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liy such li'jips and hounds lliat today she is no more than ahreast of the 

 (h'lnaiuls mach' upon hvv and witliin anothci- hicnnial period, wlien 

 swift refrigcratinjj;' carriers arc opcratino- hctwccn the local distributing' 

 jioiiits and the source of prohable future fresh tish supi)ly in far south- 

 ern waters. ol)viously soinetliin^- mure will he essential. In seaworthi- 

 ness, comfort. ('(oiH.my, eiidui-ance. the "" .\l.bacore"' has done all that 

 was expected (;f her. and could not he (lu[)licated today at her original 

 cost. 



Numerous complications are injected into the retrulation of California 

 tisheries hy the proximity of the virtually virgin west Mexican hanks 

 olf the coast of Lower California. Political uncertainties below the 

 line have rendered the fishing business in southern waters a si)ecies of 

 "get there first" game, rather preventing the effective and intelligent 

 exploitation of these enormous. i)erhaps inexhaustible fishery resources, 

 which so well might be employed to allow certain of the loyally depleted 

 species to i-eeupcrate. I'lilil something definite evolves out of the south- 

 ern situation. Mexican fish will meiely continue to be an indefinite, 

 unsettling factor in the fresh fish bunines?, occasionally glutting the 

 inaik(>t. again falling into monopolistic control, yieldiim' ])ut a sukiII pait 

 of their potential possil)ilities. Competent observers consider the south- 

 ern supply of tish as far in excess of what California's colder waters 

 ever could show and general observaticns by the state's research experts 

 go far to confirm that conjecture. Eventually this supply will certainly 

 become available to California under modern and efficient refrigeration. 



No section of the state has been so clamorous and exacting in its 

 demands upon our fisheultural facilities as southern California. With 

 her po{)ulaticn mounting b>- unprecedented figures, it seems as if an 

 abnormal proportion of the increase were anglers. While in measure 

 such a conditicn might be construed as a testimonial to the efficacy of 

 the Pish and (ram;' Co:nmi.ssion's consistent campaigns in advertising 

 the south 's sporting attractions, which find a ready ear with the large 

 leisure class attracted here by climatic opportunities for year-round 

 enjoyment of outdoor sports. Certainly the fact renuiins that fishing 

 iK^ver was mare popular anywhere than iiere. 



ANGLING CONDITIONS. 

 P^'avored none too bountifully hy Nature in tlie way of natural waters, 

 the vei'v scarcity of streams and lakts has bj-ought by artificial means 

 its own remedy. Growth of population and cultivation has enforced 

 the ( onservation of water and its development wherever possible. The 

 situation was appreciated in advance by thos(> whose thoughts are 

 shaped along the line of providing the people with healthful sport afield. 

 From the very first, fish were |)Ian1ed in the reservoir lakes generally 



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