CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 
that of Scotland which leads all other 
countries in statistical fisheries conserva- 
tion work. The record of individual boat 
catches such as will be gathered each year 
will be priceless in determining the trend 
of the fisheries and will be conclusive 
evidence whether any fishery is or is not 
being depleted. 
INCREASE WORKING FORCE. 
To gather the fisheries statistics 
necessary for the conservation of the 
fisheries and to compile the data desired 
by the Food Administration, the Fish and 
Game Commission has employed two extra 
men, one to be located at San Francisco 
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and the other at San Pedro Harbor. To 
facilitate this work and to keep in better 
the already extensive and 
growing fisheries of Southern 
California, the Fish and Game Commis- 
sion has established an office on Fisher- 
men’s Wharf, San Pedro, where the 
statistical files for that part of the state 
will be kept and tabulated. The office will 
also be a headquarters where information 
may be obtained by fishermen or anyone 
else interested in the fishing or kelp in- 
dustries. A laboratory is also being fitted 
up in connection with the office to be used 
by the commission’s fisheries investigators. 
touch with 
rapidly 
CONSERVATION IN OTHER STATES. 
BEAVER WANTED IN MICHIGAN. 
Hyen the State of Michigan, which was 
onee noted for its colonies of beavers, 
realizes the fact that she must re-colonize 
these animals. Conservationists are urg- 
ing the stocking of tributary creeks flow- 
ing through sand plains, on the plea that 
these animals would cause no hardship on 
agriculturalists. The beaver is pointed 
out as the only fur-bearing animal that 
does not prey on other forms of wild life. 
MINNESOTA HELPS IN GOVERN- 
MENT’S “EAT MORE FISH” CAM- 
PAIGN. 
As a part of the campaign of the 
United States Bureau of Fisheries, de- 
signed to get people to eat more fish, the 
State of Minnesota is conducting demon- 
strations of the cooking of the coarser 
fishes, such as the carp, bowfin (dogfish) 
and buffalofish. Two different parties are 
now touring the state. Work of this kind 
has proved of great value in Illinois and 
other states. 
MARYLAND TO HATCH STRIPED 
BASS. 
Maryland is constructing and equipping 
two fish hatcheries. One of them for the 
tidewater work is to be a_ floating 
hatchery. 
This hatchery will be equipped to 
propagate white perch, yellow perch, shad 
and herring and it ‘s also proposed to try 
out the propagation of rockfish or striped 
bass. 
NEW YORK ENFORCES FISH AND 
GAME LAWS. 
The New Yo k Conservation Commis- 
sion, headed by George D. Pratt, is 
enforcing the fish and game laws. Of the 
243 cases reported for August, 1917, 202 
were settled in civil actions, and $4,443.72 
was recovered in fines. Even frogs are 
protected in New York, and the one viola- 
tion of the law reported was settled in 
court and a fine of $21.00 was collected. 
Violations of the law protecting fur-bearing 
mammals netted $39.00, and the six cases 
brought into court having to do with the 
protection of song birds resulted in fines 
amounting to $185.40. 
WASHINGTON GAME FARM. 
The Washington Fish and Game 
Commission is trying out the experiment 
of placing the game farm at the state 
penitentiary, and utilizing convict labor. 
The experiment will be watched with in- 
terest. 
AUTO HUNTING STOPPED IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
A law making it illegal to kill or pursue 
birds or animals by the aid or use of an 
automobile is now in effect in New Jer- 
sey. The penalty for violation of the act 
is $50 for each offense. 
Provisions of the  anti-automobile 
hunting law are very specific. They make 
it unlawful for any person or persons 
while in an automobile to hunt for, pur- 
sue, shoot, shoot at, kill, capture, injure 
or destroy any bird or animal in this state, 
