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sorting and tabulating machines. The reporting of this material 

 has been systematized into routine summaries during the last eight 

 years, so that for the past four or five years there has been opportu- 

 nity to develop a series of special reports to be used in studies by the 

 research staff and by administrative officers. Special reports include 

 a wide range of subjects, such as the recoveries of tagged fish, records 

 of fish used for bait, fashing operations reported by patrol boats, tuna 

 catclies segregated by gear, salmon catches, an analysis of fluctuating 

 prices for fish as paid to fishermen, and detailed reports for the four- 

 year jjeriod, 1936-1939, covering the marine sport catch data. 



With our trained statistical staff and mechanical set-up available, 

 we have been charged with servicing the records of other bureaus of 

 the Division of Fish and Game. A feature of the past biennium has 

 been the developing of reports in a form to fulfill the needs of 

 workers in other bureaus. For example, the catch of anglers as 

 reported on license applications was tabulated for the Bureau of Fish 

 Conservation and was checked against the returns from a question- 

 naire sent out to 35,000 fishermen representative of the 300,000 licensed 

 anglers of the State. Likewise, the game kill was tabulated for the 

 Bureau of Game Conservation from license applications, and a com- 

 parison made with the returns from a questionnaire sent to 30,000 

 hunters in the State. Special tabulations were made for use in an 

 analysis of the game kill, which report is now being prepared by the 

 Bureau of Game Conservation. The deer kill, as in the past, has been 

 reported in different forms to show yield of deer by areas and kill by 

 classes of hunters as determined by the place of residence. More 

 recently, the Bureau of Licenses has been assisted by a special sample 

 questionnaire sent to prospective purchasers of licenses. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Since work worth doing is worth reporting, practically all studies 

 conducted at the Laboratory are recorded as progress or final reports 

 in most cases for publication but in a few instances for mimeograph- 

 ing or as typcAvritten reports to the administrative officers. More 

 formal reports are issued as "Fish Bulletins." Special articles are 

 published in the quarterly magazine, "California Fish and Game" ; in 

 the monthly magazine, "California Conservationist" ; and in trade 

 journals and biological bulletins. 



Five "Fish Bulletins" have been prepared during the biennium, 

 as follows : 



No. 52. Historical account of the Los Angeles mackerel fishery. By Richard 

 S. Crokcr. 62 pp. 1938. 



No. 53. Measures of abundance of the sardine, Sardinops caerulea. in Cali- 

 fornia waters. By Frances N. Clark. 45 pp. 1939. 



No. 54. The fishes of the family Sciaenidae (croakers) of California. Bv 

 Tiif,'e Skogsbcrg. 62 pp. 1939. 



No. 55. Report on returns of drift bottles released off southern California, 

 1937. By Richard B. Tibby. 36 pp. 1939. 



No. 56. Development of the eggs and early larvae of six California fishes. By 

 Paul L. Budd. 50 pp., 1940. 



Laboratory staff members have contributed articles and notes for 

 publication in ''California Fish and Game" and in other periodicals. 



