FORTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT 83 



Bate Locality Investigation 



51-Y-ll 



Nov. 18-Dec. 6, 1951— Southern and Central 



California _ .Occupy stations iu routine ocean- 



ographic cruise 

 52-Y-l 



Jan. 7-2S, 19.~>2 Southern California- - Conduct special oceanographic 



tests for measuring ocean cur- 

 rents 

 52-Y-2 



Feb. 11-Mar. 5, 1952 Southern California— ..Survey abalone beds and 



make jack mackerel fecundity 

 studies 

 52-Y-3 



Mar. 19-Apr. 7, 1952__Baja California.- .-Assess abundance of sardine and 



other fishes and measure en- 

 vironmental conditions 

 52-Y-4 



Apr. 15-27, 1952_. .JBaja California -Same as 52-Y-3 



52-Y-5 



May 12-23, 1952__ Southern California ..Assess abundance of sardine and 



jack mackerel and survey clam 

 beds on the Channel Islands 



52-Y-6 



June 1-14, 1952 Northern Baja California 



and Southern California Occupy stations in routine ocean- 

 ographic cruise 



FISHERIES STATISTICS 



The work of the statistical unit of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries has 

 continued without interruption or radical change. In this interval the 

 volume of catch and production have remained relatively constant, but 

 the complexity of the work has greatly increased. Statistics on the com- 

 mercial fisheries are shown in Appendix C. 



To handle the increased volume of work the organization of the statis- 

 tical unit has been extensively modified. Routines adopted in earlier years, 

 adapted to those times, have been surveyed and where necessary, changed 

 to conform to present and anticipated future conditions. Thus the system 

 of compiling the voluminous sport catch records has been completely re- 

 vised. An entirely new inventory system was instituted to maintain a 

 detailed record of available and outstanding fish receipt books and their 

 contained receipts. Likewise a fourth copy was added to each set of re- 

 ceipts so that dealers could keep a duplicate record of their fish purchases 

 for branch-office accounting. The routine procedure followed in compiling 

 and reporting the production of the processing plants was thoroughly 

 reviewed and revised in the interest of accuracy and efficiency. Many of 

 the forms in use have been changed and simplified. 



Early in 1952 an entire routine was developed for the management of 

 the incipient ocean shrimp fishery which was opened for the first time on 

 April 1st. Provision was made to compile at two-weekly intervals the 

 current catch in each region and transmit this data on prepared forms, 

 with the individual receipts and accompanying logs, to the San Francisco 

 office where the state-wide catch is kept up to date, so that the season 

 could be promptly closed when the catch limit had been reached. 



A new field office was opened at Eureka to meet the urgent need of 

 closer contact with and better coverage of the important fisheries of the 



