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Besides these, there are a lot of " suspects " also, which may yield 

 the following species : 



Unio cuneus Con. 



Unio hebetatus Con. 



Uiiio New species; has pink nacre. 



Finally, our hox yielded two large univalves, which Mr. Marsh 

 pronounces to be Gampeloma geniculum Conrad. 



AB ALONE FISHERY IN CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE REGULATION. 



BY R. E. C. STEARNS. 



The continued gathering or " fishing" of Abalones (ffaliotis, Ear- 

 thells or Ormers, as they are variously called), along the coast of 

 California, has recently led to restrictive action by some of the county 

 authorities. The supervisors of Monterey, and of other of the sea- 

 board counties, have taken the necessary legal steps to regulate the 

 fishing, which has been carried on continuously from about 1864 to 

 the present time by the Chinese, and of late by the Japanese. The 

 well-known species. Haliotis rufescens and If. cracherodii, so abund- 

 ant between tidemarks a few years ago, have, owing to the uninter- 

 mittent collecting by the Asiatic fishermen, become comparatively 

 scarce. 



An ordinance recently passed by the authorities of Monterey 

 County, makes it unlawful to "fish" for Abalones except in deep 

 water, and by means of diving apparatus or other deep-sea devices. 

 A license of $60 is also to be charged in the future for " fishing " for 

 abalones. (This license fee is presumably for the term of a year.) 

 The ordinance is said to be " the result of a fight " between the city 

 of Monterey, seeking to stop the gathering and shipping out of the 

 county (or country?) of Abalone meats and shells, and the Japanese 

 cannery, that has carried on an extensive business at a plant on Car- 

 mel Bay, about six miles south of Monterey. Practically, the ordi- 

 nance is a compromise between local parties ; the fishermen being 

 restricted to" deep water," excepting a limited portion of the littoral 



