. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. had attained weights exceeding 18 pounds by mid- summer 1956. Fish and invertebrates planted by the department in Salton Sea to date include: 1,659 shortfin corvina, 63 orangemouth corvina, 2,500 anchovetas, 3,000 mysids (small shrimp-like creatures) and 500 poly- chaet worms. THE SHELLFISHERIES The total commercial abalone catch, while declin- ing slightly from the previous biennium, is still run- ning better than million pounds
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. had attained weights exceeding 18 pounds by mid- summer 1956. Fish and invertebrates planted by the department in Salton Sea to date include: 1,659 shortfin corvina, 63 orangemouth corvina, 2,500 anchovetas, 3,000 mysids (small shrimp-like creatures) and 500 poly- chaet worms. THE SHELLFISHERIES The total commercial abalone catch, while declin- ing slightly from the previous biennium, is still run- ning better than million pounds per year. Almost the entire catch is composed of two species of aba- lone, the red, of which the majority are taken in Central California, and the pink, which comes from the Channel Islands off Southern California. The Channel Islands off Southern California were not opened by law to commercial diving until 1943 and the fishery there did not get under way until 1947. Prior to that time almost all the take consisted of the red abalone from Central California. By 1949 almost 50 percent of the total catch was pinks, in- creasing each year to over two-thirds of 195 3's million pounds. RED ABALONE Since 1949 the pinks have shown a decline but the production of reds has remained relativel\' steady. Although this decline affects the income of the aba- lone industry it does not mean that the pink abalone population is in danger. The take appears to be level- ing off. Most of the older individuals have been har- vested and now the fishery depends more on the pro- duction of the younger abalone which have grown to marketable size. As the remaining older individuals Department's biologist diver coming aboard after collecting somp/e of abalone (in net basket on deck) from ocean bottom near Ft. Bragg. CFish and Game Photo by Glen Bickford). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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