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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



One of th*' lirst acts of Ihe iirwly formed Sardinia Cannors Associa- 

 tion was to r(H|uost the Fisii and (lanio Coniniission to order a closod 

 season on sardines, so as to prev«'n1 tlic openin*; of the 1928-29 season 

 before A)iirust (itli. While this was done as a eonscrvation measure, 

 the main oi)ject of the recpiest was to enable eanners to dispose of their 

 carry-over stock before tlie opening of the new season. 



After the beginning <»f llie 1028-29 season, the eanners sought, in a 

 further effort to euiMail the canned pack, to induce the Commission to 



Fig. 44. Unloading sardines at tlie Cali- 

 fornia Pack Plant, Terminal Island. 

 Photo by D. H. Fry, Jr., March 11, 

 1929. 



reduce the requirement of 15 cases from each ton of sardines received, 

 to a requirement of only 12 cases. They argued that by so doing the 

 eanners would receive less fish and would pack a reduced amount of 

 sardines, for which they would get a better price. They pointed out 

 the fact that the law was indefinite as to what ' ' capacity ' ' is, and that 

 the Commission could consistently make the requirements 12 cases per 

 ton just as well as 15 cases. It was urged as a conservation measure. 

 It was called to the Commission's attention that eanners were permit- 

 ted, under the law% to use fish offal in their reduction plants and, as 

 the term "offal" was not defined in the law, the dictionary meaning 



