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DIAGRAM or STEAM TRAWLER 



SHOWING nSHING GEAR 



Fig. -'i4. Diagram showing steam trawler and otter trawl. Apparatus of this kind would 

 improve our fisheries and assure the market fresh fish daily. (From United States Bureau 

 of Fisheries, Document No. 816, p. 19.) 



Later the California Food Administra- 

 tor appointed a Fisli Administrator for 

 southern California, Mr. W. C. Crandall 

 of the Scripps Institute, and on March 

 2, a conference was held at the Food 

 Administrator's office at which were 

 present representatives of the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries and the State 

 Fish and Game Commission. After con- 

 siderable discussion following a report by 

 Mr. Crandall on conditions in southern 

 California, it was determined that the 

 state laws in the main do not prevent the 

 full development of the fisheries. The 

 restrictions on sea fishing which prevent 

 the use of effective fishing gear, as con- 

 demned in the proclamation of the Fed- 

 eral Food Administrator, does not apply 

 to California as it does to many other 

 states. It is only in minor instances of 

 a local character that restrictions need to 

 be removed or modified. The Fish and 

 Game Commission, or the governor of the 

 state, do not have the power to set aside 

 regulations passed by the legislature so 

 that the opportunity to modify existing 



regulations or to issue new ones to meet 

 rapidly changing conditions, is welcomed 

 by the state. 



The few changes in the state laws as 

 indicated on page 80 were decided upon. 



The State Food Administrator ex- 

 pressed himself as opposed to removing 

 fi.shing restrictions from the species of 

 fish that are being caught to the limit in 

 this state at present, such as salmon, 

 shad, striped bass and California halibut, 

 while there are plenty of other good fish 

 the people can use. 



It was brought out at the conference 

 that the salt water fishing boats and fish- 

 ing gear are inadequate to meet the 

 present emergency. This is especially 

 true with regard to the trawl nets and 

 rock cod or long-line boats. We need 

 otter trawls of good size and larger long- 

 line boats with power gurdies for working 

 more lines and at greater depths. It was 

 also brought out that we have many good 

 species of fish which could be furnished 

 the people in large quantities if they can 

 only be induced to use them. 



