Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga7_1921cali (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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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 233 out before the skiff or buoy is reached, a one-inch line already attached to the net is slacked away under strain as far as necessary, and then hauled in again when the other wing is reached. As soon as both ends of the net are recovered, the launch is anchored at once, if in shallow water, with a light kedge anchor, the skiff tied
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Fig. 75. Sardine fishing in the black obscurity of midnight. This is the typical condition under which ninety per cent of our sardines are caught. Above, hauling in the bag; below, dipping the fish from the net. ,i forward out of the way, and all hands inniiediately begin hauling in the net with all possible speed (Figure 74). Care is taken to pull both wings at the same rate, cork line, lead line, and webbing coming in evenly; and as an aid, marked corks are placed on each wing at equal distances from the center. While the wings are being hauled in, one man operates the scare or plunger described above. This scare is

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