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allocations, as Tvell as in the loss of boats to the United States Navy, 

 and of the fishermen to the armed forces. "With the opening of hostili- 

 ties in the Pacific in December 1941, further curtailment of fishing 

 activity occurred, ^ith an immediate increase in the number of boats 

 taken over by the Federal Government. Eestrictions were immediately 

 imposed upon the entrance and clearance of boats from the various ports, 

 and all enemy aliens were barred from offshore fishing. 



By July 1942. the number of boats available for sardine fishing had 

 been reduced from over 300 to about 180. 



Of the total of 9,350 fisliermen registered during the 1941-42 season, 

 1,303 were unnaturalized aliens, while 973 of foreign birth had com- 

 pleted their first papers. Of the fishermen licensed in the State, 1,027 

 were of Japanese parentage, 699 of these being aliens and 328 born in 

 the United States. All of these Japenese fishermen were immediately 

 eliminated from the fisheries. Of the 1,511 Italian fishermen, 787 were 

 subject to elimination from the offshore fisheries as enemy aliens. The 

 elimination of these aliens cut the total number of fishermen 19 per cent, 

 to approximately 7,600 fishermen, with a comparable temporary loss in 

 the productivity of the fisheries. The number of fishermen of the dif- 

 ferent nationalities, with their citizenship, are shown in Table III. 



Port restrictions were felt most in San Francisco and Los Angeles 

 harbors, where the major fisheries require the daily clearance and 

 entrance of large numbers of fishing vessels. It was impossible to coordi- 

 nate immediately the needs of the fisheries vdth the necessary restrictions. 

 However, recognition of the importance of maintaining the production of 



TABLE III 



CITIZENSHIP RECORD OF LICENSED COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN IN 

 CALIFORNIA— LICENSE YEAR 1941-1942 



Citizenship First Full* Total 



Nativity or race not stated Alien papers citizenship fishermen 



United States less Orientals 4.156 4.1.56 



Italy 12 299 488 712 1..511 



Japan ** 699 ___ 328 1,027 



Jugoslavia 12 85 187 674 958 



Norway 2 11 S3 483 579 



Portugal 1 81 79 214 875 



British Empire 2 11 14 82 109 



Sweden !t 17 68 89 



Finland 2 8 14 84 58 



Spain 18 19 20 57 



China** ___ ___ 56 56 



Greece 21 11 19 51 



Denmark 2 10 35 ' 47 



Russia 2 13 10 19 44 



Germany — 6 36 42 



Mexico 1 17 10 13 41 



France 1 4 7 13 25 



Austria 2 1 20 23 



All others 5 23 17 57 102 



Total licensed fishermen in 

 California 4/1/41 

 through 3/31/42 40 1,303 073 7,034 0.350 



* Full citizenship includes native born, foreign born of United States parents, 

 citizenship through father's naturalization, and second papers. 



** United States born Orientals have been listed by race rather than nativity. 



