. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME 235 Preparing for the next haul. As soon as the catch is landed and disposed of on the deck, the bunt is sometimes roughly washed to remove excess scales and slime, serious tears are temporarily mended, and the wings and bunt piled on deck in preparation for the next haul. It is the practice of most fishermen to circle to tlie right in laying out the net. When this plan is followed, the left wing of the net is


. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME 235 Preparing for the next haul. As soon as the catch is landed and disposed of on the deck, the bunt is sometimes roughly washed to remove excess scales and slime, serious tears are temporarily mended, and the wings and bunt piled on deck in preparation for the next haul. It is the practice of most fishermen to circle to tlie right in laying out the net. When this plan is followed, the left wing of the net is carefully coiled on the port side of the stern, cork line and lead line well separated. The bunt of the Japanese net is piled on top of this, but the bunt of the lampara is piled separately next to the wing so that the whole pile may be thrown overboard at once, avoiding strain on the webbing which might tear the net. The right wing is then coiled to the starboard so that when the skiff is released or the buoy thrown out, the net will pay out freely. On boats which circle to the left, this arrangement of the net on the deck is reversed. Size of hauls. The quantity of fish taken in a single haul varies between the many, many weary hauls containing nothing, and the rare streaks of fortune containing over one hundred tons. The capacity of the larger Japa- nese boats does not greatly exceed twenty-five tons, and when such large hauls are made other boats are called and loaded from the over- abundance. During the present season, limit catches of ten to fifteen tons could frequently be taken in one haul, but at times boats whose weary crews had made eight or ten hauls would return from a night's fishing with a ton or even less. The Fish and Game Commission has legal authority to prevent wastage by limiting the size of the loads according to the tonnage of the boats, for if the fish are piled too deep on the deck, heating and pressure on. Fig. n. An "idle" moment while wai


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