. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE CALIFORNIA SEA LION CENSUS FOR 1947^ By Paitl Bonnot, and Wm. Ellis Ripley Bureau of Marine Fisheries California Division of Fish and Game At the beginning of the last century great herds of sea lions lived along the California coast. A local race of fur seals, and a species of sea elephants inhabited the southern half of the coastal area. The fur of the fur seals and the oil from the sea lions and sea elephants found a ready mark
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE CALIFORNIA SEA LION CENSUS FOR 1947^ By Paitl Bonnot, and Wm. Ellis Ripley Bureau of Marine Fisheries California Division of Fish and Game At the beginning of the last century great herds of sea lions lived along the California coast. A local race of fur seals, and a species of sea elephants inhabited the southern half of the coastal area. The fur of the fur seals and the oil from the sea lions and sea elephants found a ready market. The seal hunters pursued them with a methodical persistence that practically exterminated the fur seals and sea elephants, and reduced the sea lion herds so drastically that it was no longer profitable to hunt them. By the end of the century the seal hunters had moved on to greener fields, or had taken up commercial fishing. In the last 20 years commercial fishing along the California coast has grown tremendously. Canneries and reduction plants have increased in number and capacity. Fishing boats and gear have followed suit. The 20-foot boats, that landed 500 pounds of fish taken in a local area, have been replaced by ocean-going purse seiners that deliver 200 tons. ~-^^ """pfT^R ~ r^. Figure 25. Steller Sea Lions, Ann Nuevo Rookery. Photograph hv "Wm. E. Ripley, .June 27, 194 7 Because of recurring complaints of damage by sea lions, a number of surveys have been made to determine the size of the population, and to determine, if possible, what the animals eat, and the amount of damage they actually do. 1 Submitted for publication February, 1948. We take pleasure in acknowledging our indebtedness to the officers and men of the United States Navy, Blimp Squadron One, based at Moffett Field and Santa Ana, California, for the cooperation and assist- ance given us in making this survey. -89600 (89). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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