. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. AGE AXD LENGTH OF SARDINES 193 TABLE 3 Calendar Dates of Lunar Months for the 1957-58 Sardine Season Lunar month. I latc- ' August" 'September" 'October". _ 'November" 'December" August 1 L-September 8 September 9-ecember 6-January 1 The Ashing season began September 1 in Southern California and ended December 31. The same dates have been used for Baja California, where there is no legal restriction on the sea
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. AGE AXD LENGTH OF SARDINES 193 TABLE 3 Calendar Dates of Lunar Months for the 1957-58 Sardine Season Lunar month. I latc- ' August" 'September" 'October". _ 'November" 'December" August 1 L-September 8 September 9-ecember 6-January 1 The Ashing season began September 1 in Southern California and ended December 31. The same dates have been used for Baja California, where there is no legal restriction on the season Wildlife Service. Age determination was continued co-operatively by both agencies. The 685 fish aged from the Southern California catch include ages zero through nine, with a size range of 138 through 250 mm. (Table 1). Mean lengths were 173 mm. for age-one fish, 204 mm. for age-two fish, 213 mm. for age-three fish, and 221 mm. for age-four. These sizes were appreciably smaller than for fish of comparable ages in the 1956-57 season, but not much different from those in 1955-56. There were 617 fish aged from Baja California. They included ages zero through seven, with a size range of 122 through 224 mm. (Table 2). Mean lengths were 140 mm. for age-one fish, 190 mm. for age-two, 197 mm. for age-three, and 200 mm. for age-four. A total of 3,500 fish was measured from Southern California. The average length was 213 mm. There were two distinct size groups, one from 128 to 166 mm., with a mode at 146 mm.; and the other from 176 to 256 mm., with a mode at 216 mm. The average weight per fish was pounds. Calendar dates for the lunar months are given in Table :!. The lunar mouths comprise the periods from one full moon to the next and have been numbered serially since the 1919-20 season. Tabulation of the age composition of the catch by lunar months (Table 4) showed the 1954 vear class to be dominant in Southern Cali- fornia( percent of the total), with 1955 next (2:!.:! p
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