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No pi'osiM'utioiis vvci'c iii.ulc piifll.v (lu(! to lln' lack- of drlinitc cvKlcncc! 

 and partly due to stjinc iiiisuiidcrstaiuliiig on tic jiai't of \'.\r caiincrs 

 as to whethor ov('r-supi)lies of fisli due to acoidcnt on the hoiits or to llic 

 macliinerv of the caiiiicry wcic t<> he coiintcd in (l<'t<'iininin<,f liic per- 

 centage. 



It is also evident that sonic were i-eeeivin^- more lisli from tin- tislicr- 

 nien tlian ai)peared on the records l)ut this could not be proveji. As 

 there was considerable dissatisfaciion among some canners and fisher- 

 nieii in regard to methods of arriving at the weight of the fish delivered 

 at the canneries wc presented the ease to the State Superintendent of 

 Weigiils and i\Ieasures. He called a meeting of the canners at 

 Monterey during the present summer at which it was determined that 

 the box or measure used in hoisting the sardines fr'om the boat should 



Fill. -."). Puise seine boats at San Pedro Harbor. An investigation of this type of 

 fishing has been in progress to determine whether or not it be dangerous to the 

 fisheries. 



be either of wood or metal and that the capacity of each be acenrately 

 determined by the state sealer. Also that each canner under the law is 

 a public weigher and nutst take out a license and give a bond and issue 

 certificates of weight under a state seal. As the Superintendent of 

 Weights and Measures has the authority to revoke this license, as well 

 as forfeit the $1,000 bond for falsification of the weights, it is believed 

 that by this cooperation of the two state departments the evils which 

 have existed will be eliminated and it will be possible for us to enforce 

 strictly the limit of sardines which may be discarded for reduction 

 purposes. This program is also to be carried out in Southern California. 

 By February, 1922, ten companies in the San Pedro district were 

 actively engaged in packing sardines and the investigation which 

 followed at the end of the month indicated that seven plants had 

 exceeded the 25 per cent limit. In acordance with the provisions of the 



