. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 1 u I VLIFORNIA FISH AND Q WIT. tood Qprighl (Figure 3). An anchovy was caught from the .. held firmly, and an incision was made through the body wall just posterior to the tip of the pectoral fin. A tag was taken from the block, using forceps, and inserted posteriorly through the incision into the body cavity. Care was taken to inserl the tag parallel 1" the body wall in order to avoid damage to internal organs I Figures 4 and 5
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 1 u I VLIFORNIA FISH AND Q WIT. tood Qprighl (Figure 3). An anchovy was caught from the .. held firmly, and an incision was made through the body wall just posterior to the tip of the pectoral fin. A tag was taken from the block, using forceps, and inserted posteriorly through the incision into the body cavity. Care was taken to inserl the tag parallel 1" the body wall in order to avoid damage to internal organs I Figures 4 and 5). The anchovy was then dropped into the receiving tank to be held until of tl ntire FIGURE 3—The tags are held vertically in the groove of the tagging board, ready for use. Photograph by Jack W. Schott. At the end of each tagging day, tagged fish along with the remaining untagged fish were transported offshore and released in the general area where they were caught. Normally they were released into or near anchovy schools to provide protection from predators and prevent "chumming" of predator fish (Janssen, 1938). When released, the fish moved without hesitation toward the school. "When a school was not present, the fish milled about near the surface for a short period of time, formed a school, and then moved away from the 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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