TixBLE 63 ol;/ - IELLC'.'FIN AND SKIPJACK if 

 LANDED IN CALIF-ORNIA, 19hB - 1950 - Continued 



1/ This material is a continuation for subsequent years of 

 table°"3 of the California Departitient of Fish and Game?., Fish Billetin 

 No. 7l^, The Coinngrcial F ish C atch cf Galiforrii a for the Year 19U7, 

 w ith an Tiistoi-i cal re vTCT'TglS' -' ''l!^77~^^^"^®<^ thro^jgh the 

 cburteaiy of the"~CaliTbrnia DepartJnenE of Fish and GamCo 



2/ The catch of yellowfin and sMpjack combined made by the 

 CalifoniJ.a fleet of bcala, bi.'oken down intos (l) turia bait boats, 

 those that fished throughout the year or a great part of it 5 (2) 

 regular purse-seine rsj and (3) miscellaneous smaller craft which 

 fished only at the norUiern rang* of the tuna, with ax'i^- type of 

 gear, nets, or live bait. 



Post of Bait 



A few of the costs of secoring bait are direot costs which can 

 be identified, but most of them an? mtrgnd sc rompllntely with other 

 functions of tuna fishing and boat operations that they cannot be 

 isolated o Conversations with tuna boat opei^ators reveal that cost 

 figures on the bai-oing aottivity have never been kept by the vessels, 

 and there is doubt as to the practicabiliicy of ever obtaining such 

 figures o 



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