REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME 

 COMMISSION 



At the start of the bieiinium, the Fish and Game Commission con- 

 sisted of : 



Lee F. Payne, President Los Angeles 



William J. Silva Modesto 



W. B. Williams Alturas 



Harvey E. Hastain Brawley 



H. H. Arnold Sonoma 



Personnel changes in the Commission as effected during the follow- 

 ing two years were : 



Paul Denny, of Etna, appointed June 19, 1947, vice 



W. B. Williams, term expired. 

 Edwin L. Carty, of Oxnard, appointed April 27, 1948, vice 



H. H. Arnold, resigned April 6, 1948. 



At the close of the biennium, the membership of the Commission 

 was as follows : 



Harvey E. Hastain, President Term expires 1951 



William J. Silva Term expires 1950 



Lee F. Payne Term expires 1952 



Paul Denny Term expires 1953 



Edwin L. Carty Term expires 1949 



E. L. Macaulay was appointed Executive Officer of the Commission, 

 May 10, 1948, following the resignation of Emil J. N. Ott, Jr., on April 

 30, 1948. 



LEGISLATION 



A few changes in the Regulatory Power Act were made by the Leg- 

 islature during the 1947 Session : 



(1) Meetings of the Commission in relation to establishing hunt- 

 ing regulations were advanced from the month of June to April. 



(2) The act itself was extended for another two-year period. 



Two other measures of considerable importance were enacted, the 

 Wildlife Conservation Act of 1947, and the Pacific Marine Fisheries 

 Compact. The value of both these enactments will be realized for many 

 years to come by the commission, the division, sportsmen and those 

 connected with the commercial fishing industry. 



To best illustrate the intention of the Wildlife Conservation Act 



and its widespread purposes, we quote the first section thereof : 



"It is hereby declared that the preservation, protection and restoration of wildlife 

 resources within the State of California is an inseparable part of providing adequate 

 recreation for our people in the interest of public welfare ; and it is declared to be the 

 policy of the State to acquire and restore to the highest possible level, and maintain 

 in a state of high productivity those areas that can be most successfidly used to sustain 

 wildlife and which will provide adequate and suitable recreation. To carry out the 



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