](j FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



State, and will iirovide the basis for the determination of future 



policies. 



The predatory animal control program has been pursued with 

 more than usual vigor due to an increase in the funds available for the 

 work. The results have been pleasing, not only to the sportsmen but 

 to the stockmen as well. 



BUREAU OF PATROL 



Tlie Bureau of Patrol has undergone a number of changes for the 

 better dui-ing the bieunium. The reorganization of the i)atrol districts 

 and Ihe administration of them, the uniforming of the patrol force and 

 a geni'i-al overhauling of patrol activities has resulted in a new high 

 degi-ee of efficiency and a conseiiuent increase in the number of arrests 

 and convictiims. The addition of two new boats to the fleet that i)atrols 

 our bay and coastal waters has enabled California's "navy" to keej) 

 pace with the land forces in increased activity and efficiency. 



The creation of the civil service grade of Assistant Warden has 

 met with unanimous approval. These young men, the first of whom 

 are noAv being trained in all phases of Division activity, constitute the 

 group from whicli our future wardens will be drawai. 



Major changes in bureau activities have been the transfer of fish 

 1)1 anting to another bureau and the assumption of a large part of the 

 woi-k necessary to control the pollution of California waters. 



During the bieunium the patrol force was made smaller by the 

 retirement of two captains and three wardens, and by the death of 

 Warden K. J. Ransdell. 



BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES 



This last bieunium, with the landings of fish and shell fish in Cali- 

 fornia exceeding the billion-pound mark for the first time in 1934 and 

 again in 1935, has been one of increased activity for the Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries. The sardine fishery, the largest in the State, has 

 of course received the most attention. This bureau continues to pro- 

 vide Ihe Pish and Game Commission with biological and statistical 

 amiiiunilion for use in its fight against sardine exploitation, a contest 

 wliich luis been made much more complicated during the last two years 

 by the increasing activity of off-shore reduction plants, which must 

 f'ojuc niidci- State conti-oj before sai'dine conservation can be aecom- 

 pl ishi'd. 



Califoi-nia's rapidly growing mackerel fishery is demanding more 

 lime and attention and promises to become of still greater importance. 

 Tlic solution <)\' nuijor problems in connection with the oyster industry 

 is being undci'taken and a fight to save the i-cmiuint of Califoi'uia's 

 salmon fishery is imminent. 



Th<' Calirornia Stale Fishei'ies Tjaboratory at Terminal Island is 

 e;irr\inji- on research woi'lc which has as its goal the determination for 

 each of oni' moi'e imporlant fisheries the |)oint at which over utilization 

 occurs so tlui1 a maximum yield may be established for each fishery. 

 The ma.joi- research projects at the present time are sardines, mackerel, 

 lima, the flat fishes, s|)ort catch records and the compilation of statis- 

 tics. The ini)U)r research studies are numerous and include, among 

 other things, migration studies of striped bass, depletion studies of 



