. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. BASKING SHARK FISHERY 15 Moss Landing, In 1930 and 1931, the McDaniel brothers, new owners of the 50-foot vessel, "Two Brothers," used on several occasions a 20-foot dory from which the sharks were harpooned in shallow water. On January 27, 1931, the dory was used to harpoon two sharks in shallow water near Monterey. Four hours were required to land one of these, a 20-foot specimen. Although the Southern California swordfish
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. BASKING SHARK FISHERY 15 Moss Landing, In 1930 and 1931, the McDaniel brothers, new owners of the 50-foot vessel, "Two Brothers," used on several occasions a 20-foot dory from which the sharks were harpooned in shallow water. On January 27, 1931, the dory was used to harpoon two sharks in shallow water near Monterey. Four hours were required to land one of these, a 20-foot specimen. Although the Southern California swordfish boats for a number of years have used a "plank and pulpit" out over the bow, from which har- pooning is done, the boats fishing basking sharks out of the ports on Monterey Bay were not thus equipped until March, 1947. (Fig. 3.) At that time, a 13-foot extension was installed on the boat "Opal" forward of the bow with a pulpit at the end for the harpooner. Shortly after- ward, several other boats were similarly outfitted, including one of the LCVP landing barges. Another landing barge had previously been equipped with a wide platform at the bow end, that could be lowered. The harpooner stood on this platform. Two swordfish boats from Santa Barbara that started harpooning basking sharks off Morro Bay in September, 1946, were shifted to. Figure 3. Harpooner in pulpit at end of "; At the left the harpoon is in a position ready for throwing. At the right the harpoon has been thrown. Monterey Bay, April 1, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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