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UNDERSEA OIL EXPLORATION 



The niajoi" oil coiiipanics coiit iiiucd their exphn'al ion for uiidefsea 

 oil deposits until mid-July, li)4I). \>y that time all of the ai'eas in whicli 

 the companies were interested luid heen exi)loi-e(l by seismic methods and 

 the commission denied a|)i)lica1 ions for more work soniji of Point ('(in- 

 ception prior to lf)r)2. 



The comndssion requiretl that all ex[)lorator\- work caiTii-d on he a 

 joint project of all companies concerned. This prevented re-ex[)lorat ion 

 by each individual company and did much to reduce the kill of fish. 

 The Bureau of Marine Fisheries maintained an observer with each 

 seismic crew durin<i' all O])erations. The cost of the observers was borne 

 by the oil companies. 



PUBLICATIONS BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE 

 BUREAU OF MARINE FISHERIES 



Circular No. 23. Statistical Report of Fresh and Canned Fishery Pro<lucts, Year lit 4s. 



Circular No. 24. Statistical Report of Fresh and Canned Fishery Products, Yeai- t'.M'.i. 



Fish Bulletin No. 68. Common Marine Fishes of California. Bv Phil :M. Roodel. r.i4s ; 

 150 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 69. Age and Length Composition of the Sardine Catch ( XT iln' 

 Pacific Coast of the T'nited States and Canada, 1941-42 through 1946-47. By Frances 

 E. Felin * and Julius B. Phillips. 1948 ; 122 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 70. A Preliminary Population Study of the Yellowfin Tuna and the 

 Albacore. By H. C. Godsil. 1948 ; 90 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 71. Growth of the Sardine, ^aidinops caentlea, 1941-42 tlirougli 

 1946-47. By Julius B. IMiillips. 1948 ; 33 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 72. Trawling Gear in California. By W. L. Scofield. 1948 ; 60 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 73. Tagging Experiments on the Pacific Mackerel, Piwuiinitofilionix 

 diego. By Donald H. Fry. Jr., and Phil M. Roedel. 1949 ; 64 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 74. The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1947 

 With an Hi-storical Review, 1916-1947. By the Staff of the Bureau of Marine 

 Fisheries. 1949 ; 267 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 75. California Sharks and Ravs. By Phil M. Roedel and Wm. Ellis 

 Ripley. 1950; 88 p. 



Fish Bulletin No. 76. Average Lunar Month Catch by California Sardine Fishermen, 

 1932-33 through 1948-49. By Frances N. Clark and Anita E. Daugherty. 1950 ; 28 p. 



Bonnot, Paul 



1948. The Abalones of California. Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 141-169. 



Bonnot, Paul, and Wm. Ellis Ripley 



1948. The California Sea Lion Census for 1947. Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 34, no. 3, 

 p. 89-92. 



Clark, Frances N. 



1948. Problems Connected ^^'ith the INlanagement of the Sardine Fishery. Thir- 

 teenth North Amer. Wild. Conference, Transactions, p. 339-347. 



Felin, Frances E.,* Julius B. Phillips and Anita E. Daugherty 



1949. Age and Length Composition of the Sardine Catch Off the Pacific Coast of 

 the Fnited States and Canada in 1948-49. Calif. Fish and (iame, vol. 35. no. 3, 

 p. 165-183. 



* With U. S. Fi.sh and Wildlife Service. 



