California Fish and Game 



"CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION" 



Volume 5 SACRAMENTO, JANUARY, 1919 "Number 1 



CONTENTS. 



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SHRIMP FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA N. B. Scofiehl 1 



THE FISHES OF THE CROAKER FAMILY (Soiinnidip) OF CALI- 

 FORNIA E. C. marks 13 



NOTE ON THE SAND DAB ^ E. C. StarJcs 21 



THE STICKLEBACK : A FISH EMINENTLY FITTED BY NATURE AS 



A MOSQUITO DESTROYER C. L. Hubis 21 



EARLY STAGES OF THE SPINY LOBSTER W. L. Schmitt 24 



THE COYOTE AS A DEER KILLER E. V. Jotter 26 



EDITORIALS 30 



FACTS OF CURRENT INTEREST 3<1 



HATCHERY NOTES ^ .^^ ^ ST 



COMMERCIAL FISHERY NOTES 39 



CONSERVATION IN OTHER STATES 42 



LIFE HISTORY NOTES 42 



REPORTS— 



Fishery Products, July to September. 1918 : 44 



Violations of Fish and Game Laws 46 



Seizures 46 



Financial Report -_ - 47 



SHRIMP FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



By N. B. SCOFIELD. 



As the question of removing the restrictions on the Chinese shrimp 

 or bag nets periodically arises at each session of the legislature, it is 

 thought best to give a brief history of the shrimp fishery in the state 

 and to describe the fishery as it has existed in the past in order that 

 those who care to can learn of the great destruction to young fish and 

 young shrimps by the Chinese method of fishing. 



The only account of the earliest shrimp fishing operations in the 

 state is supplied by Mr. A. Paladini, the venerable fish dealer of San 

 Francisco. He came to San Francisco in 1869 and engaged in shrimp 

 fishing. There were eight boats on San Francisco Bay engaged in this 



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