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REPORT OP THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



In addition to routine work the Los Angeles District office has carried 

 on a note-worthy publicity campaign. The activities of the Southern 

 Division ofifiee and the fish and game resources of the south have been 

 given wide publicity. In addition study has been made of the com- 

 mercial fisheries, which are .yearlj^ growing more important (see 

 l)ages 80-100). The maintenance of a breeding stock of quail in Inyo 

 County is due largely to the efforts of this division in feeding the birds 

 during the severe winter weather of 1916. ]\[any deer were also saved 

 from starvation. 



Fig. 11. Feeding quail, winter 1915-1916, at Bishop, California. 



The San Francisco District office has a most difficult problem in the 

 large alien population of the Bay cities. Effort has been largely con- 

 centrated on the strict enforcement of the fish and game laws pertaining 

 to the coast districts (see pages 135-137) . The legal shipments and sale 

 of game in San Francisco have been carefully supervised, and due to 

 the activities of the eflScient patrol service the illegal shipment and sale 

 of game has been practically eradicated. The transfer companies, which 

 were subterfuges by the commission houses to evade the limit law on 

 ducks, have been put out of business and further attempts to evade 

 the law b}' making parcels post shipments have been prevented. 



The Fresno Division office has been instrumental in greatly improving 

 fishing conditions in the Sierras. Trout fry have been carried by pack 

 train to the most isolated streams and lakes. The range of the beautiful 

 golden trout has been greatly extended and several stocking experiments 



