California Fish and Game, Volumes 10-12State of California, Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game., 1924 - Fisheries |
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Page 193 - Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas...
Page 136 - It is almost idle to emphasize their value to the country. The physical vigor, moral strength, and clean simplicity of mind of the American people can be immeasurably furthered by the properly developed opportunities for the life in the open afforded by our forests, mountains, and waterways. Life in the open is a great character builder. From such life much of the American spirit of freedom springs. Furthering the opportunities of all for such life ranks in the general class with education.
Page 56 - The return from the fisheries vary greatly from day to day, from season to season, and from year to year. The resultant waste is an exaggerated case of the same kind which the electrical engineer meets when he is faced with the "peak load" er maximum use of electricity during a short period each day.
Page 71 - Offered in exchange for ornithological, mammalogical and similar periodicals. The articles published in CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME are not copyrighted and may be reproduced in other periodicals provided due credit Is given the California Fish and Game Commission.
Page 181 - Bringing an appreciation of the importance of conservation to the background of human consciousness is a work which can not be done by one man or one organization in one year, or by many men and many organizations in many years.
Page 33 - The Status of Fish Culture in Our Inland Public Waters, and the Role of Investigation in the Maintenance of Fish Resources Dr.
Page 126 - The great success he made and his excellent qualifications to fill the higher position of assistant to Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies, led to his accepting an offer to come to New York at a far larger salary.
Page 193 - The open seasons for black-bellied and golden plovers and greater and lesser yellowlegs shall be as follows : In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia the open season shall be from August 16 to November 30; In the District of Columbia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma...
Page 59 - THE STRIPED BASS IN CALIFORNIA. By NB SCOFIELD. The striped bass is to be found in the San Francisco Bay region or in the lower Sacramento or San Joaquin rivers, in varying numbers, in any month of the year. In the lower rivers, however, more of them are caught in the spring and autumn. The spring run, as it is termed, is mostly of mature or "spawn bass,'' evidently ascending the rivers to spawn, and takes place during April.
Page 178 - Gentleman. *pO this ideal I consecrate myself — that sport shall not be my only aim — that my reward and my lesson shall be in the thrill of the chase and the glory of the heights, and the whistle of the stag — in the music of the murmuring stream and the leap of the playing trout — in the gold of the autumn's woods and the whirr of the ruffed grouse — in the sweet soft scent that breathes from off the sea and in the beauty and silence of the lonely hills and dells.