CONTENTS. 



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DEDICATION 5 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (j 



TWENTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 7 



Introduction 7 



Administration 7 



 Finances S 



Fishculture 9 



Commercial Fisheries 11 



Education and Publicity 14 



Law Enforcement 15 



Mountain Lion Control 17 



Fish and Game Protective Associations 17 



Current Problems 18 



Fur Resources 24 



United States Forest Service Cooperation 25 



State Fair Exhibit 28 



District Reports 28, 29 



DEPARTMENTAL AND DISTRICT REPORTS : 



Department of Fishculture TV. H. ^hebley 31 



Department of Commercial Fisheries \'. /?. >!cofirl(l 63 



Legal Department Jx'. J). Diikr 84 



Bureau of Education, Publicity and Research H. C. Bryant 87 



Water Pollution A. M. FairtuU 93 



Sacramento District Office Geo. ^eale 95 



San Francisco District Office J. 8. Hunter 101 



Los Angeles District Office /;. Ilnhhrhi 104 



APPENDIX : 



Fish Distribution by Counties 113 



License Sales 120 



Violations of the Fish and (Jaiuc Laws 123 



Seizures of Fish, Game and Ulpgally Used Fishing Apparatus 12f! 



Lion Bounties 127 



California Fishery Products 128 



Nativity of Licensed Commercial Fishermen 13C 



Financial Statement 138 



