FORTY-FIRST BIENNIAL RKl'ORT 63 



UNDERSEA OIL EXPLORATION 



The major oil companies continued tlieir exploratinu tm- midersea 

 oil deposits until mid-July. ]9-l!). I',y that tini.' all of the areas in wlii.-li 

 the companies were interested had been exploretl by seismic metlinds and 

 the commission denied applications for more work south of Point Con- 

 ception prior to 1952. 



The commission re(|uired that all exi)loratory work carried on be a 

 joint project of all companies concerned. This ])revented re-e.\|)|oi-at ion 

 by each individual company and did nnu-h to reduce the kill of fisli. 

 The Bureau of Marine Fisheries maintained an obscr\cr with cadi 

 seismic crew durino- all operations. The cost of the obscrxcrs was boinc 

 b}' the oil companies. 



PUBLICATIONS BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE 

 BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES 



Circular No. 2'A. St.itistipal Report of Fresh and ( ■.iiiiif.l Ki^linv I'r(..|ii<is, V.-.ir I'.Ms, 



Circular No. 24. Statistical Kep«>rt of Frcsli aixi CaiirMMl Fish.T.\ l'r..,|iiii,s. V.ar I'.M'.i. 



Fish Bulletin Xo. (JK. Comnion .Marine Fishes ..I" ( "alir-nnia. l'..\ I'hil M. I{ hi. I'.M^; 



!.')() p. 



Fish Bulletin No. (Jl). Ajje and I.en^'lii ( "uinpusltion nf tin- S.-irdini' ("ateh CUT tiie 

 Pacitic Coast of the Fiiited States and ('ana<hi. 1'.l41-4"_' ihn.n'^'h l'.>4<; IT. I'.v Fnniee.s 

 E. Feliu * and Julius li. Phillips. I'.t4s ; 12-J p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 70. A Preliminary Population Simly of tlie Yelhuvfin 'I'nna .ind tin- 

 Albacore. By H. C. Godsil. 194S ; !K) p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 71. Crowth of the Sardine, SardiiioitK riirriilin. l!"ll IJ ihroiiuh 

 1946-47. By Julius B. Phillips. 1!J4S ; :',:i p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 72. Trawling Gear in California. I!.\ W. I.. Sroti,.|d. I'.Hs : tUi p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 73. Tagging Expi rinimls on iln' I'mc itic .Mack.nl. I'm uiitntoiihiirux 

 diego. By Donald II. Fry. Jr.. and I'hil M. Koedel. I'.Ml' : tit p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 74. The Conunercial Fish Calcli of «'alifoiiiia lor ih<- ^.•ar l!>»7 

 With an Ili.storical Review. IDIU 1!»47. By the Staff of th.- I'.iin-an ..f .Marine 

 Fisheries. 1949 ; 267 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 7."). California Siiarksand l{a\s. I'.y I'iiil .M . K h'l .and \\ ni. i'lllix 



Ripley. 19rjO ; 88 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 76. Average I.unai .M.>iiih Catch In Califoriiin Sar«liiie Fij»herMirn. 

 1932-33 through 1948-49. I'.y Fiancs .\. Chirk an<l .\niia K. I>angherl\. 1! •.'.<> ; I'S p. 



Bonnot, Paul 



1948. The Abalones of ('aiifoinia. Calif. Fish and <;a)n.'. \..|. .".l. n... I. p 1 tl 169. 



Bonnot, Paul, and Wm. F^llis Ripley 



1948. The California S.a I, ion Census for I'.MT. Calif. Fish and Caiiif. vol. :;|. no. ::. 

 p. 89-92. 



Clark, Frances N. . 



1948. Problems Connected With lh<' Management of the Sardine _FiNhiTy, TInr 

 teenth North .\nier. Wild. Conference. 'I'r.insaclions. p. .•'..".!• .".IT 



Felin, Frances E.,* Julius 15. I'iiilli])s and Anit.-i K. I>ain;lierty 



1949. Age and Length Composition of the Sardine Ciilrh ( »fr the I'linnr ( jinwl of 



the T'nited States and Cana.l.i in 194S-49. Calif. Fish andCain- '.•! ••.'■  '■ 



p. n;:,']s:',. 



With U. .S. Fi.sh and Wildlife Serviie. 



