. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. TWMNTV-SKVEN'I'II Hli;\M\l, H\'A't}\iT f)7, July wcfc 1() l)c l<('|)t closed Imt I lie ciuil iiiiicd use ol' I r;iiiiiiii'l )fMls''U*;ik to !)(' pcrniittcd in llic district diiriim upcii scjisons, ;i coiKM-ssion wh'i/'fi liad Ix'cn ^i'imt('(l ;is ;i \v;ir hy the I'lntcd Sl; J-'ood Adiiiiiiis- tratioti. That pnrt of the l;i\v wliich iirosidcd ;i c|.)scd S(Ui;so)j of dn'rU' and July-in District 121) was later attai-


. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. TWMNTV-SKVEN'I'II Hli;\M\l, H\'A't}\iT f)7, July wcfc 1() l)c l<('|)t closed Imt I lie ciuil iiiiicd use ol' I r;iiiiiiii'l )fMls''U*;ik to !)(' pcrniittcd in llic district diiriim upcii scjisons, ;i coiKM-ssion wh'i/'fi liad Ix'cn ^i'imt('(l ;is ;i \v;ir hy the I'lntcd Sl; J-'ood Adiiiiiiis- tratioti. That pnrt of the l;i\v wliich iirosidcd ;i c|.)scd S(Ui;so)j of dn'rU' and July-in District 121) was later attai-kcd hy counsel for the lishtM'- luen wlio elainicd tliat the section of the I'eual Code which desei-ibcs the kinds of mis wiiieh nia\' he used, permitted the use of ;,'ill nets of certain mesh in the disti'iet dui'inn' .lime aiul duly. The ease was finally decided in favor of the fishermen. .ludj^e .M(d\eii/.ie of the superior court of Contra (^osta County deciding; that laws restrictintr the right to iish must be clear and without ambiguity. 'I'he fiiwd result was that salmon were getting less protection than Fig. 20. State Laboratory, East San Pedro. California. It is here that important research work on tlie commercial fisheries is being carried on by a staff of scientists. Photograph by W. F. Thompson. At our request a hill was introduced at the 1021 session of the legislature which proposed to give the Sacramento salmon a fair meas- ure of protection. It provided that salmon netting be eliminated in the river above the city of Sacramento; that the months of June and July be closed to confonu to the season already provided for stri]ied bass and shad; and that the fall season be closed on Septeml)er loth instead of the 25th. Closed seasons were also provided to curtail the catch of salmon in sea trolling. The measures finally adopted were inadequate. Fishing in the upper Sacramento continues; the months of June and July are still open and the closed seast)


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