. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE SEA TURTLE FISHERY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO' DAVID K. CALDWELL Los Angeles County Museum INTRODUCTION Sea turtles, particularly green turtles {Chelonia mydas carrincgra Caldwell), long have provided an abundant and ready source of food for coastal inhabitants of Baja Califoriiia (Caldwell and Caldwell, 1962; West Coast Fisheries, 1929). This is especially true for the Gulf of California shores and along the outer coast from abou
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. THE SEA TURTLE FISHERY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO' DAVID K. CALDWELL Los Angeles County Museum INTRODUCTION Sea turtles, particularly green turtles {Chelonia mydas carrincgra Caldwell), long have provided an abundant and ready source of food for coastal inhabitants of Baja Califoriiia (Caldwell and Caldwell, 1962; West Coast Fisheries, 1929). This is especially true for the Gulf of California shores and along the outer coast from about Scammon's Lagoon south. In the early days, passing ships, particularly whalers, were supplied with fresh meat from this abundant FIGURE 1, A green sec turtle, Chelonia mydas carrinegra, from the central Gulf of California and landed at Los Angeles Bay, Baja California. Photograph by the author, February 1962. It now seems appropriate to take stock of the present and past status of the sea turtle fishery, and especially that for green turtles (Figure 1), as a point of departure for possibly developing a potentially more important source of food for the inhabitants of that arid region. 1 Submitted for publication January 1963. (140). 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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