114 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS, 



SEASON 1941-1942 



Compiled by S. H. Dado 



Fishermen and plant operators in the San Francisco district 

 agreed on a price of $16.50 per ton of sardines prior to the opening 

 of the season August 1st. Fish were landed on August 1st, although 

 the opening date was just prior to the full moon which occurred on 

 the seventh. In the Monterey district agreement on price was delayed 

 nearly two weeks after August 1st. Fishing started on the fourteenth 

 with the fishermen receiving $17 per ton. Shortly thereafter the price 

 was raised to $17 per ton in San Francisco. 



In southern California fishing was started promptly on October 1st, 

 and although the moon was full on the fifth, fair catches were made 

 during the first three days of the season. 



No change was made in the law pertaining to taking of sardines 

 for canning or use by a reduction process, and the method of deter- 

 mining the percentage of sardines received for canning that may be 

 used for reduction was not altered from that shown in Circular 13. 



After a hearing held April 25, 1941, permits were granted to take 

 an aggregate of not to exceed 332,500 tons of sardines for use by a 

 reduction or extraction process during the 1941-1942 sardine season, 

 to be allotted on the basis of 4,750 tons to each plant which held a 

 permit during the previous season, and would be ready and equipped 

 to operate on the opening of the season in the region in which the 

 plant was located. In August four additional permits were granted 

 for 4,500 tons each with deductions on the monthly allotment for 

 every month or proportionate part thereof that the plants were not 

 ready to operate. After all adjustments were made, permits were 

 issued as follows : 



San Francisco district, 35 permits for 160,433 tons 



Monterey district, 18 permits for 84,765 tons 



San Pedro district, 17 permits for 79,486 tons 



San Diego district, 4 permits for 19,000 tons 



making a total of 74 permits for 343,684 tons. 



With declaration of war early in December, all sardine fishing 

 ceased in San Francisco and practically all of the sardine fleet left 

 San Francisco for their home ports. In Monterey and southern Cali- 

 fornia fishing continued after December 7th but the catches were 

 lighter than during the same months of previous seasons. Most of 

 the tonnage brought into Monterey and southern California was 

 canned, only a small part of the catch being used by a reduction 

 process under permit. 



Of the permits granted, only 75.6 per cent of the tonnage was 

 received at San Francisco, 82.7 per cent at Monterey, 23.4 per cent 

 at San Pedro and less than 8. per cent at San Diego. For the State 



