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REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



up at that point, it would probably seriously affect the supply of fish in 

 this state. 



The difficulty of securing live sardines and anchovies for bait is still 

 the serious problem that it was when we last reported. Attempts have 

 been made to use large purse nets to capture the albacore and thus get 

 along without bait, but the expense of operating the nets has been so 

 great and the catch so small that the method has been abandoned. 

 Large circle nets have been successfully used in Japan for these fish, 

 but it is doubtful if they will ever be a success here as our fish seldom 

 appear in compact schools. 



Fig. 54. Tuna fishermen's boats at San Diego. Photograph by H. B. Nidever. 



Salmon. 

 Only two species of salmon are taken commercially in California, the 

 quinnat or chinook and the silver or coho. A few individual dog and 

 humpback salmon are occasionally found entering our small streams. 

 The silver salmon enters nearly every stream of any size from Monterey 

 Bay north, with the exception of the Sacramento River, but is not taken 

 in any quantities except in the Eel, Klamath and Smith rivers. 

 The quinnat or chinook is the principal salmon of Monterey Bay and 

 the Sacramento, Eel, Mad, Klamath and Smith rivers. 



SALMON CATCH FOR THE TEAR 1915. 



Monterey Bay (chinook) 3,045,446 pounds. 



San Francisco Bay and lower rivers 4,374,932 pounds. 



Sacramento River above Colusa 172,389 pounds. 



Total 7,592,767 pounds. 



This amount was utilized as follows : 



450,000 pounds canned. 

 2,742,400 pounds mild cured. 



750,000 pounds hard salted. 

 3,650,367 pounds used fresh. 



