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REPORT OF SARDINE PLANTS, SEASON 1936-37 



While the season in Monterey and northern California opened on 

 August 1st, no fishing was done until the 10th at Monterey and the 

 17th in the San Francisco Bay area, when a few light loads were 

 brought in. Fishing was held up during the first of the month bj' the 

 full-moon which occurred on August 2d, and by negotiations between 

 plant operators and fishermen on prices and labor regulations. In 

 southern California the season opened on November 1st but no fishing 

 was done in November on account of a fishermen's strike. Permits for 

 use of sardines by a reduction process were issued during the entire 

 open season and amounted to 637,500 tons. None of the plants 

 received tonnage to cover the quota granted, and during the season 

 363,242 tons of permit-tonnage was canceled on account of lack of 

 fish. This report covers operations of the shore plants only and does 

 not include sardines taken for fresh fish markets, bait or "quarter oil" 

 pack. 



During the season nine floating reduction ships operated off the 

 coast of California, outside the jurisdiction of the State. It is esti- 

 mated these floating plants took 239,257 tons of sardines, and produced 

 39,876 tons of meal and 9,034,041 gallons of oil. Adding the estimated 

 tonnage of the floating plants to the tonnage of the shore plants would 

 make a total of 727,398 tons of sardines taken in State waters and off 

 the California coast. The floating reduction plants which operated off 

 the California coast during the season, with names of the owners, were : 

 Lansing, Fishermen's Products Co.; Manatawny, Deep Sea Fisheries; 

 Lake Mirafiores, Santa Cruz Oil Co. ; American Fisher, Santa Cruz Oil 

 Co. ; BrooMale, Gardenia Packing Co. ; Monitor, Interstate Fish lieduc- 

 tion Co, ; Polarine, Polarine Fisheries, Inc. ; 8a7ita Inez, Pacific Ocean 

 Products Co. ; Currier, American Marine Products Co. 



The following shore plants operated during the season : 



MONTEREY AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 



Benicia Fisheries, Benicia. 



F. E. Booth Co., Inc., Monterey. 



F. E. Booth Co., Inc., Pittsburg. 



California Packing Corporation, Monterey. 



Carmel Canning Company, Monterey. 



Carquinez Fishery, Ltd., Port Chicago. 



Custom House Packing Corporation, Monteiey. 



Cypress Fisheries, Inc., Monterey.^ 



Del Mar Canning Corporation, Monterey.' 



East Bay Fisheries, Inc., Richmond. 



Edible Fish Meals & Oils. Inc.. Richmond. 



Farallone Packing Company, San Francisco. 



Fish-Dee-Lish-Corporation, Benicia. 



