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PISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



voirs in 11h' lower altitudes, in fact the chiefs of the Bureau of Fish 

 Culture and Fish Rescue are now working; on such a project. 



Total Number of Fish Rescued from August 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929, by Species 



Green sunfish 374,705 



Bluegill sunfish , G5,407 



Grapple 1 29,231 



Striped bass 122,408 



Catfish 154,117 



Black bass 218,419 



Rainbow trout 3,435 



Salmon 350 



Yellow perch 1 



Sacramento perch 100 



968,173 



Hanford rescue crew, all species ir,7.tt05 



Newman rescue crew, all species 155,626 



1,281,704 



Total Number of Fish Rescued from July 1, 1929, to June 30, 1930 



Green sunfish 2,249,623 



Bluegill sunfish 367,071 



Crappie, calico bass 927,453 



Catfish 252,765 



Striped bass 10,004 



Black bass 1,700,088 



Rainbow trout 40,140 



Salmon 150 



Sacramento perch 8 



5,547,308 



Aided by volunteers of Sacramento County 141,313 



5,688,621 



Grand total rescued to June 30, 1930 6,970,325 



Fig. 14. Seining striped bass near Tracy, California, December, 1929, for experi- 

 mental planting in Salton Sea. This is typical of the work of the Bureau of 

 ■Fish Rescue and Reclamation. Photo by George Neale. 



Approximately 75 per cent of the rescued fish are what we have 

 classed as number ' ' ones, ' ' two inches or less in length. Twenty-two per 

 cent are yearlings, and 3 per cent are adults of all sizes. We have 

 devised a system by w^hich we are able to count small fish by small dip 

 net measurement, which is approximately 98 per cent correct. All 

 figures are very conservative. 



