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sardines in these groups would decline in abundance when they are 

 heavily fished, if no new supply of younger fish augmented the existing 

 population. This has been the case. Also true to the predictions, a 

 new gron]i of small sardines was apparent in the first catches made 

 off San I'edro after the season o])ened on November 1, with tlie smaller 

 fish predominating in numbers over the larger and older existing 

 groups. 



MACKEREL 



The California mMckerel catch this year (19:}3) will be the largest 

 of any season. In 1929 the catch was 57,974,000 pounds and this year, 

 at the end of October, the catch was in excess of ()0,0()0,0()0 pounds and 

 will probably exceed the 70.000.000-])ound mark by the end of the 

 year. The greatest bulk of this catch is landed at San Pedro and San 

 Diego, and most of the fish are canned. 



During October, Fish Bulletin No. 40, "The California Mackerel 

 Fishery," was received from the printer. This bulletin gives an 

 account of the mackerel fishery throughout the world but particularly 

 of the fishery in California in all its aspects, from the fish in the ocean 

 to the final labeled can on the consumer's shelf. 



FISHERIES CODES 



Various organizations and industries in the fisheries of the State 

 have been at work preparing their codes of fair competition under the 

 N. R. A. or C. R. A. The State Fisheries Laboratory has been able 

 to aid the various groups in compiling statistics of catches of various 

 species of fish and the prices paid per pound, for their use in presenting 

 codes for adoption. In San Francisco the wholesale dealers have pre- 

 sented a code for the wholesale dealers of northern California to the 

 C. R. A. under which they will operate. — N. B. S. 



FRESH FISH MARKETING 



In its campaign to educate people to eat more fish and to try the 

 various varieties of the sixty or more that are taken from California 

 waters, the Division of Fish and Game has participated in exhibits 

 and given demonstrations to over a million people since Seiitembei- 1. 



With the heavy drain on the six or seven popular table fish 

 threatening a depletion, it is the purpose of the Division to show tlie 

 public that there are dozens of other kinds of salt water fish that are 

 equally tasty and which furnish just as high a percentage of iodine 

 and other valuable food elements as do salmon, bass, sole, sand dabs, 

 barracuda, halibut, smelt and yellowtail. 



The exhibit of the Division of Fish and Game represented Monterey 

 Bay. with animated scenes of moving fishing boats and fishormon 

 repairing nets. Two large educational signs showing statistical iiifoi-- 

 mation of the importance of the fresh fish industry of California and 

 "Reasons Why You Should Make Tuesday Fish Day Too" were 

 posted in the center of the exhibit. 



Pamphlets giving the food value of sea foods and our cookery 

 book "Five Hundred Ways to Prepare California Sea Foods" were 

 distributed free to interested housewives. 



