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REPORT OF SARDINE CANNING AND REDUCTION PLANTS, 



SEASON 1943-1944 



Compiled by S. H. Dado 



Price for sardines was set by the 0. P. A., prior to the opening of 

 the season, at $22 per ton plus insurance. 



Fish were delivered in the San Francisco District on August 5 and 

 in the Monterey District on August 2. In soutliern California deliv- 

 eries started on the opening day of the season, October 1. Hearings on 

 82 applications for permits to use sardines by a reduction process were 

 held on June 2 in Los Angeles, and permits were granted to 82 appli- 

 cants to be issued when the plant was equipped and ready to operate. 

 Prior to the opening of the season, 74 permits for 4,750 tons each were 

 issued ; and one additional plant in the San Francisco District qualified 

 and was issued a permit in October for 3,270 tons, a deduction from the 

 basic tonnage being made as the plant was not ready to operate on open- 

 ing of the season. On December 15 an additional grant of 1.000 tons was 

 made to such plants as could show need for such additional tonnage to 

 continue operations. Thirteen plants in the Monterey District, and three 

 plants in the San Pedro District were issued additional permits for 

 1,000 tons each. 



Permits were issued for the season, as shown in the following table : 



No. of Tons Tons Tons 



District plants issued used unused 



San Francisco 34 160,020 95,332 64,688 



Monterey 22 117,002 96,826 20,176 



San Pedro 16 79,000 46,912 32,088 



San Diego 3 14,250 2,663 11,587 



Totals 75 370,272 241,733 128.539 



In the Monterey district 498 tons of permit tonnage was revoked, and 

 has been deducted in the above table. 



Of the permit tonnage issued, only 59.6% was used in the San Fran- 

 cisco District, 82.7% in the Monterey District, 59.4% in the San Pedro 

 District, and 18.7% in the San Diego District. For the entire State, 

 65.3% of the permit tonnage issued was used. 



The permits were issued without any limitation on the amount of fish 

 that could be received monthly. 



During the season there were 206 boats engaged in fishing sardines, 

 of which 197 were purse seine boats, and 9 were lampara type boats, using 

 ring nets. These boats were operated during the season, as follows : 



