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opened in the Salton Sea for the first time in over 10 years in order to 

 increase our fresh fish supplies. In the marine commercial fisheries the 

 catch has dropped at least 50 per cent because of wartime restrictions, 

 withdrawal of boats from the fishing: fleets, and loss of fishermen. In 

 the sport fishery, some inland waters have been completely closed, and 

 others closed in part, for military reasons. 



Migratory birds will benefit from restrictions on the carrying of 

 fire-arms in certain parts of the State. Dove shooting has been pro- 

 hibited over large areas formerly open. Outstanding in public interest 

 has been the complete closure of the deer season in one large section of 

 the State, and its limitation in another, at the request of the military 

 authorities. In some regions, deer threaten to become a serious menace 

 to crops. 



Add to the foregoing the reduction in the amount of sport fishing 

 and hunting that will inevitably be brought about by gasoline rationing 

 and rubber shortages, and it becomes evident that World War II, up 

 to the present, at least, is not having a detrimental effect on California 

 fish and game. If anj^thing, it is tending to increase their numbers, 

 and may build up a reserve stock which it will be the privilege of all 

 of us — sportsmen, commercial fishermen, and conservation workers — 

 to protect and maintain when peace returns. — Brian Curtis, Editor, 

 California Fish and Game. 



RETIREMENT OF J. C. LEWIS 



Mr. J. C. Lewis, assistant supervisor of fish hatcheries, retired from 

 the Division of Fish and Game on September 30, 1942, after 22 years 

 of service. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Lewis made their home 

 at Fort Seward where Mr. Lewis was in charge of the hatchery as 

 superintendent. In January, 1934, Mr. Lewis was transferred to the 

 Tahoe area to take charge of the two hatcheries in that important 

 recreational portion of California. At Tahoe Mr. Lewis made an envi- 

 able record in his development of the cooperative planting program 

 carried on jointly by the Mt. Ralston Fish Planting Club and the 

 Division of Fish and Game. 



Fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis plan to make their future home 

 in Santa Cruz County and will thus be able to continue their close 

 association with many friends within the Division. Their interests in 

 the Division will also remain active because their son R. C. Lewis is 

 foreman at the Hot Creek Hatchery, and his brother, E. S. Lewis, is 

 an employee at the Mt. Shasta Hatchery. — .1. C. Taft, Chief, Bureau of 

 Fish Conservation, California Division of Fish and Game. 



RETIREMENT OF HENRY LENCIONI 



On September 30, 1942, Henry Lencioni, captain of patrol, com- 

 pleted 35 years service with the California State Division of Fish and 

 Game. 



Mr. Lencioni was appointed as a deputy in Sonoma County August 

 25, 3907. At that time the patrol force consisted of not over 40 deputies. 

 In 1926 he was promoted to a captain, and served in that position until 



