REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
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Amend section 628 by making it an offense for any person to take or 
have in his possession during any one calendar day more than five 
pounds of dried shrimp or shrimp shells of shrimp taken in the waters 
of this State. 
Amend section 628, relating to crabs, by establishing a close season of 
two years on the taking or possession of any crabs (Cancer magister). 
Amend section 628, relating to the sale of catfish, by defining a dressed 
catfish as one measuring not less than eight inches, exclusive of the head. 
Amend section 628, as it refers to abalone taken in the waters of this 
State, by prohibiting the shipment of dried abalones or unmanufactured 
abalone shells out of the State, and permitting the capture and posses¬ 
sion of red and green abalones measuring not less than sixteen inches in 
circumference, and black abalone not less than twelve inches in circum¬ 
ference—around the outer edge of the shell. 
Amend section 628a, relating to striped bass, by prohibiting the expor¬ 
tation of any striped bass from the State of California. 
Amend section 632, relating to trout, so that trout raised in captivity 
and measuring not less than seven inches in length may be sold in the 
markets between the 1st of April and the 1st of February of the year 
following, under restrictions to be recommended by the Board of Fish 
and Game Commissioners; also authorizing said Board of Fish and Game 
Commissioners to furnish at cost a reasonable number of trout eggs or 
ova to private individuals or companies who desire to engage in and 
carry on such an industry, when in the judgment of the said Commis¬ 
sioners a sufficient number of eggs has first been taken to meet the needs 
of the public waters of the State. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
To you officially and personally we desire to express our sincere appre¬ 
ciation for the encouragement and practical assistance rendered to us in 
carrying on our work. You have given earnest and careful considera¬ 
tion to every measure recommended by us. We feel that through your 
efforts we are indebted largely for the hunting license law, which is the 
most important achievement in the interests of fish and game protection 
in the history of the State. 
The Commission also desires to acknowledge its gratitude to the 
officers and subordinates of the following railway and transportation 
companies for courtesies extended to our men and for the uninterrupted 
and free transportation of eggs and fish—and so long as the statutes of 
this State permitted—free transportation for all of our employees: 
The Southern Pacific Company; the Santa Fe Company; the Sierra 
Railway Company; to the California Northwestern Company; the Lake 
Tahoe Railway Transportation Company; the Nevada-California-Oregon 
Railway Company; the Boca and Loyalton Railway Company, and to 
