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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 



STRIPED BASS 



The complex problems ordinarily involved in the management of a 

 large fishery are being aggravated, in the case of striped bass (Roccus 

 saxatilis), by the rapid industrialization of the San Francisco Bay area. 



The Fish and Game boat Striper (1) is used for tagging striped bass. The gill net in which the 

 fish are caught is rolling out over the stern in (2). In (3) the catch is being brought in and in 

 (4) the fish are being removed from the net. A bass is being tagged in (5), and (6) shows the 



fish prior to release. 



