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Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishgabien19561958cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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Using gilt nets and seines, the Department of Fish and Game periodically samples fish populations in the Saltan Sea to keep tabs on spawning, survival, food conditions, growth rates and general abundance and health of ocean species from the Gulf of California transplanted here. WC6 funds made possible the development of this highly saline inland sea. Here is a corvJno, now abundant in the Saltan Sea. The department transplanted 2,000 of these as broodstock from 1950 through 1956. —Fish and Game Photo ACCESS PROGRAM A field survey of the Colorado River, the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin River Systems and the San Francisco Bay area A\as completed. This survey re- vealed a considerable need for access to these fishing waters. The Inland Angling Access Program consists of acquisition of land, construction of parking area, boat launching ramps and in some projects fencing, floats and sanitary facilities. The projects shown in the upper table on page 20 were all in some state of completion or development at the end of the biennium. The allocations were intended to cover the estimated cost of the projects and recoveries of funds can be expected on some of the projects. Coastal Access A resurvey of the entire California coast line was completed in 1957. This delineated desirable sites that, if acquired, would provide access to ocean fishing. To date, seven coastal counties have agreed to participate in the program by operating and maintaining any projects acquired in those counties. Land is often diffi- cult to obtain at appraised values. This has resulted in a slower program of acquisition. The 1957 Legislature granted authority to acquire by condemnation where necessary if the county boards of supervisors give ap- proval for such action. This authority was not used during the biennium. OTHER FISH PROJECTS Two trout fishing lakes in the Mendocino National Forest in Glenn County were completed and afford fine fishing. Plans were completed and an allocation was made for another trout lake of about 35 surface acres in the same forest to be known as Letts Valley Lake. Legg Lake in Los Angeles County was also under construction during the biennium. The Salton Sea project in Imperial and Riverside Counties was a co-operative project among the De- partment of Fish and Game, University of California at Los Angeles, and the Wildlife Conservation Board. The objective was to establish a fishery in the vast Sal- ton Sea. The success of this project was even greater than anticipated and limits of corvina and sargo are now being taken by anglers. Somewhat similar projects are under way for the improvement of fishing in coastal lagoons. The Berkeley Pier in San Francisco Bay was leased to the Department of Fish and Game and a WCB project, to make the pier safe for public use, is nearing completion. The City of Berkeley will maintain the pier exclusively for sport fishing.

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