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that many of the violations are petty and would not be repeated, and 

 that this attempt is to enhance the ''educational aspect" of the work 

 of the department. 



The patrol boat Bluefin has been kept very busy on patrol and 

 has devoted a considerable portion of her time during the two years 

 on trips for the Ilydrobiological Survey in its studies of the early 

 life history of the sardine, which has been previously described. 



The Bluefin is a new 86-foot vessel, powered with a 200 h.p. diesel 

 Atlas Imperial engine. She is in charge of Captain Walter Engelke 

 and has a crew of five men. Due to the limited amount in our budget 

 for the purpose, she was not fully equipped when she was built early 

 in 1930. Since then she has been provided with rolling chocks, as her 

 excessive rolling had caused the large fuel tanks to spring leaks at 

 their fastenings. The tanks have been rewelded and additional baffles 

 installed to prevent surging. Recently a contract was let for a good 

 wireless set, to be installed by the middle of August. 



The patrol boat Alhacore, formerly at San Pedro, was moved to 

 Monterey after a thorough overhauling, where, under Captain L. J. 

 Weseth and a crew of three, she is employed in patrolling the coast 

 from San Luis Obispo to Sonoma County. She also puts in part of 

 one day a week on a trip for the liydrobiological survey of Monterey 

 Bay, previously described. 



