California's official state fish, the golden trout, rendered on scratch board by Sacra- 

 mento artist Paul Johnson. This was the model from which Johnson executed Califor- 

 nia's first general fishing license stamp required under legislation passed in the 



1957 session. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Letter of Transmittal _ 3 



Fish and Game Commission _ „ 7 



Report of the Director . 9 



Wildlife Conservation Board 17 



Wildlife Protection 21 



Game Management 27 



Page 

 Water Projects ..— ' 39 



Inland Fisheries 45 



Salmon and Steelhead 57 



Marine Resources .._ 63 



Appendices ...„ ..._, 77 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 



GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, Governor 



FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



Weldon L. Oxiey, President, Redding 



Thomas H. Richards, Jr., Vice President, Sacramento 



William P. Eiser, San Diego Carl F. Wente, San Francisco 



Jamie H. Smith, Los Angeles 



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