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Judge H. C. Lucas, of the superior court of Santa Cruz County, granted 

 an order for an injunction pendente lite. The Ocean Industries, Inc., 

 then applied to the Supprerae Court for a writ of prohibition. This 

 was denied by the superior court on January 11, 1927, the court holding 

 that Monterey Bay from headland to headland and three miles beyond 

 was within the State of California. It also held that the Per alt a was 

 anchored within the county of Santa Cruz. The Peralta was later 

 moved to southern California and anchored outside the three-mile limit 

 in the Santa Barbara channel, but it did not receive any fish, for the 

 company was unable to get any fishermen to fish for it. The company 

 brought a new suit against the Commission in December, 1926, asking 

 for an injunction to prevent the Commission from interfering with 

 their operations beyond the three-mile limit. This suit was brought in 

 the United States District Court for the Southern Division, and the 

 court denied the application for temporary injunction. 



Fig. 38. Totuava, or Mexican white sea bass, caught in the Gulf of California 

 and hauled to San Pedro fish markets in ice by insulated trucks. Many tons of this 

 fish are imported from Mexico. Photograph by E. S. Cheney. 



Still another floating reduction plant, the Lake Miraflores, operated 

 by Stanley Hiller, Inc., with motive power of its own, attempted to 

 operate in southern California. The Commission started action against 

 this company in the Alameda County superior court. The case was 

 decided against the Commission on the ground that the Lake Miraflores, 

 when operating, was not within the jurisdiction of the state. 



A full discussion of all these cases, with references, is given in an 

 article by B. D. Marx Greene in California Fish and Game for January, 

 1927, pages 1 to 17, and in California Fish and Game for January, 1928^ 

 pages 42 to 44, and entitled "An Historical Review of the Legal 

 Aspects of the Use of Food Fish for Reduction Purposes. ' ' 



