. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 1. The "Alaska," newest member o^ the department's research fleet, —Fish and Game Photo Avater. From the information gained, recommendations can be made to the disposal agencies which will help reduce the contamination of marine life by radioactive wastes. RESEARCH VESSELS YellowFin In May, 1956, extensive dry rot was found through- out the Yellowfiv, rendering the vessel unsafe for fur- ther biological work. It was stripped
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 1. The "Alaska," newest member o^ the department's research fleet, —Fish and Game Photo Avater. From the information gained, recommendations can be made to the disposal agencies which will help reduce the contamination of marine life by radioactive wastes. RESEARCH VESSELS YellowFin In May, 1956, extensive dry rot was found through- out the Yellowfiv, rendering the vessel unsafe for fur- ther biological work. It was stripped of all salvageable research equipment and in Februarv, 1957, was sold for a high bid of £55, Alaska In the summer of 1957 the department negotiated a 10-year loan agreement with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the use of the M/V Alaska. The Alaska had been decommissioned by the USFWS in 1953 at Brunswick, Georgia. It was reconditioned and outfitted in .Miami, Florida. After a shakedown cruise the vessel arrived at San Pedro, her home port, Febru- ary 12, 1958. The Alaska is a West Coast purse-seine type vessel of steel construction. She is 100 feet long with a cruis- ing range of 7,500 miles, and has accommodations for 10 crewmen and seven scientists. Fishing platforms, three large bait wells, a large freezing compartment, crawl winch and davits, a blanket net, two large generating plants, a sea scanar, ship-to-shore radiotele- phone, radar, and two fathometers make the Alaska well suited for all of the department's major investi- gations. The Alaska was constructed in 1947 at Long Beach, California, and first used in fisheries exploratory work around Pacific islands but later modified and equipped for oceanographic work in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. During the biennium, the Alaska completed three cruises in 61 operating days. Two of these cruises were made to carry out pelagic fish investigations and were conducted in the waters of Southern
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