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One of the outstanding accomplishments of the Bureau of Fish Cul- 

 ture and Rescue is the successful transportation and planting of two 

 carloads of striped bass — five thousand fish of from four to six inches 

 in length — to the Salton sea in Riverside and Imperial counties. This 

 body of water is of a saline nature and is forty-five miles in length and 

 fifteen in width. It is one of the most important experiments in fish 

 introduction into water of like character anywhere. 



The following distribution of rescued fish to barren waters has been 

 made possible by the fine cooperation given by the Bureau of Fish 

 Culture and the Bureau of Patrol: 



Season of 1928, August 7th to December 



Diez Lake, Inyo County Crappie, catfish, sunfish 1,200 



Liig Ut-ar Liake, San iiernardiiio County Caiiish, sunlish 300 



ronds at Atherton, San Mateo County Black bass 12 



Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco Black bass 24 



Feather Hill Ranch, Santa Barbara County- Catfish, crappie G50 



Altadena ponds, Los Angeles County Sunfish 50 



St. Marv's College, Contra C::osta County Sunfish, crappie 300 



Searsville Lake, Santa Clara County Uluegill. sunfish, crappie 100 



J^aguna Lake, Orange County Catfish 150 



Fairmont Lake ;ind Evans Lake, Riverside Sunfish. crappie, bluegill, 



County black bass 1,515 



Eagle L;ike, Lassen County Crappie, black bass, sunfish 1,322 



Guadalupe Lake, Santa Barbara County Catfish 300 



Santa Anita Dam, Los Angeles County Catfish, sunfish ? 



Foss I>ake, .San Diego County Catfish, sunfish, crappie 540 



Henshaw Lak(». San Diego County Sunfish. catfish, crappie 695 



Hughes Lake, San Diego County Catfish 1,000 



River-side Lake, Riverside County Black bass, crappie, sunfish 1,605 



("orners Station, Kern County Black bass, crappie, sunfi.sh 664 



Bakersfield Athletic Club, Kern County Sunfish, black bass, crappie 700 



Stanislaus River Black bass, cmppie, sunfish 1,822 



Kings River, Kings County Catfish 15.000 



Cross Creek, Kern County Catfish 40,000 



Kaweah River. Tulare County Catfish 40,000 



Kern River, Kern County Rainbow trout 137 



Season of 1929 



Lake at Redding, Shasta County Sunfish. crappie 2 cans 



I^ake at Watsonville Black bass 4 cans 



Los Gatos Back bass, crappie, sunfish. 3 cans 



I.,os Angeles Black bass S cans 



Vallejo Black bass, crappie, sunfish_ 12 cans 



San Diego Black bass 126 cans 



Susanvil e Crai-pie 126 cans 



Lincoln, Placer Countv Black bass 2 cans 



Redwood Citv Catfish, crappie 2 cans 



Lone Pino Chamber of Commerce Catfish, crappie 1,000 fish 



Dan Payne, Ashland. Oregon Catfish 60 fish 



Oregon Chamber of Commerce, Portland Catfish ? 



Golden Trout Club. Lone Pine Crappie 36 cans 



Yuba Fi.'ih and Game Association Black bass, crappie 30 fish 



El Centro Chamber of Commerce Striped bass 126 cans 



El Centro Chamber of Commerce Striped bass 140 cans 



Turlock Reservoir Catfish 60,000 fish 



A can carries from four to eight large adult fish, according to the size of the can 

 and the fish. A can's quota of small fish is from forty to one hundred. 



The rescue and distribution of the game and food fishes is one of, if 

 not the most forward con.servation measures accomplished by the 

 Department of Natural Resources. The value of the food supply, the 

 pleasure afforded to men, women and children in their pursuit, can not 

 be estimated in dollars. All of the spinous fishes are the equal, if not 

 more delicious as a pan fish than trout. They are available to those 

 who are unable to go to the mountain streams for trout. 



In addition to rescue w^ork an analysis is being made of the stomach 

 contents of the spiny rayed fishes in an effort to learn which of the 

 species are more predatory. Also particular attention is given to the 



