THIRTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT 77 



south and finally inshore along the coast of Baja California and 

 southern California. Here is situated, then, the nursery grounds of 

 the young sardine which are commonly used as bait and as "quarter 

 oils" for packing. 



PATROL 



The enforcement of the commercial fisheries laws at the principal 

 fishing centers, Monterey, San Pedro and San Diego, has been carried 

 on by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. It was deemed best to 

 have' this special patrol for the commercial fisheries conducted by this 

 bureau in order that we might more readily understand the fisheries 

 and their many problems — problems which are not only connected 

 with law enforcement but with the conservation of the fisheries. To 

 make this connection as close as possible, branch offices were estab- 

 lished at these fishing centers from which the local patrolmen are 

 directed, statistics of the fisheries are gathered, fishing licenses are 

 sold and fishing boats and gear registered. 



The plan of the organization was to connect intimately the 

 research and law enforcement activities of the bureau. It is neces- 

 sary in the administration of the fisheries to get much of the informa- 

 tion on which conservation measures are based from the patrolmen 

 in the field, who have an intimate firsthand knowledge of the fishing 

 methods, as well as the methods of the canners and fish dealers. In 

 the fishing areas other than the three mentioned, the fisheries patrol 

 is carried on by the Bureau of Patrol and Law Enforcement, whose 

 activities are principally game patrol. Commercial patrolmen from 

 the three branch offices cover most of the coast from Santa Cruz to 

 the Mexican border. The sea patrol is carried on by the Bluefin, 

 working out of San Pedro, and the Albacore, working with Monterey 

 as its base. 



During the past biennial period, the personnel of the commercial 

 patrol has remained the same except for the following changes: In 

 September, 1930, H. B. Nidever, who was acting as supervisor of 

 fisheries patrol at San Pedro, was given a special detail to cover the 

 fisheries of the State from San Francisco to Eureka and the Klamath 

 River, for the purpose of creating a better contact with the northern 

 fisheries, and more especially to bring about a better registration of 

 boats and fishing gear, and to straighten out and keep straight the 

 collection of the statistics of the fisheries. S. H. Lyons assumed the 

 duties of supervisor of fisheries patrol. T. J. Smith was appointed 

 patrolman to assist in the San Diego district under Captain C. F. 

 Maddox. No changes were made in the patrol force in the San Pedro 

 district, except that Captain C. H. Groat, in charge, was appointed 

 assistant to S. H. Lyons in order that he might act for the supervisor 

 in the San Diego and Monterey districts. At Monterey, where the 

 patrol is under Captain Ralph Classic, patrolman Noah Matthews 

 resigned and his place has not been filled, as the crew on the Alhacore, 

 stationed at that place, has been available for shore patrol when occa- 

 sion demanded. 



During the sardine seasons, a large additional temporary force 

 of cannery inspectors has been taken on at the sardine fishing centers. 

 The work of cannery inspection has been described under the subject 



