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in farm ponds. Interest in the latter is apparently on the increase in 

 California. 



The striped bass investigation has suffered from lack of competent 

 personnel. A trained biologist, Garth Murphy, was employed November 

 15, 1943, on a part-time basis but was inducted into military service in 

 March, 1944. During that period his work consisted principally of 

 sampling the sportsman's catch wath reference to the concentrations of 

 fish and to their growth, food, spawning habits, etc. In an effort to get 

 some idea of the number of striped bass taken by commercial nets, three 

 salmon fishermen were inducted to keep records during May and part of 

 June. These indicated one bass to every 10 to 15 salmon. 



An experiment started in 1941 bore fruit in 1943. The ' ' Kokanee, ' ' 

 a landlocked form of the sockeye salmon very popular with fishermen in 

 Washington and Oregon, but not found in California, was introduced 

 into Salt Springs Keservoir on the Mokelumne River in July, 1941. 

 These fish throve and reached maturity in the autumn of 1943 when eggs 

 were taken for transplanting. To the eggs thus obtained were added 

 others purchased outside the State and the experiment is now being 

 extended by planting these fish in several other lakes in different parts 

 of the State. 



Statistics on the angling catch were gathered as usual throughout 

 the biennium but the 1943 report is not yet ready due to delay in pro- 

 cessing of the material by the organization which contracted for this 

 work when it was given up bj^ the division's statistical department at 

 Terminal Island because of reduced personnel. The 1942 figures showed 

 a trout catch of 16,400,000 by 234,000 anglers as against a catch of 15,- 

 700,000 bv 238,000 anglers in 1941, with an increase in the average catch 

 from 66 to 70. The steiped bass catch in 1942 was 1,760,000 by 93,000 

 anglers as against 2,035,000 by 111,400 anglers in 1941, the average catch 

 remaining unchanged at 18 fish per angler for the season. 



The editorship of the quarterly magazine California Fish and 

 Game was assigned to Brian Curtis when Richard Croker went into the 

 Army at the beginning of the biennium. 



Following is a list of the publications and administrative reports 

 prepared during the biennium. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Reclamation with Rotenone of Crystal Lake, Los Angeles County, California, Elden H. 



Vestal. Vol. 28, No. 3, C. F. and G. 

 A game fish for the Salton Sea, the ten-pounder. Flops affinis, William A. Dill and 



Chester Woodhull. Vol. 28, No. 4, C. F. and G. 

 Resources of the Sea in Wartime. Brian Curtis. Vol. 28, No. 4, C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Game, Brian Curtis. Vol. 28, No. 4, 



C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Game, Brian Curtis. Vol. 29, No. 1, 



C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Game, Brian Curtis. Vol. 29, No. 2, 



C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Game, Brian Curtis. Vol. 29, No. 3, 



C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Game, Brian Curtis. Vol. 29, No. 4, 



C. F. and G. 

 Twenty-five years ago in California Fish and Gajie, Brian Curtis. Vol. 30, No. 1, 



C. F. and G. 

 Creel Returns From Hatchery Trout in June Lake, California, Elden H. Vestal. 



Vol. 29, No. 2, C. F. and G. 



