154 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 



COMMERCIAL FISHERY NOTES 



PACIFIC COAST WHOLESALE FISH DEALERS CONVENTION 



On February f) and 6, 1934, llic wliolcsalc iish dealers of the Pacific 

 Coast met in convention at San Francisco. The delegates represented 

 the various dealers' associations of the coast, including:: 



California Producers and Wholesale Fish Dealers' Association. 



California Fish Trades Industry. 



Northwest Wholesale Fish Dealers' Association. 



Commercial Fisheries Association of Oregon. 



North Pacific Oyster Growers' Association. 



North Pacific Crab Fishermen Association (represented by proxy). 



At the convention the delegates approved a set of articles of 

 association and by-laws for an "association of associations" which 

 is to be known as the Pacific Coast Fisheries Association. A model 

 code of fair trade practices, prepared by R. H. Fiedler, Acting Deputy 

 Administrator for the National Fisheries Code, was presented to the 

 delegates, and with minor changes was adopted as a regional code for 

 all associations on the coast. This, then, except for minor details to 

 take care of purely local conditions, will assure a uniform code for 

 the various groups on the Pacific Coast, each under local management. 



A temporary board of directors, subject to the approval of their 

 various associations, was elected and a secretary chosen. Temporary 

 offices of the association will be at 556 Clay Street, San Francisco. 

 Several committees (price, publicity, legislation, credit, trade classifi- 

 cation) will be appointed at the first meeting of the board of directors. 



Tlie convention was well attended by wholesale dealers from the 

 entire Pacific Coast of the United States. The formation of a Pacific 

 Coast association will bring the dealers into closer contact and their 

 various ])rob]ems can be discussed and solved witli lasting benefit to 

 the trade as a whole. In addition, the convention afforded an oppor- 

 tunity for the dealers from the various localities on the coast to 

 meet each other and become acquainted. 



During the meetings several interesting talks were given. Among 

 the speakers were Arthur S. Coffin of the Sardine Institute, Daniel W. 

 Hone, Attorney for the California Producers' and Wholesale Fish 

 ])ealers' Association, and iMajor John L. Farley, Executive Officer of 

 the California Division of Fish and Game. N. B. Scofield, Chief of 

 the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the Division, and otlier infui- 

 bers of the Bureau were in attendance at the meetings. — G. II. Clark, 

 March 1, 1934. 



TW^O MACKEREL RECORDS BROKEN 



On February 2, 1934, the San Pedro fisliing boat, 7. 0. Y ., brought 

 ashore the largest mackerel ever recorded by the California State 

 Fisheries Laboratory. This fish was 21 1 inches (545 mm.) in length, 

 measured to the fork of the tail. It was not possible to weigh the fish 

 but its calculated weight was in the neighborhood of 3i jiounds. All 

 the fishermeii and cannerymen who saw it })r()nounced it the largest 

 mackerel they had ever seen. The size of this fLsh is all the more 

 remarkable when it is realized that the average length of the Pacific 



