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Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishgabien19561958cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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A warden checks a string of bass at Santa Margarita Lake, San Luis Obispo County. -Fish and Game Photo Land patrol activities and responsibilities increased during the biennium in many areas as new reservoirs, such as Lake Berryessa in Napa County and Lake Isa- bella in Kern County, began to produce good fishing within a few hours drive of population centers. Ex- tended quail and pheasant seasons, introduction of bear license tags, lengthened chukar partridge seasons, es- tablishment of a burro sanctuary, an alarming reduc- tion in salmon spawning runs, numerous special deer hunts, and other changing patterns all tended to place additional work upon land wardens throughout the State. An increase in workload was also experienced bv marine patrol wardens as ocean waters gradually re- ceived heavier angling pressure. Excellent runs of bonito, white seabass, barracuda and yellowtail in southern waters, an increased number of commercial abalone divers in the central coast area, the dwindling supply of salmon available to commercial fishermen, greater interest commercial!)' in the northern shrimp fishery, and a boom in the sport of skin diving all contributed to the necessity for additional enforce- ment activities of Marine wardens. The overall increased hunting and fishing activity also resulted in a sharp rise in arrests during the bi- ennium. While the number of enforcement personnel increased 13 percent, arrests surmounted the previous biennial figure by 30 percent. Some 23,733 hunters and anglers were haled into court during the 1956-58 period and paid the staggering sum of $696,730.50 in fines, an average of 129.36 per errant sportsman. Although angling license sales dropped only four percent during the January 1, 1958, to June 30, 1958, period when the new angling license stamp require- (2.)

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