10 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



aforesaid purposes, a single and coordinated program for the acquisition of lands and 

 facilities suitable for recreational purposes and adaptable for conservation, propaga- 

 tion and utilization of fish and game resources of the State is hereby established." 



With these laudable purposes, the Leg'islature created in the Depart- 

 ment of Natural Resources, the Wildlife Conservation Board, consisting 

 of three members : The President and Executive Officer of the Fish and 

 Game Commission and the Director, Department of Finance. An advisory 

 committee of three Senators and three Assemblymen was also estab- 

 lished. 



The powers of the board and certain rules of procedure were out- 

 lined, and a companion bill enacted to provide from the revenue of the 

 Horse Racing Fund the sum of $3,000,000 per year for three years for 

 the board to use in carrying out the purposes as expressed in the act. 



Proposed projects were to be thoroughly investigated and appraised, 

 and, upon approval by the board, assigned to the Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion, with necessary funds for acquisition and construction of facilities. 



This "aid to wildlife" will permit the commission's regular revenue 

 from license fees, fines, etc., to be used for the operation and mainte- 

 nance of the many installations required by the tremendously increased 

 number of hunters and anglers. 



The Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact was enacted to enable the 

 State of California to cooperate with the states of Oregon and Wash- 

 ington in the formation of a Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission. 



The purposes of the "compact" are to promote the better utiliza- 

 tion of fisheries which are of mutual concern, and to develop a joint 

 program of protection and prevention of physical waste of such areas 

 of the Pacific Ocean over which the above-named states have jurisdiction, 

 and to prepare and present legislation to carry out the finding of the 

 commission in the respective states. 



The economic value of this agreement will result in continued oper- 

 ation of the commercial fishing industry and its allied industries for 

 many years to come, as regulations for seasons, take, etc., will be based 

 on the research findings and statistics of the coastal states. 



