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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



Captain Tibbetts is fam'liar with alba- 

 core, having taken them south of San 

 Francisco. He believes the long south- 

 erly blow had reversed the usual coastal 

 current and brought warmer water with 

 it. Extracts from his log-book are given 

 in his letter. 



He also (October 17, 1883) records 

 the occurrence of skipjacks (presumably 

 Euthynnus) in considerable numbers 120 

 miles west of Trinidad, over what he 

 thought to be a small uncharted area of 

 shoal water, but in an area not now 

 traveled to any extent. — W. F. T. 



CONSERVATION IN OTHER STATES. 



DEW YORK OPENS NEW HATCHERY. 



The Conservation Commission of New 

 York announces that the new fish hatch- 

 ery at Dunkirk has been opened. This is 

 the largest and most completely equipped 

 of the twelve hatcheries maintained by 

 New York and will be used largely for 

 the propagation of the lake or greenback 

 herring. 



GAME REFUGES IN MINNESOTA. 



Game refuges may be established with- 

 out hearing in the state of Minnesota 

 when all landowners concerned join in a 

 petition. A public hearing is required 

 otherwise. All state parks and state 

 forest reserve lands are game refuges. 



WASHINGTON FORMS STATE 



SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Washington sportsmen have formed an 



organization to further the interests of 



all the sportsmen of that state. The ob- 



ject is to assist in the propagation and 

 protection of game animals, birds and 

 fish, to influence legislation toward this 

 end, and to promote such social conditions 

 as are incident to the sport of hunting 

 and angling. Its rapid progi'ess voices 

 itself in the slogan, "One thousand mem- 

 bers in 1919." 



QUEBEC ESTABLISHES BIRD 

 REFUGES. 



Great bird colonies situated on islands 

 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been 

 set aside as game refuges by the parlia- 

 ment of the province of Quebec. There 

 are three definite areas in the county of 

 Gaspe which are included. The first, 

 known as Perce Rock, a breeding place 

 for herring gulls and crested cormorants, 

 Bonaventure Island with the largest sur- 

 viving colony of the gannet, and the cele- 

 brated Bird Rock, the northernmost of the 

 Magdalen Islands. Rigorous provisions of 



Fig. 64. Deer captured while swimming iu Lake Tahoe. Photograph by J. Sanders. 



