. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. I) riSlI AND CAME Oil Ofoaii fisliiiiy j^roiiiids wlicre st'veral species of fisli arc mixed, the iii()(l(M"ii ottci- Irawl is i-ciiiai'kal)l>- nonselective as 1o what il can catch. Al prcsciil. ihc ciii'iTiil sc;il'(Hi(l iii;irki'1s ai'c hJLilily sricclixc ;is Id tlie species Ihey will piii-chase oi- use. ('oiisim] iinit I \ . lln' lishiTiii;i ii is con- fronted Avith till' p!'ol>lein of disposiiii;- of his iiii
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. I) riSlI AND CAME Oil Ofoaii fisliiiiy j^roiiiids wlicre st'veral species of fisli arc mixed, the iii()(l(M"ii ottci- Irawl is i-ciiiai'kal)l>- nonselective as 1o what il can catch. Al prcsciil. ihc ciii'iTiil sc;il'(Hi(l iii;irki'1s ai'c hJLilily sricclixc ;is Id tlie species Ihey will piii-chase oi- use. ('oiisim] iinit I \ . lln' lishiTiii;i ii is con- fronted Avith till' p!'ol>lein of disposiiii;- of his iiii iii;i i-ketal)le lish. Ill llic jiast, tliis nnsalahic poi'lioii ot' the cjilch has hmi disposed ol' iil sea; ill many iiistaiiees this practice still pre\ails. Ueceiitly. ho\ve\-er. tlie use of unmarketable species lias created a new industry in j)ractically every area where otter trawlinji" is practiced, rusalable species, referred to herein as "trash" , are sometimes used as fresh-frozen or processed food for domestically reared fur-bearers and pets, or are redui-ed into meal (Edwards &. Lux, and Sa>les, 1951). Trawl-cau^ht whoh^ fish are not reduced into meal at the present time in C'ali ;- METHOD OF OPERATION The Fields !' and Fort Bra^'ji" plants <ii-iii(l and freeze both whole fish and fish fi-aiiies for ultiinale use by the fur industry, while the Oakland ])laiit emphns a cauuiu<i' jirocess and jiroduces pet food from these raw materials. The animal food jilauts (le])eiid on waste 2 Since the preparation of this paper a plant designed to reduce lish scraps and trasli fish to a liquid concentrate has been established at iGureka, FIGURE 1. Unloading trash fish from otter trawl vessel. Note the mixed species and presence of ice on the fish. Phoiograph by W. A. Dahlsirom, May, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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