brookdale Prairie Creek 90,000 NAPA ._ 27,500 NEVADA Bear River Planting Base Tahoe Tallac Yuba River 331,555 100,000 82,548 NEVADA, STATE OF Tahoe TlilRTY-SIXTII BIENNlAl, UIM'Oiri' AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Continued 83 Golden Black Spotted fnttliroat Loch Leven I'lustern ]5r(iok King Salmon Silver Salmon MiHcej- laneollH Misc'l- laneouH Total 6,000 592,750 165,020 34,125 7,000 97,000 20,000 955,105 135,000 272,000 406,000 328,955 738,000 561,175 394,800 165,000 107,000 122,520 540,170 111,930 2,664,120 80,290 20,000 172,638 18,020 40,000 284,514 33,840 1,253,200 483,851 118,500 2,012,551 112,980 471,516 100,048 187,455 1,204,317 250,048 83,000 44,000 95,000 19,200 241,800 138,300 678,300 15,000 134,125 191,125 190,395 141,725 21,360 14,000 721,113 30,000 439,000 122,200 1,161,000 231,000 255,000 105,000 465,000 296,191 91,931 742,015 73,569 493,460 20,670 2,545,077 129,620 27,500 539,902 181,304 8,000 95,319 22,200 65,350 1,360,828 65,350 84 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH Coiinty PLACER. PLUMAS RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO. S.4N DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO... SAN MATEO- __ SANTA CLAEA. SANTA CRUZ.. SHASTA. SIERRA. SISKIYOU. SONOMA.. TEHAMA.. TRINITY. TULARE TUOLUMNE. VENTURA... Totals Hatchery Bear River Planting Base. Mount Shasta Tahoe Tallac Feather River- Lake Almanor. Forest Home Mountain Home- Forest Home Lytle Creek Mountain Home. Moimtain Home. Big Creek- Tahoe Brookdale- Brookdale. Big Creek- Brookdale. Burney Creek.. Experimental . . Lake Almanor. Mount Shasta. Bear River Planting Base. Feather River Yuba River Experimental. . Fall Creek Mount Shasta- Fort Seward--. Experimental-. Lake Almanor - Mount Shasta- EsperimentaL. Fort Seward-.. Mount Shasta - Prairie Creek. . Kaweah Mount Whitney- Basin Creek - Yosemite Forest Home- Total from hatchery by county 329,595 25,000 688,680 65,000 1,106,830 1,399,500 15,000 133,000 70,500 36,270 356,080 25,000 25 3,450 68,000 12,000 572,809 348,755 1,845,320 35,720 -40,000 1,206,890 10,500 266,160 468,133 65,534 5,854,790 3,517,404 25,000 15,000 110,000 445,000 66,345 130,000 872,440 50,200 1,125,000 19,220 1,157,885 473,950 57,500 Rainbow 41,113,714 144,140 25,000 40,000 456,100 566,500 15,000 28,000 70,500 5,550 117,480 25,000 Steelhead 731,500 40,000 156,000 110,100 237,681 6,360 1,947,790 511,050 15,000 125',000' 66,345 472,000 466,600 589,630 254,500 57,500 13,173,517 25,000 25 68,000 12,000 400,791 348,755 555 25,000 130,000 "50",20b' 3,605,226 'l'lll^•'^^ -SIXTH i'.ii;.\ \iai, hia'om'i AND GAME. RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Continued Ro Ooldcn Uiack Spotted Ciiltliroiil l,ocli l-evcn Kll.HtlTIl Brook KlIiK Salmon Silver Salmon Miscel- laneous Midcci- lancous Total 120,320 50,135 - 459,560 229,120 1,108,275 363,800 757,000 " laf.ooo 286,930 76,000 2,.506.330 148,000 30,720 238,600 462,850 25,000 3,450 3,475 68,000 12,000 172,018 921,564 825,645 35,720 288,175 '- 1,050,890 10,500 105,000 71,850 46,299 3,127.930 51,060 158,602 12,320 744,793 3,907,000 1,982,600 662,774 360,980 9,437,728 25,000 110,000 320,000 570,000 10,000 110,000 280,440 1,118,985 401,500 256,900 19,220 1,144,220 431,025 137,230 219,450 1,631,835 57,500 208,070 1,000,871 10,778,223 5,403,398 6,653,891 290,518 41,113,714 86 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH SPINY RAYED County Source Small Mouth Black Bass Large Mouth Black Bass Shad Striped Bass AMADOR .. Central Valleys Fish Rescue _ BUTTE Central Valleys Fish Rescue 5,500 2,002 27,143 12 CALAVERAS Central Valleys Fish Rescue Central Valleys Fish Rescue _ 607 FRESNO IMPERIAL .. Southern California Fish Rescue . . KERN... Central Valleys Fish Rescue KINGS .... Central Valleys Fish Rescue 508 LAKE Central Valleys Fish Rescue LOS ANGELES Southern California Fish Rescue. 6,360 2,615 85 MADERA Central Valleys Fish Rescue MERCED Central Valleys Fish Rescue. _ _ NAPA .. _ Central Valleys Fish Rescue Southern California Fish Rescue 22,065 RIVERSIDE 16,550 570,341 5,000 522 149,552 SACRAMENTO ... Central Valleys Fish Rescue Southern California Fish Rescue. _ 2,043 360 SAN BERNARDINO SAN FRANCISCO . Central Valleys Fish Rescue - SAN JOAQUIN Central Valleys Fish Rescue 13,000 SANTA CRUZ Fresno Holding Ponds SOLANO . . Central Valleys Fish Rescue Central Valleys Fish Rescue . . 6,245 1,200 STANISLAUS 2,119 1,816 112 123 1,401 SUTTER ... Central Valleys Fish Rescue 2,000 583 TEHAMA Central Valleys Fish Rescue TULARE Central Valleys Fish Rescue YOLO. - Central Valleys Fish Rescue Central Valleys Fish Rescue. . 854 14 NEVADA, STATE OF Totals 31,814 788,761 2,000 15,157 I SPINY RAYED Source County Small Mouth Black Bass Large Mouth Black Bass Shad Striped Bass CENTRAL VALLEYS FISH RESCUE Amadnr Butte 5,500 2,002 24,143 Calaveras. ._ Fresno 607 Kern Kings .... 508 Madera 2,615 85 Merced Napa Sacramento 22,065 2,043 570,341 522 149,552 360 San Joaquin 13,000 Solano Stanislaus 6,245 1,200 2,119 1,816 112 123 1,401 Sutter 2,000 583 TphaTna Tulare Yolo Nevada, State of . . 850 14 FRESNO HOLDING PONDS Santa Cruz SnUTHEPN CATJFnp.NTA FISH RESCUE Imperial 12 6,360 16,550 5,000 Riverside San Bernardino Totals 31,814 788,761 2,000 14,157 rilllM'V-SlXTll lill'lNMAI, Kl'.l'Oin' 87 I AND GAME. RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Contiiuiecl FISH RESCUE Mixed Sunfish Sacra- mento Perch Crappie Squarutail Catfish Forkedtail Catfish BlueKill Sunfish Green Sunfish War- mouth Bass Hard- heads Total " ' " ^ V,000 512 110,000 7,807 500 1,471 20,200 1,500 369 54,041 12,000 3,000 18,700 10,090 10,077 30.802 7,000 1,000 56,896 ' f,500 14,285 15.000 122,978 5 67,738 "4^666" 1,060 123,000 226,707 12,012 1,000 7,947 10,000 30 44,001 123,000 7,640 7,372 "'"5", 404' 14,000 16,100 2,315 2,093 250 3,290 35,899 335 10,290 21,500 686,748 7,642 43,287 5,050 670,018 800 43,100 123 73,837 135,920 2,015,878 6,412 50 4,161,730 5,800 30 12 59,078 12 250,149 6,000 615 51,135 1,644 57 4,507 21,613 12 7,209 588 39,977 4,000 175,125 1,385 695,475 10,000 1 40,444 2,350 76,980 5,271 350 53,776 1,245 682 40,253 50" 9,511 7,314 153 97,605 83,705 210 2,637 421 8,114 125,037 1,000 851 28,124 1,000 25,743 119 184.897 2,000 30 159 228,580 1,107,234 574,858 1,179,092 2,106,855 8,069 50 6,042,659 FISH RESCUE Mixed Sunfish Sacra- mento Perch Crappie Squaretail Catfish Forkedtail Catfish Bluegill Sunfish Green Sunfish War- mouth Bass Hard- heads Total 512 20,200 1,500 369 54,041 3,000 18,700 10,090 30,802 7,000 10,000 56,890 1,500 14,285 1,000 15,000 110,000 7,807 500 1,471 122,978 5 67,738 4,000 1,060 123,000 2,315 16,077 1,000 7,947 226,707 10,000 30 44,001 123,000 16,100 2,093 250 3,200 135,920 12 59,078 40,444 2,350 76,980 """8,ii4' 125,037 1,000 7,372 5,404 35,899 335 10,290 686,748 12 250,149 615 51,135 1,644 57 4,507 21,613 7,642 2,015,878 12 7,209 5,271 350 43,287 123 73,837 670,018 6,412 50 4,161,730 30 588 39,977 175,125 1,385 695,475 1 53,776 1,245 682 40,253 153 97,605 83,705 50 9,511 7,314 219 2,637 421 851 28,124 1,000 25,743 119 184,897 2,000 4,000 6,000 12,000 7,640 21,500 10,000 12,012 140,000 5,050 800 43,100 5,800 30 158 228,580 1,107,234 574,858 1,179,092 2,106,855 8,069 50 . 6,042,569 88 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION DEPARTiVlENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF FISH TROUT AND SAL Source County Rainbow Steelhead CENTRAL VALLEYS El Dorado . . 1,500 PRAIRIE CREEK Del Norte.. 66.245 HnrnhnlHt 10,452 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA _ Orange .. 10,000 San Bernardino 29,000 San Diego . _ .... 9,800 Santa Barbara 39,500 Siskiyou.. . . UPPER EEL RIVER Lake... 232,903 Mendocino , 284,218 Totals- : 30,500 653,118 TROUT AND SAL County Source Rainbow Steelhead DEL NORTE Prairie Creek Hatchery 66,245 EL DORADO Central Valleys Fish Rescue 1,500 HUMBOLDT Prairie Creek Hatchery 10,452 LAKE Upper Eel River Fish Rescue . .. . _ 232,903 MENDOCINO Upper Eel River Fish Rescue 284,218 ORANGE Southern California Fish Rescue.. . 10,000 SAN BERNARDINO Southern California Fish Rescue 29,000 SAN DIEGO Southern California Fish Rescue 9,800 SANTA BARBARA Southern California Fish Rescue 39,500 SISKIYOU Southern California Fish Rescue _ .. .. Totals . 30,500 653,118 SPINY RAYED FISH REARED AND PLANTED County Hatchery Total from hatchery by county Small Mouth Black Bass Large Mouth Black Bass Ken- tucky Bass Striped Bass BUTTE . Central Valleys Central Valleys 18,966 20,317 14,991 7,013 400 1,095 4,227 27,000 18,946 20,317 14,991 7,013 20 20 FRESNO GLENN Central Valleys ... KERN Central Valleys Central Valleys .. LAKE 400 295 NEVADA, STATE OF Central Valleys . SACRAMENTO Central Valleys . 4,227 18,900 STANISLAUS Central Valleys 8,100 Totals . . 94,009 84,374 695 8,120 20 TIIIKTV-SIXTII l',li;.\.\IAI, in;!'!)!;'!' 89 AND GAME, RECORD OF FISH DISTRIBUTION— Contimicd MON FISH RESCUE Golden Black Spotted Cutthroat Loch Levcn F/istcrn Brook KinK Salmon Silver Salmon Miscel- laneous Miscel- laneous Total 1,500 2,320 10,544 1,813 77,015 10,470 150.124 1 22,736 10,000 29,000 0,800 39,500 800 800 232,903 8,277 292,495 1 2,320 800 20,634 87,485 794,858 MON FISH RESCUE Golden Black Spotted Cutthroat Loch Leven Eastern Brook King Salmon Silver Salmon Miscel- laneous Miscel- laneous Total 2,320 10,544 77,015 156,124 1,500 1 1,813 10,470 22,736 232,903 8,277 292,495 10,000 29,000 9,800 39,500 800 800 1 2,320 800 20,634 87,485 794,858 FROM CENTRAL VALLEY HATCHERY Calico Bass Sacra- mento Perch Crappie Squaretail Catfish Forkedtail Catfish Bluegill Sunfish Green Sunfish Blue Catfish Miscel- laneous Total 18,966 20.317 14,991 7,013 400 300 500 1,095 4,227 27,000 300 500 94,009 90 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FINAL STATEMENT OF ANGLING LICENSE SALES, 1938 SERIES County Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn ._. Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino- - San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo. San Mateo Santa Barbara. __ Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaiis Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba State: Arizona. Nevada. Oregon.. Total angling. Citizen $2 each $oS,990 00 312 00 2,168 00 8,570 00 1,658 00 1,454 00 15,286 00 2,752 00 4,084 00 19,462 00 1,370 00 11,902 00 1,550 00 S,692 00 10,104 00 2,786 00 1,964 00 3,028 00 164,742 00 3,200 00 8,322 00 3,188 00 6,764 00 3,790 00 1,840 00 4,700 00 7,172 00 5,710 00 5,596 00 14,008 00 6,372 00 5,816 00 7,290 00 24,466 00 992 00 15,456 00 27,120 00 60,262 00 20,002 00 8,722 00 7,832 00 7,692 00 17,010 00 7,564 00 6,842 00 1,144 00 8,216 00 10,370 00 13,806 00 8,170 00 1,826 00 2,560 00 1,328 00 9,226 00 3,828 00 6,582 00 2,670 00 3,908 00 Nonresident $3 each 118 00 ?682,354 00 $66 00 261 00 21 00 9 00 2fil 00 36 00 9 00 111 00 231 00 9 00 9 00 303 00 6 00 162 00 9 00 75 00 216 00 15 00 1,071 00 63 00 171 00 3 00 225 00 24 00 375 00 165 00 6 00 15 00 57 00 3 00 273 00 18 00 6 00 6 00 63 00 24 00 3,000 00 42 00 $7,419 00 Alien $5 each SI, 115 00 50 00 120 00 10 00 40 00 360 00 70 00 110 00 40 00 60 00 20 00 2,695 00 10 00 100 00 25 00 50 00 515 00 25 00 110 00 30 00 40 00 2,700 00 30 00 5 00 90 00 3,275 00 775 00 100 00 255 00 540 00 390 00 20 00 275 00 450 00 275 00 30 00 195 00 50 00 5 00 Duplicate 50c each 515,055 00 S53 50 1 00 2 00 11 50 1 00 3 00 17 50 10 00 4 00 19 00 1 00 10 50 12 50 3 50 50 1 50 3 00 132 00 3 00 2 4 7 2 5 12 00 5 00 14 50 3 50 1 00 17 00 5 50 110 50 3 50 6 00 14 00 122 00 16 50 8 50 1 00 4 50 16 50 16 00 14 50 2 00 28 00 15 50 12 00 9 00 3 50 50 50 S783 00 Total ?60,224 50 574 00 2,170 00 8,652 50 1,659 00 1,457 00 15,432 50 3,033 00 4,164 00 19,850 00 1,371 00 12,093 50 1,550 00 9,045 50 10,156 50 2,846 50 1,965 50 3,060 00 167,872 00 3,219 00 8,422 00 3,377 00 6,818 00 3,806 50 1,917 00 4,921 00 7,714 00 5,740 00 6,791 50 14,011 50 6,466 00 6,044 00 7,298 50 27,501 50 1,025 50 15,491 00 27,599 00 63,824 00 20,793 50 8,730 50 7,933 00 7,951 50 17,572 50 7,985 00 6,933 50 1,147 00 8,786 00 10,848 00 14,114 50 8,212 00 2,030 00 2,569 50 1,334 00 9,343 00 3,862 50 6,582 00 2,670 50 3,908 00 3,000 00 160 50 S705,611 00 TTTIHTV-SIXTII T'.IF.X \I AT, Rr:i'ORT 01 FINAL STATEMENT OF HUNTING, DEER TAGS AND TRAPPING LICENSE SALES. 1938-1939 SERIES Citizen .Junior Hunting licenaes County Non- resident Declarant alien Alirn Dupli- cate Total 12 each $1 each $10 each $10 each $25 each 50c each hunting Alameda $19,722 00 108 00 2,116 00 9,780 00 2,078 00 3,484 00 6,582 00 946 00 2,676 00 18,034 00 3,382 00 9,014 00 3,708 00 2,S32 00 15,666 00 3,756 00 3,292 00 4,274 00 88,596 00 2,426 00 3,586 00 812 00 6,788 00 5,218 00 2,978 00 1,068 00 8,072 00 4,774 00 4,738 00 5,384 00 5,020 00 3,508 00 7,024 00 16,3,84 00 2,062 00 8,850 00 14,080 00 25,760 00 11,842 00 7,450 00 4,322 00 6,106 00 11,668 00 5,30S 00 5,840 00 806 00 9,248 00 5,456 00 10,328 00 6,448 00 2,216 00 3,576 00 1,204 00 10,388 00 2,506 00 5,428 00 4,788 00 4,220 00 12 00 $824 00 9 00 179 00 653 00 100 00 321 00 276 00 77 00 125 00 1,342 00 350 00 467 00 517 00 156 00 897 00 214 00 268 00 230 00 3,102 00 144 00 251 00 39 00 423 00 468 00 191 00 18 00 540 00 439 00 19S 00 343 00 401 00 171 00 428 00 968 00 215 00 462 00 791 00 609 00 660 00 592 00 350 00 495 00 833 00 422 00 226 00 39 00 483 00 320 00 738 00 561 00 198 00 182 00 40 00 640 00 114 00 338 00 407 00 224 00 124 00 $20,570 00 Alpine $120 00 237 00 Amador . 3 50 is .50 1 50 9 00 7 50 2 50 1 50 28 00 11 .50 8 00 2,29S 50 Butte 10,451 .50 Calaveras _-- 2,179 .50 Colusa 20 00 10 oo' $25 00 25 00 3,859 00 Contra Costa - Del Norte $50 00 20 00 6.940 50 1.055 50 El Dorado 2.802 50 Fresno 30 00 60 00 80 00 25 00 19.539 00 Glenn 3,803 50 Humboldt _ 120 00 9,609 00 Imperial 4,225 00 Invo-. 0 50 11 50 50 5 50 6 50 114 50 6 00 2,997 50 Kern 16,574 50 Kinns 3,970 50 Lake _. 3,565 50 Lassen 10 00 240 00 70 00 240 00 4,.5; 0 50 Los Angeles Madera... 125 00 92,417 .50 2.576 00 Marin _ „ 3,837 00 Marioosa ... . 851 00 Mendocino- 10 00 40 00 3 50 12 00 4 50 7,224 50 Merced 5,738 00 Modoc 130 00 80 00 3,303 50 Mono. . 1,166 00 Monterey - - - 230 00 10 00 20 00 125 00 24 00 14 50 11 00 1 50 4 00 6 50 8 00 76 00 6 00 7 00 19 50 78 00 11 50 15 00 8,991 00 Napa - 5,237 50 Nevada 590 00 5,557 00 Orange.. . _ .. 5,728 50 Placer 25 00 5,450 00 Plumas 30 00 3,715 50 Riverside.. 7,460 00 Sacramento San Benito. . . . 220 00 10 00 540 00 475 00 18.663 00 2,293 00 San Bernardino- 9,319 00 San Diego San Francisco SanJoiquin. . 10 00 250 00 10 00 930 00 20 00 50 00 575 00 50 00 14,960 50 2';,202 00 12,583 50 San Luis Obispo. .. 8,057 00 San Mateo 40 00 4,712 00 Santa Barbara 9 50 11 50 11 50 11 00 50 8 50 6 50 12 50 9 00 7 50 6 00 6,610 50 Santa Clara 110 00 220 00 10 00 50 00 125 00 12,672 50 Santa Crua Shasta 10 00 50 00 6,0;)6 50 6,137 00 Sierra _ . . 845 50 Siskiyou 1,700 00 190 00 11,629 50 Solano 5,782 50 Sonoma. 90 00 100 00 11,268 50 Stanislaus 7,018 00 Sutter 2,421 50 10 00 3,774 00 Trinity . 1,244 00 Tulare 3 50 5 00 6 00 5 50 1 50 11,031 50 Tuolumne 2.625 00 5.772 00 Yolo 5,200 50 Yuba 4,445 50 State: 12 00 Nevada 1,670 00 3,020 00 1,670 00 Orei^on 1,154 00 17 00 4 00 4,195 00 Totals-. _ 5448,892 00 $25,085 00 $8,270 00 $3,050 00 $1,775 00 $691 50 $487,763 50 92 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION County Deer tags 1938 series SI each ALameda S6,264 00 Alpine -. - 73 00 A-mnrlnr 842 00 Butte 3,450 00 Calaveras -_ __ . __ 892 00 Colusa - _. - ■ 1,133 00 Contra Costa 1,621 00 Del Norte __ _. ._ . .. 318 00 El Dorado 1,388 00 Fresno 4,695 00 Glenn . _. _. 1,268 00 Hiimhnldt 4 105 00 Imperial _ __ 296 00 Inyo , - _. . 1,158 00 Kern J. 4,296 00 833 00 Lake - . 1,742 00 2.027 00 Los Angeles -- - - _.. __. 20,647 GO Madera 792 00 Marin 1,381 00 335 00 Mendocino - - - 3,469 00 Merced 1.099 00 Modoc . . . . - - 1,564 00 Mono. ._ _ . . . - _- 382 00 Monterey ...'_. 3,036 00 2,252 00 Nevada. ._._ _ 2,107 00 Orange 1,419 00 Placer _... '^. 1,865 00 Phimas 2.103 00 Riverside _ _. .__. 1,681 00 4,435 00 San Benito 929 00 San Bernardino . - 2,362 00 SanDiegO-.- .-._ .. _ - 2,867 00 San Francisco 6,837 00 San Joaquin .__. _ . . . 2,941 00 2,995 00 San Mateo 1,324 00 2,577 00 Santa Clara. _ - .- -.- .- . _ _ 4,125 00 Santa Cruz - _ _ 1,928 00 Shasta. . _. ._ - 2,790 00 421 00 Siskiyou ._._ . . 4,026 00 Solano .__ _. ... .... ._ 1,776 00 Sonoma.. . . . .. .. .. . 4,326 00 Stanislaus . . .. . . .. . . 1,609 00 Sutter 726 00 1,592 00 Trinity . .■ _-_ 616 00 lulare ..... ...... ... . . 3,151 00 TlTnlllTTlTlP 1,142 00 Ventura.. . .. .. ........ . ^ ..... 2,163 00 Yolo 1,662 00 Yuba. 1,306 00 State: .Arizona 2 00 169 00 Oregon ....... .. .... . 268 00 Total S141,598 00 THlirPY-SIX'lll l'.li;.\MAI> i; FINAL STATEMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE SALES BY BRANCH OFFICES, 1938 SERIES Los AiiKeles Mon- terey Sacrn- mento $250 00 $250 00 $120 00 25 00 San DifiKO San Fran- cisco Terminal Inland Total License your 7/1 /3S to (i/SO/^'l Commercial Hunting Club: Citizen, $25 each $250 00 $450 00 $450 00 $1G0 00 $950 00 Alien, $100 each Totals . $250 00 $S0 00 $950 00 Conunercial huntinp club 0|)crators: Citizen, $5 each $300 00 Alien, $25 each 25 00 Totals . . $sn 00 $101 25 $750 00 $145 00 $7 02 $160 00 $292 59 $385 00 $715 00 100 00 $385 00 Game tags, 3c each $400 S6 License year 1/1/38 to 12/30/38 Game breeders: $2.50 each $1,135 00 License year 7/1 '38 to 6/30/39 Fish packer and shellfish dealer: Citizen, $5 each $30 00 $60 00 $250 00 $1,055 00 Alien, $20 each. -.. 100 00 Totals $30 00 $60 00 $815 00 $95 00 $297 00 $365 00 $40 00 $250 00 $1,155 00 License year 1/1/38 to 12/30/38 Fish importers: $5 each . . , $95 00 License year 1/1/38 to 12/30/38 Fish party boat: Permit, $1 each. . . . $39 00 $33 00 $199 00 $568 00 Fish breeder: $5 each $365 00 Year 1938 Kelp: SlOeach $40 00 * No sales from Fresno Branch. Trapping, 1938-39 series $2,059 00 94 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE SALES I License year Fee Value Market fisherman Market fisherman Trapping licenses Trapping licenses Fish packers and wholesale shellfish dealers Fish packers and wholesale shellfish dealers Game breeders Game breeders Fish breeders Fish breeders Domesticated fish importers licenses Domesticated fish importers licenses Kelp licenses Kelp licenses Commercial hunting gun club licenses Commercial hunting gun club licenses Commercial hunting club operators licenses Commercial hunting club operators licenses Fishing party vessel permit Fishing party vessel permit License year, 4/1/38 to 3/30/39 License year, 4/1/39 to 3/30/40 License year, 7/1/38 to 6/30/39 License year, 7/1/39 to 6/30/40 License year, 7/1/38 to 6/30/39 License year, 7/1/39 to 6/30/40 License year. License year. License year. License year, License year. License year. License year. License year. License year. 1/1/38 to 1/1/39 to 1/1/38 to 1/1/39 to 1/1/38 to 1/1/39 to 1938 1939 7/1/38 to License year. License year, ' 7/1/39 to 7/1/38 to License year, 7/1/39 to License year. License year. 1/1/38 to 1/1/39 to 12/31/38 12/31/39 12/31/38 12/31/39 12/31/38 12/31/39 6/30/39 6/30/40 6/30/39 6/30/40 12/31/38 12/31/39 SIO 00 10 00 00 Cit. 00 Alien 00 Cit. 00 .Alien 00 Cit. 10 00 Alien 5 00 Cit. 10 00 .Mien 2 50 60 00 00 00 00 10 00 10 00 25 00 Cit. 100 00 Alien 25 00 Cit. 100 00 Alien 5 00 Cit. 25 00 Alien 5 00 Cit. 25 00 Alien 1 00 1 00 $78,110 00 87,170 00 2,059 00 2,054 00 1,155 00 1,185 00 1,135 00 1,360 00 365 00 425 00 95 00 95 00 4 00 30 00 950 00 850 00 385 00 320 00 568 00 570 00 4 TTTIRTY-SIXTII I!II:NNIAI/ Ifia'OUT FINAL STATEMENT OF ANGLING LICENSE SALES, 1939 SERIES !).') County Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte-. 1... El Dorado Fresno.. Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings..' Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera... Marin '.. Mariposa Mendocino :. Merced Monterey Modoc Mono Napa Nevada.. Orange Placer Plumas Riverside ^. Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino. - San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo. San Mateo Santa Barbara... Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba.... State: Arizona. Nevada^ Oregon. Citizen, $2 each Total angling. *.57,.3S(i 00 U)8 00 2,074 00 11,266 00 1,812 00 1,,3<.)4 00 16,740 00 3,266 00 4,S26 00 21,676 00 1,4,56 00 12,374 00 1,!)26 00 9,434 00 11,142 00 2,728 00 2,036 00 3,258 00 175,764 00 3,444 00 8,542 00 3,372 00 7,232 00 4,294 00 7,398 00 2,262 00 5,536 00 5,704 00 5,702 00 15,160 00 5,910 00 6,138 00 8,320 00 26,510 00 908 00 990 00 33,084 00 56,010 00 21,158 00 7,674 00 7,422 00 8,382 00 16,318 00 7,350 00 9,316 00 1,270 00 9,190 00 12,546 00 15,216 00 9,806 00 1,272 00 2,654 00 1,570 00 9,410 00 3,740 00 6,872 00 3,000 00 4,012 00 144 00 192 00 .Non-resident, S3 each $720,756 00 $66 00 36 00 3 00 27 00 3 00 3 00 21 00 378 00 90 00 60 00 0 00 126 00 132 00 180 00 15 00 21 00 21 00 291 00 3 00 6 00 222 00 9 00 15 00 3 00 33 00 414 00 15 00 ,236 00 12 00 42 00 147 00 3 00 183 00 60 00 249 00 255 00 12 00 3 00 9 00 15 00 27 00 81 00 ff 00 336 00 3 00 51 00 18 00 9 00 12 00 60 00 AlicM. $5 each 3,.5!i4 00 225 00 $8,850 00 $1,435 00 10 oo' 55 00 15 00 5 00 i 215 00 25 00 30 00 500 00 10 00 100 00 60 00 50 00 70 00 5 00 30 00 2,310 00 10 00 210 00 40 00 40 00 10 00 600 00 5 00 5 00 15 00 75 00 10 00 80 00 2,860 00 35 00 5 00 70 00 3,060 00 915 00 5 00 150 00 275 00 560 00 370 00 25 00 280 00 445 00 270 00 95 00 70 00 5 00 5 00 S5 00 5 00 10 00 25 00 Duplicate, 50c each $15,620 00 $45 50 2 00 3 50 12 00 5fl 2 50 10 .50 21 50 5 00 29 50 2 00 28 00 1 00 15 50 7 00 2 00 5 00 142 50 2 50 4 00 6 50 9 50 5 50 3 50 9 00 7 00 11 50 3 50 1 50 11 50 4 00 03 50 1 50 14 50 23 ,50 102 50 15 50 10 50 50 7 50 16 00 17 50 20 00 1 00 2 00 25 00 24 00 17 00 3 00 4 50 3 50 2 50 3 50 2 00 6 00 3 00 $835 00 Total $58,932 50 206 00 2,090 50 9,360 00 1,830 50 1,404 50 16,980 50 3,690 50 4,951 00 22,265 50 1,477 00 12,628 00 2,059 00 9,689 50 11,214 00 2,798 00 2,064 00 3,314 00 178,.507 50 3,459 50 8,762 00 3,634 00 7,287 50 4,328 50 8,006 50 2,303 50 5,964 00 5,741 00 7,024 50 15,175 .50 .5,963 50 6,376 50 8,327 00 29,646 50 944 50 18,069 50 33.426 50 59.427 50 22,100 50 7,692 50 7,572 50 8,673 50 16,909 00 7,764 50 9,442 00 1,277 00 9, SOS 00 13,019 00 15,561 00 9,936 00 1,345 00 2,672 50 1,590 50 9,527 50 3,743 50 6,879 00 3.016 00 4,037 00 3,741 00 417 00 $746,061 00 96 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION- FINAL STATEMENT OF HUNTING TAGS, 1939-40 Hunting licenses County Citizen Junior Non- resident Declarant alien Alien Dupli- cate Total $2 each SI each S 10 each $10 each $25 each 50c each hunting Alameda _ S22,642 00 116 00 2,396 00 10,444 00 1,854 00 3,676 00 7,760 00 868 00 3,168 00 19,498 00 3,732 00 8,986 00 4,050 00 2,866 00 16,324 00 3,998 00 3,336 00 4,540 00 95,810 00 2,682 00 3,946 00 970 00 7,238 00 5,604 00 3,148 00 1,198 00 8,246 00 5,078 00 4,602 00 5,674 00 5,226 00 4,092 00 7,108 00 18,834 00 2,188 00 9,136 00 13,970 00 26,550 00 12,468 00 6,456 00 5,502 00 6,786 00 13,238 00 5,372 00 8,328 00 792 00 10,902 00 6,072 00 11,020 00 7,340 00 2,040 00 3,794 00 1,348 00 10,730 00 2,588 00 5,598 00 5,362 00 5,348 00 1917 00 7 00 144 00 741 00 100 00 291 00 379 00 80 00 117 00 1,364 00 338 00 450 00 232 00 178 00 890 00 236 00 297 00 285 00 3,346 00 133 00 310 00 56 00 475 00 506 00 1S5 00 22 00 551 00 443 00 238 00 311 00 467 00 181 00 444 00 1,240 00 220 00 466 00 706 00 663 00 694 00 537 00 367 00 549 00 935 00 418 00 301 00 41 00 656 00 400 00 817 00 608 00 196 00 227 00 52 00 789 00 161 00 357 00 453 00 336 00 $47 50 823,606 50 Alpine $70 00 193 00 Amador -- S30 00 1 00 19 00 2 50 15 50 11 00 5 50 3 00 35 50 21 00 13 50 3 00 8 00 22 50 2 50 4 00 7 00 149 50 5 00 5 00 2,571 00 Butte 11,204 00 Calaveras - 10 00 10 00 40 00 10 00 1,966 50 Colusa. -- -_ $25 00 25 00 4,017 50 Contra Costa -- 8,215 00 Del Norte. _. ... 30 00 993 50 El Dorado 3,288 00 Fresno . . 80 00 50 00 21,027 50 Glenn.. .. ._ _ 10 00 50 00 io'oo' 20 00 4,101 00 Humboldt 60 00 10 00 10 00 9,559 50 Imperial- . . 4,295 00 Inyo.- - . -- 3,072 00 Kern 25 00 17,281 50 Kings - - - 4,236 50 Lake 10 00 60 00 190 00 10 00 20 00 150 00 20 00 20 00 3,657 00 Lassen 4,912 00 Los Angeles Madera 125 00 99,770 50 2,840 00 Marin 4,281 00 Mariposa . 1,026 00 Mendocino.. - - 10 00 10 00 30 00 10 00 14 50 13 00 10 50 1 50 18 50 9 00 12 00 4 50 6 50 9 00 7 00 99 50 5 50 11 50 26 00 87 00 12 50 16 50 50 14 50 20 50 11 00 19 50 1 00 22 00 12 00 16 00 9 00 7 00 8 00 1 50 4 50 4 50 5 00 17 50 7 50 7,747 50 Merced 6,153 00 Modoc 100 00 40 00 3,453 50 Mono. 1,261 50 Monterey 140 00 20 00 20 00 125 00 9,080 50 Napa 5,550 00 Nevada 680 00 1,200 00 5,552 00 Orange. . 7,189 50 Placer 10 00 10 00 5,709 50 Plumas 60 00 4,352 00 Riverside - - 7,559 00 Sacramento San Benito.- - -. 170 00 490 00 275 00 21,108 50 2,413 50 San Bernardino. - 9,613 50 San Diego 40 00 300 00 14,742 00 San Francisco San Joaquin 970 00 20 00 650 00 25 00 29,220 00 13,219 50 San Luis Obispo. . 7,009 50 San Mateo.. 90 00 10 00 120 00 120 00 10 00 5,959 50 Santa Barbara. - 50 00 7,409 50 Santa Clara 50 00 100 00 14,363 50 Santa Cru^ Shasta io'oo" 6,021 00 8,668 50 Sierra 834 00 Siskiyou 3,030 00 130 00 14,740 00 Solano.. 6,484 00 SnTinTTia 30 00 100 00 10 00 50 00 12,033 00 Stanislaus 7,967 00 Sutter _- 2,243 00 TehfiTnfi 30 00 4,059 00 Trinity 1,401 50 Tulare 11,523 50 TiinlnTnnp 2,753 50 Ventura .. . 5.960 00 Yolo- 5,832 50 Yuba 5,691 50 State: Arizona Nevada 1,550 00 6,130 00 1,550 00 Oregon 266 00 11 00 1 50 6,408 50 Totals S482,904 00 $26,914 00 813,880 00 82,800 00 $1,525 00 $929 00 8528,952 00 TIIIKTY-SIXT 1'.II;N'MAL KVA'OIVV 97 Coil 11 ty Deer taRH, $1 each Alameda $7,000 00 Alpine 72 00 945 00 Butte - 3,5!)fl 00 Calaveras - - - - 840 00 Colusa. - - 1,213 00 Contra Costa - 2,.5:i2 00 Del Norte .-^ 200 00 El Dorado --- 1,502 00 Fresno. . ._ 6,240 00 Glenn 1,2'J2 00 Humboldt 3,827 00 Imperial . . - 301 00 Inyo . . . . 1,207 00 Kern 3,411) 00 898 00 Lake 1,855 00 2,196 00 Los Angeles - - 20,616 00 874 00 Marin _ 1,635 00 495 00 Mendocino _ _ - 3,757 00 1,299 00 1,577 00 558 00 Monterey - 3,235 00 2,481 00 Nevada. - - 2,193 00 1,450 00 Placer -- 2,028 00 2,104 00 Riverside - - 1,920 00 5,072 00 San Benito - 1,002 00 2,414 00 3,078 00 7,458 00 San Joaquin 3,208 00 2,825 00 San Mateo - 1,582 00 2,646 00 Santa Clara - - 4,954 00 2,011 00 Shasta 3,695 00 410 00 Siskiyou 4,4S4 00 2,063 00 Sonoma " - 4,861 00 1,816 00 Sutter - 586 00 1,744 00 Trinity - -- 697 00 4,014 00 5S6 00 2,300 00 Yolo - 1,820 00 Yuba 1,662 00 State: Arizona - 156 00 Oregon - 345 00 Total $152,924 00 98 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FINAL STATEMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE SALES BY BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENTS, 1939 SERIES Fresno Los Angeles Mon- terey Sacra- mento San Diego San Fran- cisco Terminal Island Total License year, 7/1/39 to 6/30/40 Commercial hunting club: Citizen, S25 each S250 00 $200 00 $400 00 $850 00 Alien, S 100 each .. _ Totals $250 00 $70 00 $200 00 $130 00 25 00 $400 00 $95 00 $850 00 License year, 7/1/39 to 6/30/40 Commercial hunting club operator: Citizen, So each $295 00 Alien, S25 each 25 00 Totals $70 00 $930 00 $155 00 $17 50 $60 00 $95 00 $412 50 $770 00 40 00 $320 00 License year, 1/1/39 to 12/30/39 Gamp breeders, $3. ,50 e^ch $1,360 00 License year, 7/1/39 to 6/30/40 Fish Packer and shell fish dealer: Citizen, S5each- _. $70 00 $245 00 $1,145 00 Alien, $20 each 40 00 Totals $60 00 $70. 00 $810 00 $95 00 $297 00 $425 00 $30 00 $871 70 $245 00 $1,185 00 License year, 1/1/39 to 12/30/40 Fish importers, $5 each _ $95 00 Fish party boat permit, $1 each- $29 00 $29 00 $215 00 $570 00 Fish breeder, 15 each $425 00 License year, 1939 Kelp, $10 each $30 00 License year, 4/1/39 to 3/30/40 100 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION so CO < UJ > o o o cc a. > a. Ui to CC o < p u Monterey l^^H 1 1 t coco 1 , , '6"9'i962 ' "6,369 '"" '375 32,002 35 '"' '"767 121,296 98,595 1,481,451 l'5^333 "14 1,319,755 7,361 177,220 14,291 311,384,916 Santa Cruz s ! :^ ; ■* 1 ■ 1 ■^ O ' Oi ICO ' 'lO'^J* ' 1 'O '!>• 1 1 lO 1 1 iCOCiitf^COO ' 1 ' co»o ICO ' cq 1 ti>.co I 1 ICO lO 1 11— 1 1 1 1 if:i 1— ' lo t^ oo i i ' CO^ ' CO_ 1 J>^ 1 1 Ci^lO 1 1 1 lO ICO ' 1 "t}< 1 ' ■ CO 1— < Cq 1— 1 b^ ' ' ' i-T luo Ico I iiot>r I I 1 »o I II I I 1 c4"i-rc^^ I I I ,1-1 , , ,1-H , , |Cq .cococqco San Francisco, San Mateo — 1 O r 1 r t~"o 1 ; : Mill 1 t 11— ( x'^ 1 ilOOOO iC^lCO ICO 1 iCq r 1 iCOC^IlJ^-^O 1 1 1 1 1 lO 1 cq 1 ii-Hoocn i co ci ■ ^^ i ■ co i i r ir^ lo i>- co co i i i 1 1 'OO ico^ ' 1 O C^^^cq ' O ■^ "R. ' ' "^ ' ' ic^OC^C-iii i>^.,ji 1 cq I 1 1 1 1 I I'-*' 1 111 1 1 c^ ! 1 ! ! I cT ! ! Ii>r ',-r I ! 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Ill Del Norte, Humboldt CO 1 ■ 1 Oi 1 1 1 CO ' ' 1 so I I [ 1 1 lO ICO 1 1 »0 1 00 1 lO 1111 \ c^ 1 1 11-H m O t^ 1111 1 1 lO too t 1 CD iO 1 !M 1111 lO 1 1 iCE-'^>><2 o !0T3 oj= ■a Q^ G OT 00 l-i _C 0« """ "^ ~~' ^~ "~" ~^ *^ U i>i ■** ^ 102 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Total landings in Cali- fornia, including fish from -west coast south 0 f t h e International Boundary brought in by boat O'^'tOCOi-tiCOC;'— i»OOOC-(^oO'— 'cr: oc■^oo"<*'c;^^^o^'lOO^>■ ■^ lO d cr- o CO i-i 1— « CO i^q cc •<*« ro i— < CC !>. 1^3 CO 1— I CO C^(NII>-CO'n'^'^C^'^COCCO0C^COCO T— (00>0i— ( ■^ o o CO ct o T— ( o c; CO T t— I oo oo -^ 1— « CO »0 O-^ IC"**''— 'CO 1— I CieOrpCO C -^ lO South of the Interna- tional Boundary brought into San Diego. irj coco C^ C^ 'iO -^'co i-T a: O CO OS CO South of the Interna- tional Boundary brought into Los Angeles »ooo lO CO CI o Total taken in state waters and off coast of California 1— I -^ o o oo -:}< CTi 1>- 00 CO Ooo t-- t-^ CO CO CO C:) CI lO OO C^ coi-T CO 1-H CO IJ^OO CM t-* ■^ CD'—* lO O CO CO OOeO^O'Tfu^OOi-H (NCOCi-^COt^i— «CO ■^ict--oooT-. 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CO -f t - ,^ ko '£•'£> — f 06 C0_»0 CI .-« '£> •-^■-' ?0 r oc C »0 10 t^ CO »- ' T-< 00 O C^ -n* 00 »-< t^ CO t^ Ci lO (M 31 CO CO lO O CO '— < CO w r- to t^ 00 05 "(t^ CO r-- 00 00 (M 00 Ol (N i-< CO ^*" O CO »o ^ CD C^i" CO of CQ 00 O CO »0 t-^ Tt< '-t -rjH -^P «N c in o c^i »o ai CO o" 0:1 CI CO Oi - 2- S^ 'r* c *^ ^^ tj '=' a.H 2 c-C =" - "-.a 3 t; ■o •- ti o 2 ^ "!c: 3 a = =--^ u. r — '' . = ° = J ca 0-3-= S * =0 ■| al^^ « — -;-= t-— fi, S^S'' .0 1 § m2.^ '-s'Soo 104 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION CANNED, CURED AND MANUFACTURED FISHERY PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE YEAR OF 193S— SHORE PLANTS Canned Kind of fish or fishery product She of cans San Francisco district, cases Monterey district, cases San Pedro district, cases San Diego district, cases Total cases Albacore 4-lb., 12's.... 1,232 22,719 214,864 21,595 4,519 105 21,822 67,383 21 1,276 17,577 5,481 1 253 1-lb 23.995 Ji-lb 232,441 J^-lb. 27 076 M-!b., lOO's.. . 4,519 105 12-oz Bonito - - 1-lb 11,995 20,086 942 1,001 44,856 4,280 985 33,817 14.1b 87 469 M-lb 942 M-lb., lOO's.... 2,625 828,284 6,202 68,640 3,626 Mackerel 1-lb 5,159 878,299 10,482 70,109 34-lb. i^lb., 96's 484 8,670 556,477 55,654 4,827 Sardine .. _ -- - - No.lO, 6's 8,670 1-lb. oval 1-lb. tall J^lb.oval 164,559 2,514 600,532 318,691 1,321,568 376,859 4 827 %-\h 34,166 177,898 34,166 14-lb., 96's J^-lb. square 2,256 97,336 277,490 19,056 19 056 M-lb., lOO's 1,738 119,950 97,277 6 122 1,738 5-oz., lOO's 9-oz. fillet 34,538 162,245 316,733 97 277 6-oz. square 6 6-oz., 96's 122 10-oz... 5,751 7,655 100 3,589 313 5,751 Shad 1-lb 7.655 100 Shad Roe 1-lb K-lb 3 589 M-lb 313 Squid .._ .-- 9-oz 17,527 2,640 17,527 7-oz.._ . ... _ 2 640 Swordfish. .-_ . . ... 14.1b 445 445 Tuna, hliipfin 1-lb.. 13,610 219,702 21,638 17,674 734 11 10,363 106,260 6,786 27,435 226 1,171 25,298 220,303 14,283 10,490 1,820 6,675 40,417 3,361 42,784 3,695 16,971 262,486 25,333 17,674 14-lb. M-lb M-lb., lOO's 12-oz 734 Tuna, striped., . . .. 4-lb., 12's 11 1-lb. 10,274 189,836 13,168 8,639 20 637 14.1b 296 096 M-lb 19,954 M-lb., 100's-.__ 36,074 12-oz 226 Tuna, yp.llnwfin 4-lb., 12's 1,778 68,540 758,925 181,571 2,949 93,838 1-lb 14-lb 979 228 M-lb 195,854 M-lb., lOO's 10,490 12-oz 1 820 Tuna flakes .... 1-lb. 2,331 14,925 128 9,006 55 342 14-lb. - . M-lb 128 Tuna, "tonne" style... . ... H-lb 8,193 59,211 4,772 22,668 8,193 M-lb., lOO's.... 59,211 YeUowtail 1-lb. 12,697 30,094 1,003 17,469 52 762 J4-lb. M-lb., lOO's 1 003 Petfood Misc. sizes 16,390 271,013 287,403 Totals 238,110 967,867 3,664,275 1,471,305 6,341,557 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 TTTIRTY-SIXTH BIENNlAIj REPORT Cured and Manufactured lOf) Fishery products Size or quantity San Francisco district Monterey district San Pedro district San Dici?o district Total Herring, smoked Pounds Pounds. Pounds 23.000 51,474 23,000 Mixed fish, dried 51.474 Mixed fish, sal ted 8,360 154,038 162,398 Sabiefish smoked Pounds 825-lb. tierces-. - Pounds Pounds 221,475 1,385 76,499 221.475 1.385 70,499 Sardine salted 22,900 22,900 750-lb. tierces- -- Pounds Pounds -- Tons - 39 96,634 189,193 31,773 7,032,792 39 96,634 RVirimn mfta.1 189,193 Fish meal 25,202 4,753,160 24,209 2,126,661 6,732 130,606 87.910 Fish oil Gallons 14,043,219 Miscellaneous Data Estimated value of pack . Number of employees Value of plants $4,414,034 1.566 $3,908,148 $5,279,828 2,588 $3,255,001 $15,548,478 3,817 $3,136,992 $8,443,110 2.146 $945,737 $33,685,450 10,117 $11,245,878 106 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS, SEASON, 1938-1939 Sardine fishing started in the Monterey District on August 2d and in the San Francisco District on August 9th, although deliveries were light in the Monterey District until the 15th, and during the entire month in the San Francisco District. The moon was full on the 11th of August. However, a few fish were brought into Monterey through the light of the moon period. In the San Pedro District fishing started on November 3d and deliveries were steady throughout the month with the exception of a few days during the full moon period which occurred on November 7th. Sardines are used for two main purposes, canning and reduction. If the fish are to be packed or canned, the packer is not required to have a permit; but the law requires that a permit must be obtained from the commission if sardines are to be received for reduction pur- poses. Sardines may be received for canning purposes during the season, without limit on the quantity, provided that not more than 32^ per cent of the amount of sardines received may be used in a reduction plant. The law provides that in determining percentage of sardines used for reduction purposes, it shall be deemed that a ton of sardines will produce 960 one-pound oval cans, or the equivalent, if other size cans are used. Nine hundred and sixty one-pound oval cans equals 20 cases, 48 cans to the case, and deducting the 32-| per cent which may be used for reduction purposes leaves a net requirement of not less than 13^ cases of one-pound oval cans, or the equivalent if other size cans are used, from each ton of sardines received for canning purposes. During past seasons rather small quantities of sardines were received for canning purposes during the first month of the open season, particularly in the San Francisco and Monterey districts. However, this season showed a greater canning activity than usual, the fish apparently being in better condition for canning, although there was some complaint about the fish being of small size. The small fish were in evidence throughout the season, and had a tendency to curtail the pack to some extent. For canning, during the season, 16,552 tons were taken in the San Francisco District, 78,711 tons in the Monterey Dis- trict and 92,594 tons in the San Pedro District, making a total of 187,857 tons received for canning purposes. Permits to receive and use sardines by a reduction process for the manufacture of oil and meal were issued to all plants and were divided into three classifications as follows : Plants with an hourly rated press capacity of twenty tons or less were designated as Class I plants and for the season the total permit tonnage granted Class I plants was 7,000 tons made in three grants, starting with 5,000 tons, and two additional grants of 1,000 tons each were made. Plants with rated hourly press capacity of twenty-one to forty tons, designated as Class II, were grants of 1,000 tons each were made. Plants with rated hourly press additional grants of 1,000 tons each. TITIRTY-STXTir TUENNIAT; REPORT 107 Plants with rated hourly press capacity of forty-one tons or over were desio:nated as Class III plants and their original permits were for 10,000 tons, with two additional p:i-ants makin^,^ a total of 1. '5,000 tons for the season. In the Monterey and San Francisco districts the ton- nage was granted on a monthly basis, between August and December and the tonnage granted for any month and not received could be received at any time up to the close of the season (February IHth). Floating plants that were outside of the jurisdiction of tlie State on August 1st were declared eligible for permits on their return, and their permits were to be adjusted so as to lose whatever tonnage they may have been entitled to during the time they were absent from Cnlifornia. During the season permits were issued for 348,042 tons in the jMonterey and San Francisco districts and 284,376 tons w^ere received. At the close of the season 63,666 tons of permit tonnage was canceled. In the southern California districts permits were issued for 137,722 tons and at the close of the season 84,249 tons of permit tonnage was canceled. Total permit tonnage granted for the State was 485,764 tons and at the close of the season 147,915 tons granted were canceled. This report covers operations of the shore plants only and does not include sardines taken for fresh fish markets, bait, or quarter oil pack. Six floating plants operated off the California coast starting the latter part of September and three of these ceased operations in Octo- ber and the other three were in and tied up during the first part of December. The floating plants operated were : Amo'ican Fisher, Cur- rier, Lake Miraflores, Lansing, Manatawny and Santa Inez. It is esti- mated these floating plants received 57,212 tons of sardines and pro- duced 9,535 tons of meal and 2,021,810 gallons of oil. Adding the esti- mated toHnage taken by the floating plants to the tonnage taken by the shore plants in the State would make 585,788 tons of sardines taken off the coast of California for the season. The following shore plants operated during the season : SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Alaska Salmon Co., Richmond. Benicia Fisheries (2 plants), Benicia. F. E. Booth Co., Inc. (2 plants), Pittsburg. Burnette and Parr (Monitor), Richmond. California Fish Products Co., Richmond. Carquinez Fishery, Ltd., Richmond. Cypress Fisheries, Inc., San Francisco. East Bay Fisheries, Inc., Richmond. Edible Fish Meals & Oils, Inc., Richmond. Farallone Packing Co., San Francisco. Peed Products, Inc. (Santa Inez), Richmond. Fish-Dee-Lish Corp., Richmond. Fish Packers, Inc., McNears Point. Fishermen's Produce Co., Inc. (Lansing) , San Francisco. Gardenia Packing Co. (Brool-dale), Richmond. Hofmann Packing Co., McNears Point. Northern Packing Co., San Francisco. Old Capitol Packers, Inc., McNears Point. 108 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Ozol Packing Co., Martinez. Pittsburg Canners, Inc., K-iclimond. Point Edith Fisheries, Ltd., Port Chicago. Polarine Fisheries, Inc. (Polarine) , Richmond. Red Rock Fisheries, Inc., Richmond. Redondo Fish Products Co., Richmond. Richmond Fisheries, Inc., Richmond. San Pablo Fisheries, Richmond. ^ Santa Cruz Oil Co. (American Fisher), San Francisco. ^ Santa Cruz Oil Co. (Lake Miraflores) , San Francisco. "Western Condensing Co. (Experimental), Richmond. 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., Monterey. Monterey Fish Products, Inc., Seaside. San Carlos Canning Co. (2 plants), Monterey. San Xavier Fish Packing Co., Monterey. Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Monterey. SAN PEDRO DISTRICT California Marine Curing & Packing Co., Terminal Island. California Marine Products, Inc., Terminal Island. ^ California Packing Corp., Terminal Island. 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, Inc.. Terminal Island. San Carlos Canning Co., Long Beach. Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., Terminal Island. Sea Pride Packing Corp, Ltd., Wilmington. South Coast Fisheries, Inc., Terminal Island. Southern California Fish Corp., Terminal Island. Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc. (2 plants), Terminal Island. SAN DIEGO DISTRICT 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 Permits issued, no sardines received. TTTTRTY-SIXTTT BlIOXXrAT; IMII'DRT 10!) PRODUCTION OF SARDINE PLANTS Auflust 1, 1938. to March 31. 1939 District Sardines received, tons Used for canninc, tons Cannery fiiih overage ii.sed for meal and oil, tons UHcd for meal and oil under jiermit, tonii San Francisco.. . .. . 200,361 180,090 145,335 2,790 11,205 .53,165 64,318 5,347 2.5,546 28,276 183,039 101,.337 50,683 2,700 Monterey San Pedro San Diego. Totals 528.576 ■128,688 59,169 59.169 337 849 .•\dd cannery overage used for meal and oil... Total tons received for canning purposes _ 187,857 > Thelaw requires that 13H cases of 1-lb. oval cans be canned from each ton of sardines received for canning purposes, but in figuring amount actually used in canning, a basis of 20 cases per ton is used. District Cannerv offal, tons 1-lb. ovals packed, cases Other size cans packed, cases Other size cans reduced to equivalent ofl-lb. ovals, cases Cases per ton San Francisco. . _ _ . . 5,602 26,583 32,161 172,4.54 fins.=i4 51,658 376.076 655,303 13 5 Monterey ._ 687,287 412,872 630,998 681,597 13 5 San Pedro 13 9 San Diego . . Totals 64,346 1,490,739 1,154,823 1,083,037 District Sardine meal, tons Ratio per ton of meal Sardine oil, gallons Gallons of oil per ton offish and ofl'al San Francisco.. .. . 34.751 28,859 22,066 537 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.2 7,804,909 5,462,066 2,197,757 37,325 40 2 Monterey San Pedro. . 35.6 19 8 San Diego. . . ... 13 4 Totals 86,213 15.502,057 District Permits issued, tons Unused permit tonnage cancelled, tons Used for other purposes, tons San Francisco 214,812 133,230 109,778 27.944 31,773 31.893 59,095 25,154 '770 Monterey . . =42 San Pedro .. •2,058 SanDiego... ..... _ _ Totals.-. 485,764 147.915 2,870 » 770 tons pet food. '42 tons for salting. ' 2,018 tons pet food, 40 tons for .salting. 110 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF SARDINE PLANT OPERATIONS, SEASONS 1937-38 AND 1938-39 San Francisco District Season 1937-38 Season 1938-39 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 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 11,883 120,365 132,248 127,214 35,842 33,763 23,058 4,659,147 16,552 183,039 770 200,361 172,454 60,354 51,658 34,751 7,804,909 4,669 62,674 770 68,113 45,240 24,512 17,895 11,693 3,145,762 Monterey District Season 1937-38 Season 1938-39 Increase Tons of sardines received for canning Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oiL. Tons of sardines received for 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 60,868 43,570 26 104,464 502,194 347,724 326,543 15,383 3,067,587 78,711 101,337 42 180,090 687,287 412,872 376,076 28,859 5,462,066 17,843 57,767 16 75,626 185,093 65,148 49,533 13,476 2,394,479 San Pedro District Season 1937-38 Season 1938-39 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 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 88,120 19,873 1,022 92,594 50,683 2,058 109,015 553,306 747,482 756,369 14,525 1,447,631 145,335 630,998 681,597 655,303 22,066 2,197,757 4,474 30,810 1,036 36,320 77,692 *65,885 *101,066 7,541 750,126 •Decrease. J THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL KIM'OKT m I San Dieun District Tons of sardines received for canning p\irposes. . . 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 equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals Meal.tons Oil, gallons SeaMn 1037-38 SeaaoD 1038-89 Increase 107 1,013 1,040 1.5 912 2,700 2,790 537 37,325 •67 2,740 2,683 •1,013 •1,040 .522 36,413 'Decrease. All Districts Combined (Shore Plants) Tons of sardines received for canning Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil.. Tons of sardines received for salting, pet food, 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 Season 1937-38 160,928 183,858 1,048 345,834 1,182,714 1,132,001 1,117.715 52,981 9,175,277 Season 1938-39 187,857 337,849 2,870 Increase 528,576 1,490,739 1,154,823 1,033,037 86,213 15,502,057 26,929 153,991 1,822 182,742 308,025 22,762 •34.768 33,232 6,326.780 •Decrease. 112 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION SARDINE CATCH, BY MONTHS, SEASON 193S-39 San Francisco Monterey Month Camiing Reduction Other purposes Canning Reduction Other purposes Augiist, 1938 - 422 2,651 2,071 3,124 3,598 4,686 2,848 39,203 23,750 23,871 56,108 37,259 8,207 11,292 11,511 12,765 13,901 21,035 15,458 17,491 17,562 18,985 18,145 13,696 5 September 17 November _ _ 300 392 78 11 December January, 1939- -.- - -_ 9 Totals 16,552 183,039 *770 78,711 101,337 •42 < 770 tons for pet food. ' 42 tons for salting. San Pedro San Diego Month Canning Reduction Other purposes Canning Reduction Other purposes ii^ November, 1938 20,861 15,497 16,304 25,904 14,028 13,796 22,077 7,466 4,952 2,392 402 453 325 371 507 2,430 47 19 156 138 Dpnember .lanuarv. 1939 ...j^M Totals 92,594 50,683 «2,058 2,790 » 2,018 tons for pet food, 40 tons for salting. THIRTY-KIX'i'll lUKNNIAIi Klil'OK'l' PACK OF 1-LB. OVALS BY MONTHS, SEASON 1938-39 n:j Month San Francisco, cases Monterey, cases San Pwlro, cases San Dietco, cases August, 1938.. September October November December January, 1939. February March 3,694 26,209 20,392 35,288 38,150 48,721 67,566 87,828 96,677 108,781 126,077 200,358 Totals. 172,454 687,287 142,456 100,785 107,312 180,318 94,127 630,998 PACK OF OTHER SIZE CANS REDUCED TO EQUIVALENTS OF 1-LB. OVALS, BY MONTHS, SEASON 1938-39 Month San Francisco, cases Monterey, cases San Pedro, cases San Diejco, cases August, 1938-. September October November December January, 1939. February March. 1,951 9,741 7,576 7,396 10,437 14,557 43,385 64,749 58,869 63,657 61,645 83,771 Totals. 51,658 376,076 139,201 102,546 113,742 185,154 114,660 655,303 SARDINE MEAL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1938-39 Month San Francisco, tons Monterey, tons San Pedro, tons San Diego, tons Auo-ust, 1938 496 6,562 4,426 4,803 10,753 7,711 3,713 4,451 4,667 5,192 5,380 5,456 5,330 6,508 3,573 4,237 2,418 412 December _ . - _ 65 January, 1939 - . - 5 31 March 24 Totals 34,751 28,859 22,066 537 SARDINE OIL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1938-39 Month San Francisco, gallons Monterey, gallons San Pedro, gallons San Diego, gallons August, 1938 111,627 1,708,562 l,0Jl,812 1,080,914 2,385,541 1,426.453 746,004 923,127 970,778 975,035 915,347 931,775 October November .. . . 706,917 669,530 263,839 425,064 132,407 33,890 December . 520 January, 1939 90 1,600 March .... 1,225 Totals 7,804,909 5,462,066 2,197,757 37.325 114 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION (Tl OJ c^ ■^ G\ QJ r-i ■^ IZ UJ > 'Z 0- re o fe Li- ■ 1 l/> 1- o a; => o m o 01 a. > re 0= 5 o -= — aj —I ~ < a. o E Monterey ooo ii>- I 1 i CO CO 1 1 (1-1 I iiOcrsiOiC 1 ii-i It* 1 CO "3 OS ■»*< t* ■ UD i f-< i cot-- .»-i > t iiOiO ' ' iCO 1 -t^CM-**^ t lO '00 iiOOSCOCOt- 1-^ 1 -H 1 CMOS 1 1 ' '^■'"i ' ' 'CD 1 "-^CSOSiC 1 iCM > i-i . 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Shark Sheepshead Skate Skipjack Smelt Sole Splittail Sucker Swordfish, Broadbill Tom Cod Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Yellowfin Turbot Whitebait-. Whitefish Yellowtail Miscellaneous m "o • ■ i i i i : i i ii i i I III 1 I I I I t 1^-3 1 I . 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S c-3 ■- o a s S 5 C C: 33 J2 OS 2 ID oiw C3 gH^ 2 §■ o 5J 513 e y- °-o ^ f-f tfc- ^o CO ■rJ 118 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION CANNED, CURED AND MANUFACTURED FISHERY PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE YEAR OF 1939 Canned Kind of fish or fishery product Siae of cans San Francisco district, cases Monterey district, cases San Pedro district, cases San Diego district, cases Total cases Albacore 4-lb., 12's 2,888 28,505 235,968 5,506 8,799 33,456 99,830 6,216 869,474 2,106 19,270 2,888 Mb 1,120 44,691 561 29,625 309,296 6,067 i^-lb 28,637 ii-lh M-lb., lOO's 8,799 Ronito Mb 3,731 15,857 37,187 115.687 }i-lh M-lb., lOO's 6,216 Mackerel Mb 2,604 73,608 494 973 189 945 686 }4-\h 2 600 i^-Ib., 96's 20,243 Roe Mb.. . 189 Sardine No. 10 cans, 6's . Mb., tall Mb., oval 10-oz J^lb., oval 40",092" 225,462 12,350 13,660 270,076 1,023,285 1,520 308,896 627,524 15,180 81 619,145 1,876,271 12,350 8,129 11,291 97,625 141,900 983 " 8,129 Ji-lb 37,580 179,520 48,871 M-lb., 96's J^-lb., fillet 7,223 284,368 141,900 3^-lb., B&P... 983 M-lb., sq 148 148 M-lb.,100'sB& P 2,528 101,551 2,528 5-oz., lOO's Mb 36,666 9,193 150 3,472 178,072 316,289 Shad 9,193 Shad Roe .. Mb 150 H-lb 3,472 Squid ... 9-oz 21,902 2,024 21,902 7-oz 2,024 Tuna, hliipfin Mb 16,672 145,325 14,507 14,952 9,216 157,394 12,101 33,331 1,780 45,111 452,841 40,114 37,414 1,467 1,900 24,602 518 12",77i' 198,895 13,039 32,823 1,315 75,949 1,089,633 181,350 318 18,572 i^-lb 169,927 ^-Ib 15,025 M-lb., lOO's 14,952 Tuna, striped Mb 21,987 J^-lb 356,289 Ji-lb 25,140 M-lb., lOO's ... 66,154 Tuna, yellnwfin 4-lb., 12's 3,095 Mb... 121,060 Ji-lb 1,542,474 K-lb 221,464 M-lb., lOO's 37,732 12-oz 1,467 Tuna flakes 4-lb., 12's 150 2,242 28,618 126 1,719 5,599 4,445 8,430 1,169 150 1-lb. . 5,718 35,386 7,960 i^-lb 64,004 li-lh 126 Tuna, "tonno" style Ji-lb 8,400 61,622 2,137 9,602 370,120 10,119 M-lb., lOO's .... 67,221 YeUowtail... Mb 6,582 J^-lb. . 18,032 Petfood Misc. sizes 13,138 384,427 Totals 347,746 1,726,195 4,120,340 1,827,064 8,021,345 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 TllIKTV-SIX'I'll lilKNNIAIi lUOi'Oin Cured and Manufactured 119 Fishery product Size or quantity San Francisco district Monterey district San Pedro district San Dingo district Total Mixed fish, dried Pounds Pounds 55.054 65,054 Mixed fish, salted -_ _ 202.734 202,734 Sablefish, smoked Pounds 825-lb. tierces... Pounds Pounds. 256,513 515 111,935 258,513 Salmon, mild cure 516 Salmon, smoked 111,035 Sardines, salted 7,625 7,625 Shad, mild cure 750-lb. tierces... Pounds Pounds -- Tons Gallons . _ 21 70,378 136,969 43,369 10,395,398 21 Shrimp, dried 70,378 Shrimp meal 136,969 Fish meal Fish oil 33,238 6,894,201 21,858 1,594,122 6,704 96,806 105.169 18,980,527 Miscellaneous Data Estimated value of pack. Number of employees Value of plants $6,752,034 1,660 $4,369,561 $9,137,719 2,740 $3,179,578 $18,127,722 3,478 $2,887,371 $10,759,689 1,946 $952,399 $44,777,164 9,824 $11,388,909 120 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS, SEASON 1939-1940 Sardine fishing started in the Monterey district on the night of September 12 and the first deliveries were made on the 13th. In the San Francisco district fishing did not start until the night of October 9 and deliveries made on the morning of the 10th were very heavy, for a number of the fishing boats did not unload their catches until the following day. In the San Pedro district deliveries were made on November 1 and in the San Diego district only ninety-five tons of sardines were delivered during the season. Sardines are used for two main purposes, that is canning and manufacture of oil and meal by a reduction process. To engage in the manufacture of oil and meal by a reduction process, it is necessary to obtain a permit from the Commission. Sardines may be received for canning purposes without limit on the tonnage provided that not more than 32^ per cent of the amount received for canning may be used by a reduction process. This overage is provided by law to permit the discard of soft, broken, and off-size fish which are not fit to pack. There has been no change in the law since the 1938-39 season, and the method of determining the percentage of sardines received for canning that may be used for reduction purposes has not changed from that shown in Circular 13.^ There was an increase in the sardine pack, principally in the San Francisco and Monterey districts and there would have been an increase in the San Pedro district if sardines had been available and of a size and condition fit for canning. For canning purposes, 16,552 tons were received in the San Francisco district, 130,518 tons in the Monterey district, 73,634 tons in the San Pedro district and 4 tons in the San Diego district — a total of 225,357 tons as compared with 187,857 tons received for canning purposes during the previous season. Permits to receive and use sardines by a reduction process were issued in three classifications, based on the press capacity. Plants with an hourly capacity of one to twenty tons were desigTiated as Class I plants of which the fifty-one in the State were given 5,000 ton permits for the season. The plants with an hourly capacity of twenty-one to forty tons were designated as Class II plants and the twelve plants in this classification were given permits for 7,500 tons for the season. The six plants with an hourly capacity of forty-one tons or more were designated as Class III plants and given permits for 10,000 tons for the season. The permits for the San Francisco and Monterey districts were issued on a monthly allotment basis, starting with ten per cent of the permit in August, fifteen per cent in September, twenty per 1 Circular 13, "Statistical Report of Fresh and Canned Fishery Products, Year 1938. Sardine Canning and Reduction Plants Report Season 1938-1939." TlllUTY-SIXTll JilENNIAL KLi'OKT 121 cent in October, twenty-five per cent in November, and thirty per cent in December. All tonnap:e not roccivcd dui-iii^ the month for which it was allotted could be accumulated and taken any time up to the close of the season February 15. No additional grants to receive sardines under permit were made after the season opened. Permits were issued for 402,375 tons, but only .303,426 tons Avere received, leaving an unused permit tonnage of 99,005 tons. By referring to the tables following, it will be noted that most of the canceled permit tonnage was in the San Pedro and San Diego districts, whore there was a scarcity of sardines, and a great demand for sardines for canning purposes. The oil production in southern California was very low and only such fish as were unfit for canning were used by a reduction process. This report does not include sardines taken for fresh fish markets, bait, or quarter oil pack. No floating plants were operated off the California coast during the season. The following plants operated during the season : SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Alaska Salmon Co., Richmond Benicia Fisheries,^ (2 plants), Benicia F. E. Booth Co., Inc. (2 plants), Pittsburg Burnett and Parr (Currier), Richmond Burnett and Parr (Monitor), Richmond California Fish Products Co., Richmond Carquinez Fishery, Ltd., Richmond Cypress Fisheries, Inc., San Francisco Deep Sea Fisheries, Inc., (Manatawny) , Richmond 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 Hofmann Packing Co., McNears Point W. L. Martignoni (Charterer Lansing), Richmond Northern Packing Corp., San Francisco Old Capitol Packers, Inc., McNears Point Ozol Packing Co., Martinez Pittsburg Canners, Inc., Richmond Point Edith Fisheries, Ltd., Port Chicago Polarine Fisheries, Inc., Richmond Red Rock Fisheries, Inc., Richmond Redondo Fish Products Co., Richmond Richmond Fisheries, Inc., Richmond R. J. Roesling & Co. (Charters American Fisher), Richmond San Pablo Fisheries, Richmond Santa Inez Fisheries Inc. (Santa Inez), Richmond Western Condensing Co. (Experimental), Richmond 1 Plants burned November 1, 1939. 122 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 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 SAN PEDRO DISTRICT California Fisheries, Inc., Long Beach California Marine Curing & Packing Co., Terminal Island California Marine Products, Inc., Terminal Island 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 Italian Food Products Co., Newport 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 2 Permit issued, no sardines received. TITIRTY-SIXTH BIKNNIAIi RMl'OKT 12:{ PRODUCTION OF SARDINE PLANTS Aiiflust 1, 1939, to March 31, 1940 District iSiinlinos received, tons Used for canning, tons f'annrry fish overage used for meal and oil, tons Used for m'-al and oil under permit, tons San Francisco - 211,471 227,231 93,081 95 14,332 88,167 54,242 4 0,809 42,351 19,392 189,590 Monterey 90,713 17,032 San Dieffo _ -- 91 Totals - 531,878 ■156,745 68,612 68,612 303.426 Total tons received for canning purposes 225,357 > The law requires that 13^2 eases of 1-lb. oval cans be canned from each ton of sardines received for canning purposes, 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 7,165 44,085 27,124 2 196,011 1,092,981 545,182 98,296 ■ 728,612 558,878 80 90,628 670,420 539,666 80 13.5 Monterey 13.5 San Pedro 14.7 18.2 Totals 78,376 1,834,174 1,385,866 1,300,794 District Sardine meal, tons Ratio per ton of meal Sardine oil, gallons Gallons of oil per ton offish and offal San Francisco 36,324 34,568 12,145 16 5.6 5.3 5.2 6.2 9,313,706 7,090,963 984,851 472 45.5 38.7 15.5 5.0 Totals 83,053 17,389,992 District Permits issued, tons Unused permit tonnage cancelled, tons Used for other purposes, tons San Franpi'=?cn --- 197,375 100,000 85,000 20,000 7.841 3,287 67,968 19,909 '680 San Pedro --- - - '2,415 San Diego Totals 402,375 99,005 '3,095 2 680 tons for pet food. • 12 tons for salting, 2,403 tons for pet food. *3,083 tons for pet food, 12 tons for salting. 124 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF SARDINE PLANT OPERATIONS, SEASONS 193S-39 AND 1939-40 San Francisco District Season 1938-39 Season 1939-40 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 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 16,552 183,039 770 21,201 189,590 680 200,361 172,454 60,354 51,658 34,751 7,804,909 211,471 196,011 98,296 90,628 36,324 9,313,706 4,649 6,551 *90 11,110 23,557 37,942 38,970 1,573 1,508,797 * Decrease. Monterey District Season 1938-39 Season 1939-40 Increase Tons of sardines received for canning Tons of sardines received under permit for meal and oil-. Tons of sardines received for 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 OU, gallons 78,711 101,337 42 130,518 96,713 180,090 687,287 412,872 376,076 28,859 5,462,066 227,231 1,092,981 728,612 670,420 34,568 7,090,963 51,807 *4,624 *42 47,141 405,694 315,740 294,344 5,709 1,628,897 ' Decrease. San Pedro District Season 1938-39 Season 1939-40 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 92,594 50,683 2,058 145,335 630,998 681,597 655,303 22,066 2,197,757 73,634 17,032 2,415 93,081 545,182 558,878 539,666 12,145 984,851 *18,960 *33,651 357 *52,254 *85,816 *122,719 *115,637 *9,921 *1,212!906 * Decrease. TrriK'TV-SIXTH T.IKNXIAI, lil'.I'Oirr 125 San Diego District Season 1938-39 Season 1939-40 Increaae 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 Cases of other size cans packed Other size cans reduced to equivalent cases of 1-lb. ovals Meal, tons Oil, gallons ._ -- 2,790 4 01 2,790 95 537 37,325 80 80 16 472 4 •2,099 •2,695 80 80 •521 •36,853 * Decrease. California, All Districts Combined Season 1938-39 Season 1939-40 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 187,857 337,849 2,870 225,357 303,426 3,095 528,576 1,490,739 1,1.54,823 1,083,037 86,213 15,502,057 531,878 1,834,174 1,385,866 1,300,794 83,053 17,389,992 37.500 •34,423 225 3,302 343,435 231.043 217,757 •3,160 1,887,935 ' Decrease. 126 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION SARDINE CATCH BY MONTHS, SEASON 1939-40 San Francisco Month Canning Reduction Other purposes Total August, 1939 .. . September. — October 4,441 6,722 7,397 1,126 1,515 51,742 64,427 67,563 3,083 2,775 133 209 238 56,316 November 71,358 December . - 75,198 January, 1940 4,209 February 100 4,390 Totals -- -- 21,201 189,590 •680 211,471 1 680 tons for pet food. Monterey Month Canning Reduction Other purposes Total August, 1939 - September. - _ 10,380 26,034 32,672 29,870 19,899 11,663 13,032 28,794 15.954 22,530 10,135 6,268 23,412 October 64,828 November _- 48,626 52,400 January, 1940 30,034 February _ . 17,931 Totals 130,518 96,713 227,231 San Pedro Month Canning Reduction Other purposes Total November, 1939 - 13,616 20,188 20,525 12,675 6,630 4,863 5,074 4,413 1,103 1,579 488 305 476 465 681 18,967 December _. 25,567 January, 1940 .- 25,414 Fpbnif^ry 14,243 March 8,890 Totals 73,634 17,032 •2,415 93,081 ' 2,403 tons for pet food, 12 tons for salting. Month San Diego Canning Reduction Other purposes Total November. 1939 71 10 10 71 December 4 14 10 March Totals 4 91 95 THiRTY-siX'i'ii i'.ii;.\\iAi, i{i:i'(iirr PACK OF 1-LB. OVALS BY MONTHS, SEASON 1939-40 rjT Month San FranriHro, CIWOS Monlerry, ctum Son Pwlro, San Diego, CMCi August. 1939 September 89,131 205,060 271,331 257.405 170,307 yy,747 October 42,421 63,047 70,642 7.476 11,825 November 07,311 I52,oor, 150,814 102,074 42,377 December January, 1940 February March Totals 196.011 1,092,981 545,182 PACK OF OTHER SIZE CANS REDUCED TO EQUIVALENTS OF 1-LB. OVALS. BY MONTHS. SEASON 1939-40 Month San Francisco, cases Monterey, cases San Pedro, cases San Diego, cases August, 1939 September . 51,316 146,481 169,880 145,986 98,484 58.273 October .. . 17,577 27,111 29,401 7,905 8.634 November. 104,439 152,360 136,048 97,207 49,612 December 80 January. 1940 February. March ... Totals,. 90,628 670.420 539,666 80 SARDINE MEAL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS. SEASON 1939-40 Month San Francisco, tons Monterey, tons San Pedro. tons San Diego, tons August, 1939 September . . 3,578 8.484 7.220 7,961 4,519 2.806 October _ 9,224 12,440 13,199 706 755 November 2.577 3.360 3.420 1,684 1,104 13 December .. _ 2 January, 1940 1 February . March Totals 36,324 34.568 12,145 16 SARDINE OIL PRODUCTION BY MONTHS, SEASON 1939-40 Month San Francisco, gallons Monterey, gallons San Pedro, gallons San Diego, gallons August, 1939 - , September 775.950 1,726.521 1.594,096 1,827,733 789,505 377.158 2,514,802 3,159,775 3,370,835 128,179 140,115 November 282,266 322,638 247,781 97,061 35.105 472 January, 1940 February March Totals 9,313,706 7.090,963 984,851 472 128 PISH 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 1925-26 248 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 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 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 5,214 136,465 1926-27 143,559 1927-28 - - - 3,973 1,394 2,079 181,176 1928-29 252,433 1929-30 322,600 1930-31 . 172,001 1931-32 131,320 1932-33 190,166 1933-34 1,488 4,859 10,489 4,569 107 2,790 95 313,842 1934-35 480,746 1935-36 407,166 1936-37 488,141 1937-38 345,834 1938-39 528,576 1939-40 531,878 Sai-dines, 1-Lh. Ovals, Cases Season San Francisco district Monterey district San Pedro district San Diego district Total 1925-26 3,892 51,657 110,911 114,446 206,478 266,598 269,586 157,469 221,798 264,805 336,554 198,621 127,214 172,454 196,011 937,014 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 1,092,981 968,495 986,858 878,175 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 66,074 1,975,475 1926-27 2,189,374 1927-28 39,380 12,383 16,551 2,391,717 1928-29 2,673,063 1929-30 _ 3,514,210 1930-31 1,739,266 1931-32 1,460,900 1932-33 . . 732,263 1933-34 1,497,044 1934-35 1,486,343 1935-36 1,936,154 1936-37 1,647,332 1937-38 1,182,714 1938-39 - . - - 1,490,739 1939-40 1,834,174 Other Size Cans Reduced to Equivalents of 1-Lb. Ovals, Cases Season San Francisco district Monterey district San Pedro district San Diego district Total 1925-26 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 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 13,065 65,382 1926-27 - - 84,937 1927-28 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 31,995 10,368 12,552 232,123 1928-29 -- - . . 299,572 1929-30 640,430 1930-31 . 416,704 1931-32 211,263 1932-33 - 91,719 1933-34 5,396 13,058 19,856 9,573 1,040 460,715 1934-35 390,279 1935-36 - 1,280,761 1936-37 1,341,714 1937-38-- .... 1,117,715 1938-39 1,083,037 1939-40 80 1,300,794 'riiiK'i'v-si.x'iM i'.ii:.\.M.\i. i{i:i'oin' Sardine Meal, Tons 129 Season San Francisco district Montcroy district San Podro diiitriet San DioRO diiftriet ToUl 1925-26 20 228 1.183 1.387 2.282 2.710 2,303 2,297 5,073 10,571 11,004 23.686 23.058 34,751 36,324 6,393 6,447 0,3.')5 12,395 16.071 11,490 7,825 14.370 22.200 30,306 26,033 31,867 15.383 28.859 34.568 5.962 5.902 7.128 14.802 16.258 4.317 4.911 14.060 10.166 20.836 19,422 18.735 14..525 22.060 12,145 467 12,842 1920-27 12,637 li)27-28 184 140 251 17,850 1928-29 28.724 1929-30 - - 35,462 1930-31 18..523 1931-32 - 15.039 1932-33 - 30,727 1933-34 262 848 1,945 827 15 537 16 40,707 1934-35 77.651 1935-30 50.904 1930-37 - - 75,115 1937-38 - 52.081 193S-39 86.213 1939-40 83,053 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 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 0,854,372 6,814,184 3,067,587 5,462,066 7,090,903 658,817 682.796 711.579 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 43,995 1.816.424 1926-27 2.245,147 1927-28 - 10,253 6.857 11.071 2.581,814 1928-29 -.. 1929-30 - 5.125.251 6.359.777 1930-31 4.757.566 1931-32 -. 3.517.983 1932-33 -.. 6.497.821 1933-34 . - 24,303 111.252 210.171 77.700 912 37.325 472 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 .-- 15.502,057 1939-40 17.389,992 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 43.2 43.1 45.6 37.0 44.5 46.8 39.1 36.6 35.6 38.7 26.3 28. 5 29.1 31.3 30.7 27.9 18.9 19.3 19.8 15.5 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 .- - 5.0 130 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION CASE PACK, MEAL AND OIL PRODUCTION FOR CALENDAR YEARS 192S-1939 Sacdines, 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 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 1,023,285 945,676 1,438,159 863,254 498,996 415,874 365,750 531,619 615,808 586,038 761,776 600,532 627,524 39,755 12,225 15,500 2,496,966 3,489,910 2,458,162 1,503,211 875,630 1,204 283 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1,622,777 1935 1 742 274 1936 1.675 721 1937 1,441.093 1938. 1,321,568 1939 1,876,271 Fish Meal, Tons Year San Francisco district Monterey district San Pedro district San Diego district Total 1928 1,589 2,576 3,375 3,597 2,435 4,941 11,138 12,994 24,593 22,916 31,773 43,369 10,986 16,640 13,752 8,416 12,560 18,869 34,492 27,966 30,431 21,118 25,202 33,238 12,923 20,040 13,653 7,600 9,846 18,249 27,236 31,163 23,588 29,184 24,209 21,858 2,367 3,565 4,859 2,827 2,659 4,310 4,858 6,572 7,655 8,300 6,732 6,704 27,865 1929 42,821 1930 35,639 1931 22,440 1932 27,500 1933 46,369 1934 77,724 1935 78,695 1936 86,267 1937 81,518 1938 . 1939 87,916 105,169 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 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 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 24,068 . 62,017 41,989 7,511 25,678 58,948 94,525 261,482 260,059 191,757 130,606 96,806 3,749,302 1929 6,548,126 1930 . - 5,842,763 1931 3,924,692 1932 5,125,399 1933 7,787,794 1934 . - 16,128,208 1935 13,924,138 1936 15,477,909 1937 11,324,842 1938 14,043,219 1939 18,980,527 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 CUL.BERT L. OLSON GOVERNOR RICHARD SACH.se DIRECTOR OF NATCItAT. RESOURCES FISH AND GAME COMMISSION NATE MILNOR, President Los Angees GERMAIN BULCKE, Commissioner San Francisco EDWIN L. CARTY, Commissioner Oxnard W. B. WILLIAMS, Commissioner Alturas LEE P. PAYNE, Commissioner Los Angeles LESTER A. McMillan, Executive Offlc.-r San Francisco BUREAU OF FISH CONSERVATION A. C. TAFT, Chief San Francisco A. E. Burghduff, Supervisor of Fish Hatcheries San Francisco L. Phillips, Hatchery Inspector San Francisco Earl Leitritz, Foreman Mt. Shasta Hatcherj' Mt. Shasta Geo. McCloud, Superintendent Mt. Whitney Hatchery Independence D. A. Clanton, Superintendent Forest Home Hatchery Forest Home J. C. Lewis, Superintendent Tahoe Hatchery 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 R. A. McCloud, Foreman Kaweah Hatchery Three Rivers Donald Evins, Foreman Lake Almanor Hatchery Westwood H. E. Cole, Foreman Basin Creek Hatchery Tuolumne Peter Topp, Foreman Burney Creek Hatchery Burney C. L. Frame, Foreman Kings River Hatchery Fresno Allan Pollitt, Foreman Prairie Creek Hatchery Crick J. L. Stinnett, Foreman Brookdale Hatchery Brookdale Merrill Brown, Foreman Central Valleys Hatchery and Fish Rescue.-Elk Grove G. C. Tabler, Fish Hatchery Man, Yuba River Hatchery Camptonville Clarence Chansler, Fish Hatchery Man, Madera Hatchery Bass Lake Harold Hewitt, Fish Hatcherv Man, Alpine Hatchery Markleeville R. C. Lewis, Fish Hatchery Man, Hot Creek Hatchery Bishop Joseph Wales, District Biologist Mt Shasta Leo Shapovalov, Senior Fisheries Biologist Stanford University Brian Curtis, Senior Fisheries Biologist Sacramento William Dill, Senior Fisheries Biologist Fresno Elden H. Vestal, Junior Fisheries Biologist June Lake J. TV. Cook, Fish Hatcherv Construction Estimator San Francisco E. R. Varnum, Fish Hatchery Construction Flstimator San Francisco BUREAU OF GAME CONSERVATION J. S. HUNTER, Chief San Francisco Gordon H. True, Jr., Economic Biologist and Administrative Assistant San Francisco Donald D. McLean, Economic Biologist San Francisco Roy M. Wattenbarger, Supervisor Los Banos Refuge Los Banos L. H. Clovd, Supervisor Gray Lodge Refuge Gridley Russell M. Reedv, Supervisor Imperial Refuge Cahpatria 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 Standis^h John L. McDonald, Supervising Trapper Weayerville O. R. Shaw, Supervising Trapper Springville C. L. Brown, Supervising Trapper Mariposa BUREAU OF GAME FARMS AUGUST BADE, Acting Chief Yountville E. D. Piatt, Superintendent Los Serranos Game Farm Chino BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES S. H. DADO, Assistant and Acting Chief San Francisco H. B. Nidever, Field Inspector- San Francisco CALIFORNIA STATE FISHERIES LABORATORY W. L. Scofleld, Supervisor Terminal Island G. H. Clark, Supervising Fisheries Researcher San Francisco Frances N. Clark, Senior 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 John F. Janssen, Jr., Senior Fisheries Researcher Terminal Island Geraldine Conner, Fisheries Statistician Terminal Island BUREAU OF HYDRAULICS JOHN SPENCER, Chief San Francisco Clarence Elliger, Assistant Hydraulic Eng-ineer San Francisco Byron Wittorff, Assistant San Francisco Edward Hensley, Junior Engineering Aid San Francisco Samuel Kabako\% Junior Engineering Aid San Francisco Emmert Lippincott, Junior Engineering Aid San Francisco BUREAU OF LICENSES H. R. DUNBAR, Chief Sacramento L. O'Leary, License Agent Sacramento O. Coleman. License Agent San Francisco R. Nickerson, License Agent Los Angeles i I BUREAU OF PATROL 10. L. MACArT.KY, Chief i-( INitrol San FVunciHCO CENTRAL DISTRICT (Headquarters, Sacramento) LaRue Chappell, Inspccti.i- in Charge Sacramento Northern Division A. A. Jordan, Captain Reddinp Jos. H. Sanders. Captain Sacramento A. H. Willard, Captain Nevada City E. O. Wraith, Captain Susanville L. E. Mercer, Warden, Butte County Chico Taylor London. Warden, Colusa County Colu.sa Albert Sears, Warden, El Dorado County Placerville E. C. Vail, Warden, Glenn County Willovv.s Don Davison, Warden, Modoc County Alturas Earl Hiscox, Warden, Nevada County Nevada City Wm. La Marr, W^arden, Placer County Tahoe City Nelson Poole, Warden, Placer County Auburn E. J. Johnson, "Warden, Plumas County Quincy J. E. Hughes, Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento H. S. Vary, Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento Eugene Durney, As.=!istant Warden, Sacramento County Sacramento Earl Caldwell, "Warden, Shasta County Burney Chas. Love, Warden, Shasta County Reddine: Don Chipman, Warden, Siskiyou County Dunsmuir Brice Hammack, Warden, Siskiyou County Yreka Fred R. Starr, "Warden, Siskiyou County Dorrl.s R. E. Tutt, Warden, Sierra. County Downieville A. Granstrom, Warden. Sutter County Yuba City R. W. Anderson, "Warden, Tehama County Red Bluff C. L. Gourley, "W^arden, Trinity County Weaverville C. O. Fisher, Warden, Yolo County W^oodland R. A. Tinnin, Warden, Y^uba County Browns Valley Southern Division S. R. Gilloon, Captain Fresno John O'Connell, Captain Stockton R. ,L Little, Warden, Amador County Pine Grove L. R. Garrett, "Warden, Calaveras County Murphys F. A. Bullard, Warden, Fresno County Reedley Paul Kehrer, W^arden, Fresno County Fresno Lester Arnold, W^arden, Kern County Bakersfield C. S. Donham, "Warden, Kern County Kernville Rav Ellis, "Warden, Kings County Hanford H. E. Black, Warden, Madera County Madera Gilbert T. Davis, Warden, Mariposa County Mariposa M. S. Clark, "Warden, Merced County Merced R. J. Bullard. Warden, San Joaquin County Tracy "Wm. Hopne. Warden, San .Joaquin County Lodi Geo. Magladry. Warden, Stanislaus County Modesto W. T. LonfT, "Warden, Tulare County Visalia Roswell AVelch, "Warden, Tulare County Porterville F. F. Johnston, Warden, Tuolumne County Sonora COAST DISTRICT (Headquarters, San Francisco) K. P. Allred, Inspector in Charge San Francisco Northern Division W. .1. Harp, Captain Ukiah J. D. Dondero, Captain Lakeport Henrv Lencioni, Captain Santa Rosa Ray Diamond, Warden, Del Norte County Crescent City John Hurlev, Warden, Humboldt County Eureka "W. F. Kaliher, "Warden, Humboldt County Fortuna Scott Feland, Warden, Lake County Lakeport R. J. Yates, Warden, Marm County__^ San Rafael Ovid Holmes, AVarden, Mendocino County Fort Bragg Leo Mitchell, "Warden, Mendocino County Point Arena R. Remley, Warden, Mendocino County Willits J. W. Ha'rbuck, "Warden, Napa County Napa Bert Laws, Warden, Sonoma County Petaluma Victor Von Arx, Warden, Sonoma County Santa Rosa 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 Orben Philtarick, "Warden, Monterey County King City P. H. Post, Warden, Monterey County Salinas J. P. "^^issiere, Warden, San Benito County Hollister Lee C. Shea, Warden, San Francisco County San Francisco F. W. Hecker, Warden, San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo C. R. Peek, "Warden, San Mateo County San Mateo C. E. Holladay, "Warden, Santa Clara County San Jose F. J. McDermott, "Warden, Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz SOUTHERN DISTRICT (Headquarters, Los Angeles) C. S. Bauder, Inspector in Charge Los Angeles E. H. Ober, Captain, Special Duty Los Angeles Western Division Earl Macklin, Captain Summerland L. T. Ward, Captain Escondido Fred Albrecht, Warden, Los Angeles County Los Angeles "^"alter Emerick, "V^^arden, Los Angeles County Palmdale Theodore Jolley, "Warden, Los Angeles County Los Angeles John Spicer, "Warden, Los Angeles County Los Angeles J. W. Thornburg, Warden, Lcs Angeles County Los Angeles W. L. Hare, Warden, Pdverside County Hemet E. H. Glidden, Warden, San Diego County San Diego "^"alter Shannon, Warden, San Pnego County Julian A. R. Ainsworth, Warden, Santa Barbara County . Santa Maria R. E. Bedwell, 'Warden, Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara G. X. Johnson, Warden, ■\^entura County "\^entura Eastern Division H. C. Jackson, Captain San Bernardino "W. S. Talbott, "V^^arden, Inyo County Bishop C. J. Walters, "Warden, Inyo County Independence Al Crocker, "Warden, Mono County Bridgeport Charles jVIayfleld, "Warden, Orange County Orange "U'. C. Blewett, "Warden, Riverside County Indio R. C. O'Conner, "Warden, Riverside County Banning A. L. Stager, "V^^arden, San Bernardino County Upland 'W. C. Malone, "Warden, San Bernardino County San Bernardino James Loudagin, Warden, San Bernardino County Big Bear Lake MARINE PATROL C. H. Groat, Inspector in Charge Terminal Island Ralph Classic, Captain Monterey Lars "V^^eseth, Master, M. V. A^. B. Scofield Terminal Island "Walter Engelke, Master, M. V. Bluefin Terminal Island Howard V. Shebley, "Warden, Cruiser Bonito Santa Barbara John Barry, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Bonito Santa Barbara , Warden, Cruiser Broadbill San Diego Kenneth Webb, Assistant "Warden, Cruiser BroadhiU San Diego Donald Glass, W^arden, Cruiser Marlin Santa Monica Xiles Millen, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Marlin Santa Monica Charles Sibeck, "Warden, Launch Perch Sacramento L. ]\L Booth, Assistant Warden, Launch Perch Sacramento Kenneth Hooker, Warden, Cruiser Quinnat III San Francisco Richard Hardin, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Quinnat III San Francisco K. Lund, Assistant "Warden, Launch Sturgeon Martinez Carmi Savage, Warden, Cruiser Tuna Avalon Phillip "Westcott, Assistant Warden, Cruiser Tuna Avalon E. R. Hyde, Warden, Cruiser Yelloivtail Balboa L. R. Metzgar, Assistant "Warden, Cruiser Yellowtail Balboa W. J. Black, "Warden Monterey E. A. Chan, Warden Terminal Island Erol Greenleaf, "Wa.rden Terminal Island Lester Golden, "Warden Arroyo Grande N. C. Kunkel, Warden Terminal Island Leslie E. Lahr, Warden Eureka Ralph Miller, "Warden San Francisco Tate F. Miller, "Warden Terminal Island T. "W^ Schilling, "Warden Terminal Island G. R. Smalley, Wa,rden Richmond T. J. Smith, "Warden San Diego L. G. "\^an Vorhis, "Warden Terminal Island E. L. "Walker, Warden Terminal Island POLLUTION DETAIL Paul Shaw, Chemist in Charge Ran Francisco C. L. Towers, Warden Los AnKoloH .lack McKerlie, Warden Oakland J A Reutgen, Assistant Warden, Launch Rainbow Strxktnn R. Schoen, Warden Terminal Island Clarence Whaley, Assistant Warden Long licach Don Hall, Assistant Warden ^ Santa Barbara CALIFORNIA JUNIOR GAME PATROL M. If. Joy, Warden, Superintendent Junior Game Patrol San Francisco Geo. D. Seymour, Assistant, Junior Game Patrol San Francl.sco MARINE PATROL AND RESEARCH Motor Vessel N. B. Stujjichl, Teiminal Island Motor Vessel Bluefin, Terniinal Island Cruiser Yellotntail, Newj)ort Harbor Cruiser Broadbill, Santa Monica Cruiser QvAnnat III, San Franci.sco Cruiser Bonito, Santa Barbara Cruiser Mnrlin, San Diego Cruiser Tuna, Avalon Launch Rainbotr. Stockton Launch fihrapncl, Lakeuoi't Launch Htnroeon. Martinez Launch Prrch, Sacramento 98681 S-41 3150 i