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rated pairs. This also should reveal the nature of the larger associations of the 
sardine during spawning. Other areas of study would be photographing the 
shallow scattering layers. The part of the zooplankton and fish population com- 
posing the scattering layer is very little known. It may be composed of food sup- 
plies of the small particulate feeders. 
Other valuable work with the camera could be its use in conjunction with 
various nets. We may be able to determine some of the fish that escape our 
midwater trawl and nekton nets, the size of those that escape, and the distance 
of net detection. The camera may also be used to try and study schooling fish in 
relation to its predators. On a number of traces made by the precision depth re- 
corder there are heavy traces of what appear to be schools of fish below that we 
consider the deepest depth that sardines, anchovies, and herring swim. It 
would be of great value to know what these traces on the precision depth re- 
corder represent. 
Other uses less related to the present CALCOFI program are the bottom fish 
at all depths of the ocean floor. The relation of types of ocean floor to species, 
size, and numbers of fish would be of value to fishing in deeper water by com- 
mercial fisherman. 
The primary cost for some of these programs is the camera and its accessories. 
The CALCOFI program at Seripps Institution can supply ship time for studies 
involving the use of a camera. Our marine biologists have shown much interest 
in using a camera if it were available. 
TOA COSC we DOS ae a ee eee al ce $13, 590 
8.0.0.8 Computer center—establishment of a scientific data processing unit 
at the California State Fisheries Laboratory to process and analyze large 
amounts of fisheries data. This will consist of a computer center including an 
electronic, desk-size, stored program computer with auxiliary equipment capable 
of handling IBM puncheards. 
California fish and game ci! ooo os ee $101, 500 
3.0.0.4 Fisheries oceanography.—The Department of Fish and Game vessel 
WN. B. Scofield has been in commission for 23 years and will need to be replaced 
soon. There have been several soft spots discovered in the wood of this vessel, 
all in critical locations such as the stem, stem post, and midship below the main 
engine. This condition will become worse with time. Therefore there is a need 
to replace the vessel. 
The ship would be used for many types of research as indicated below: 
. Monitoring oceanographic conditions ; 
. Bottom and midwater trawling ; 
. Long-line and live-bait fishing and trolling ; 
. Round haul net fishing ; 
. Fishing with gill, trammel, and blanket nets; 
Fish behavior studies, including schooling and spawning behavior; 
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and. 
7. Special oceanographic and biological studies. 
A vessel for this variety of work would have to be designed and built. It 
should be from 115 to 120 feet long. Its beam should be from 29 to 30 feet 
and its depth from main deck to keel about 17 feet. 
It should have bait wells with a total capacity of about 2,000 cubic feet and 
a portable bait tank of 150 cubic feet. There should be a 500 cubic foot ca- 
pacity walk-in freezer for specimens and two 20 cubic foot portable boxes. 
It should be equipped with several winches including one northern dragger 
winch for trawling and one hydrographic winch. 
There should be bunking space for 20 men, mostly below deck; and about 180 
square feet of laboratory space on the main deck. The ship should be out- 
fitted with gyro compass, the best commercial radar, loran, and a sonar giving 
fine definition for locating fish schools. 
Two underwater observation ports would also be built in the vessel. 
Based on estimates received the total cost for such a vessel complete with all 
equipment would be approximately $175,000. 
4.0.0.0. Research and analysis designed to translate the fund Of basic knowl- 
edge into information usable to the public (utilization research) 
_ The general objectives of this need are contained in the statement previously 
brought to the attention of the Marine Research Committee, entitled “Proposed 
Fisheries Research,” which statement the MRC included in the minutes of their 
