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REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
for the taking of shrimp as well as of fish, it would result in finding 
some other and less destructive method of effecting their capture. This 
would indicate that it may not be a necessity to prohibit the catching of 
shrimp. We are, therefore, of the opinion that if the possession of more 
than 5 pounds of either dried shrimp or shrimp shells be made an 
offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00, trial jurisdiction to 
be in the Superior Court, the damage to the fishing interests of our bays 
will be reduced to the minimum without depriving the markets and the 
people generally of a choice crustacean, which is peculiarly a California 
delicacy. The suggested changes will be met by strong opposition, as 
the Chinese are always represented at the legislature by agents or paid 
attorneys. 
NEW PATROL BOAT. 
The patrol boat Quinnat, which had been in service for fourteen 
years, has been replaced by a larger, faster boat of more modern type. 
The old boat which was 40 feet over all, feet beam, and equipped 
was a 22 horsepoAver ‘ ‘ heavy duty ’ ’ engine, had a draft of 4 feet, which 
frequently proved a disadvantage when in pursuit of violators, who 
could escape by running into shalloAv water Avith their boats of light 
draft. The Quinnat had rendered excellent service and Avas unques¬ 
tionably for years the best gasoline boat to be found in these waters, Avith 
sufficient speed to overhaul any of the fishing boats, but few of which 
were power boats. At the present time about'30 per cent of them are 
equipped with gasoline engines. 
The method of collecting and shipping the catch of commercial fishes 
has also materially changed. Formerly the fishermen operating in the 
rivers delivered their fish at some steamboat landing from where it 
found its way to the markets through regular transportation channels. 
To-day all the large fish dealers have fast poAver boats in which their 
agents hover around the fishing grounds and buy the fish direct from 
the fishermen as soon as they are taken from the nets. When a load has 
been obtained, these boats come directly to San Francisco. It there¬ 
fore Avas a necessity to have a boat fast enough to overhaul any other 
boat in the fishing business. We gave careful consideration to the ques¬ 
tion of installing a more powerful engine in the old hull, but as that 
Avould increase the already excessive draft, and believing that the model 
could be improved, it was decided to build an entirely new boat on dif¬ 
ferent lines with more speed. In the past feAV years there has been 
developed AA T hat is known as the cruiser of the raised-deck type, a boat 
capable of going to sea in almost any weather, and is the successful type 
used for long trips on the Atlantic betAveen New York and Bermuda 
Islands, a distance of about 600 miles. From the originators of this 
model, Whittlesey & Whittlesey, marine architects of New York, we pro¬ 
cured the plans and specifications, AA T hich AA'ere submitted to four Avell 
