386 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 



The work of the Bureau of Fish Rescue has been incorporated 

 Avith that of the Bureau of Fish Culture. Foreman Merrill Brown, 

 who has had charge of the Friant black bass experimental ponds, will 

 assume responsibility for the details of fish rescue and distribution 

 so ably administered in the past by George Neale. — 0. L. Warner, 

 August 24, 1934. 



FEDERAL MIGRATORY WATERFOWL REGULATIONS, 1934 



The new regulations affecting migratory waterfowl provide that 

 each State may take not more than 30 days for an open season on wild 

 ducks and geese. A State may take 30 consecutive days, or it may 

 take two, three, four, five, or six consecutive days, for as many consecu- 

 tive weeks as wall total 30 days. Such days as a State decides on must 

 be the shooting days for each week until the end of that State's 

 season. It is not possible under the new regulations to have a Wednes- 

 day and a Saturday shooting, but such days as are selected must be 

 consecutive. A State may take less than the 30 days open season if the 

 commissioners of that State believes the supply of ducks will not 

 warrant a month's shooting. 



California has the distinction of taking the shortest open duck 

 season of any State in the Union, with 22 days, shooting on Saturdays 

 and Sundays, from October 20 to December 30. 



California's week end consecutive days was decided upon after 

 Fish and Game Commissioners J. Dale Gentry, I. Zellerbach and Earl 

 B. Gilmore had made a carfeul study of the waterfowl situation in 

 California, and after conferences with sportsmen, originized and unor- 

 ganized. They decided two days a week for eleven weeks would give 

 the hunter plenty of time to get limits and at the same time conserve 

 the supply of birds that light in this State. They reduced the total 

 days each State might take by over 25 per cent, and though there was 

 some protest at first, all true sportsmen are seeing the justice of the 

 position of the commissioners. 



Seasons selected by other western States are as follows : Oregon 

 and Washington will take three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

 for 10 weeks, starting October 18 and closing December 23 ; Montana 

 will take the same three days, opening October 5 and closing December 

 9 ; Utah, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, opening October 12 and 

 closing December 16 ; Colorado and Nevada, Saturday and Sunday, 

 opening October 1, closing January 6 ; Nebraska and West Virginia 

 are the only two States taking 30 consecutive days. 



The bag limit for ducks in California will be 12 with a possession 

 limit of 24. Only 5 or an aggregate of 5 of any of the following 

 "imperiled species" maj^ be included in a daily bag, with possession 

 of 10; Eider, canvasback, redhead, greater and lesser scaup, ringneck, 

 blue wing, green wing, cinnamon teal, shoveller and gad wall. 



The limit on geese is 4 with possession 8 ; coot bag and possession 

 25 ; jacksnipe bag and possession 20. 



It will be unlawful to kill Ross geese, wood, ruddy and bufflehead 

 ducks, or swans. 



Baiting of waterfowl regulations were also changed. To be able 

 to legally bait waters and lands, application must be made to the 



