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investigators to trace the spawning area of the sardine to a point 200 

 miles off shore in southern California and a point 85 miles off shore near 

 Monterey Bay. 



The patrol boat AJhacore, which has been in use for twelve years and 

 is in fairly good condition, will be given a new deck and bulwarks and 



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 California. Importations from Japan and Hawaii have been omitted. 

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 the black bar represents the total of our so-called "local" catch. 



after a thorough overhauling will be sent to Monterey Bay, where .she 

 will be engaged in patrol work. She will also be used in hydrobiologi- 

 cal survey being carried on under a cooperative arrangement between 

 the Division of Fish and Game and the Hopkins Marine Station. After 

 she reaches Monterey, about August 1st, the winch now being used on 

 the small Steelhead will be transferred to the Alhacore, and it is 



