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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 



The sardine catch for tlie State is shown by fishinp: seasons in Table 

 1, which is a summation of the records of the California Division of 

 Fish and Game. This catch represents deliveries made chiefly to can- 

 ning: plants with small additional amounts used by fresh fish markets. 

 In addition to these records, deliveries have been made during the past 

 four seasons to reduction ships off the California coast outside the juris- 

 diction of this State. In order that we may know the drain upon our 

 sardine supply, these deliveries to the offshore reduction ships have 

 been calculated and added to the cannery catch in Table 2. In Table 3, 

 the tonnage delivered to reduction ships has been segregated into 

 months, although this separation is only approximate and may not accu- 

 rately indicate the exact month in which the fish were caught. There 

 is a lack of data showing daily deliveries to these ships, whereas in the 

 case of cannery deliveries we have the records showing not only daily 

 landings but also the tons delivered daily by each individual fishing 

 boat. 



TABLE 2 

 Cannery and Reduction Ship Catch of Sardines in California for Last Four Seasons 



TABLE 3 

 Sardines Delivered to Reduction Ships 



Total for four seasons (1930-31 to 1933-34): 157,322 tons. 



Since the beginning of the large scale sardine industry in Cali- 

 fornia, the two chief canning centers have been ]\Tonterey and the region 

 about Los Angeles. In recent years new canneries have been located 

 at various places in the bay region about San Francisco, so that this 



