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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



that the l^aeitic hei'ring was inferior in quality. For years the fisliory 

 was neglected ; the only part of the industry of importance was the rough 

 salting of herring for the Oriental trade. More recently different com- 

 panies have begun canning the herring and the fishery has begun to 



Fig. 43. Herring gill netters at Belvedere Cove, San Francisco Bay, January, 1918. 

 Photograph by N. B. Scofield. 



grow. The United States Bureau of Fisheries during the past summer 

 sent experts to Alaska to demonstrate the Scotch method of curing her- 

 ring and it is believed by these experts, after the favorable reception of 

 this experimental pack, that the Pacific herring can compete successfully 

 with the herring of Europe. 



Fig. 44. Drawing a herring seine on Richardson Bay, January, 1918. Photograph by 



N B. Scofield. 



In California very little has been done with the herring for their size 

 is comparatively small and with the present methods of capture the fish 

 are taken after they have begun spawning and are not in prime condition 

 for salting or smoking. 



