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northern region is becoming: increasingly important as a sardine canning 

 center. (See Table 4.) Fishing seasons for Monterey and northward 

 have been calculated from May 1 through April 30 of the following 

 calendar year. For the areas about Los Angeles and San Diego the 

 •season from July 1 through June 30 has been used. This arrangement 

 of dates was chosen in the past to conform to the natural sardine season 

 which is earlier in the northern part of the State. The sardine fishing 

 season was regulated later by State law establishing a closed season. 

 Beginning with the summer of 1929, the open season for Monterey 

 and northward was legally defined as August 1 to February 15, and 

 for southern California as November 1 to March 31. 



TABLE 4 

 California Sardine Catch by Areas for Seven Seasons 



TABLE 5 

 Monthly Sardine Catch at Four Areas of California 



In Table 5, the recent monthly catches are shown at the four 

 principal sardine fishing areas of the State, illustrating the concen- 

 tration of heavy catches in the fall and winter months. — W. L. 8cofield, 

 California State Fisheries Laboratory. 



