. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAMfi 223 fish are kept out of this area by a low transverse bulkhead or partition which may be built up in the same way as are the sideboards. In the center of this l)ulkhead is erected a standard bearing an electric light on a swinging arm to light the deck for night hauling. This is the newer type of boat representing three-fourths of the fishing craft in southern California, and is now being built for fisher- m
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAMfi 223 fish are kept out of this area by a low transverse bulkhead or partition which may be built up in the same way as are the sideboards. In the center of this l)ulkhead is erected a standard bearing an electric light on a swinging arm to light the deck for night hauling. This is the newer type of boat representing three-fourths of the fishing craft in southern California, and is now being built for fisher- men of all nationalities, Japanese and Italians alike, for use in the albacore and sardine industry. Italian Number Length 16 8 Depth Valuation Japanes3 16 8 m o o o 1-. CM Fathoms. i j 1 o o o o Fathoms Fig. 67. A comparison of Italian and Japanese types of sardine nets at San Pedro, 1920—21. Data from boat registration records. Nets. Sardines are caught entirely in huge nets laid out in circles and hence called "round-haul" nets. Italian and Japanese nets are alike in principle and general plan, but differ in details of design as com- pletely as do the types of boats (Figure 67). Any round-haul net is made in three sections; a right wing, a left wing, and a bunt or bag. The wings are long strips of large meshed net attached at each side of the bunt and are used to encircle the fish and drive them into the bag. The bag is the sacklike center portion of the net, made of fine meshed webbing and used to hold the fish until they may be landed on the boat. The webbing of wings and bunt is fastened to a light rope called the "cork line," buoyed with numerous corks so that the whole net floats in the water with the cork line on the surface. The lower edge of the net is fastened to a similar line—the "lead line"—M^eiglited with leads at frequent intervals. These two ropes, in addition to float- ing and ballasting the net, take much of the strain of
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