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FACTS OF CURRENT INTEREST. 



A recent report from the United States Supreme Court does not 

 concern the present regulations regarding- migratory birds, but relates 

 to the regulations in effect previous to the signing of the treaty with 

 Canada. The present regulations are based on a treaty and will be 

 in effect for fifteen years, unless abrogated by consent of both con- 

 tracting parties. Because the present regulations are based on a 

 treaty they can not be reviewed by any court. 



On information furnished by deputies of the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission three violators of the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act have 

 been arrested and each is being held under a $250.00 bond. 



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Steelhead trout fishing in the Russian River will be excellent this 

 year. The bar is open and there is plenty of water. 



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February 1 will mark the close of one of the best quail seasons in 

 many years. 



The elimination of market hunting by federal enactment has 

 reduced to a minimum violations of the laws protecting waterfowl. 



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The game refuges created by the last legislature have now been 

 posted and hunters will have no excuse for hunting within them. 



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Plans are being made to secure some moving pictures of the commer- 

 cial fisheries of southern California to be used in educational work. 



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The State Game Farm at Hayward was discontinued on November 

 16, 1918. 



Deputies of the Fish and Game Commission in the areas where there 

 is waterfowl shooting have been appointed federal wardens. Twenty- 

 one deputies now hold federal commissions. 



Federal permits allowing a rice grower to herd ducks from his fields 

 put a stop to agitation relative to depredations by ducks. No appre- 

 ciable damage to rice when in the shock was reported. 



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The epidemic of duck disease in the vicinity of the Marysville Buttes 

 was of short duration and less serious than similar epidemics which 

 have occurred at Tulare Lake in past years. 



