Fish Facts. 



Do you know that Csilifomia is one of the greatest 

 fishing regions of the world ? 



When white men first came here they found fish only 

 in the oceans, bays and in streams up to the first water- 

 falls and of comparatively few sp>ecies. Since then the 

 Federad and State authorities have introduced many 

 valuable and interesting varieties, have artificially prop- 

 agated hundreds of millions at the hatcheries and have 

 "planted" and "transplanted" almost every sp>ecies, so 

 that today fishing is enjoyed in practically every bit of 

 living water in the State. 



In 1914 the State Fish and Game Commission prop- 

 agated at its seven hatcheries and distributed in public 

 waters 30,000,000 salmon and 18,000,000 trout. These 

 fish if placed end to end would reach from San Fran- 

 cisco to a p>oint 1 50 miles east of Denver. They would 

 fill four standard freight trains of 43 cars each, weighing 

 over 4000 tons. The total would provide each man, 

 woman and child in the State with 16 fish. 



There is no locality in the civilized world that offers 

 a greater variety of sport than the mountains, valleys 

 and waters of the State of California. 



For instance, the business man of centrally located Sem 

 Frjuicisco can board an evening train emd at dawn of 

 the following morning cast his fly upwn the snow-fed 

 waters of a Sierra stream, returning in the evening with 

 a limit basket. 



Intense propagation and conscientious protection is 

 the one thing that make such ideal conditions possible. 



The entire cost of rearing, distributing and protecting 

 fish in this State is borne by the market and pleasure 

 fishermen. Not one cent is contributed by the taoc- 

 p>ayer through legislative appropriation. 



Four thousand people are engaged in catching fish 

 for the market. Their "catch" sells to the consumer 

 for around $10,000,000 each year. 



