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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46 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME Big Bear's Unique Program In a co-operative program that may well point the way to vastl\- improved fishing and better business in California's most popular mountain resort areas, the community of Big Bear Lake formed a park district and taxed itself 145,000 a year in both 1957 and 1958 for the sole purpose of purchasing commercially reared trout to supplement those stocked in their lake by the Department of Fish and Game. The community reasoned that when the economy of an area is based largely on public recreation it makes sense that the commercial enterprises and prop- erty owners of that area should help provide the rec- reation that supports their business and property values. They stocked Big Bear Lake with more than 20 tons of trout in 1957 and some 32 tons of trout in 1958. The venture paid off so well businesswise, that the program will be continued indefinitely. TROUT During the period covered by this report the depart- ment operated 15 trout and salmon hatcheries and one rearing station, and planted a total of 47,784,267 trout and salmon weighing 3,736,780 pounds. Catchable trout, averaging approximately eight inches in length, made up 33 percent of the total number and 89 percent of the total weight. The following trout and salmon hatcheries were operated during the biennium: Mt. Shasta, Crystal Lake, Darrah Springs, Cedar Creek, Nimbus, Mocca- sin Creek, Hot Creek, San Joaquin, Fish Springs, Mt. Whitney, Black Rock Rearing Ponds, Sequoia, Moore- house Springs, Kern River, Fillmore and Mojave. Two outmoded hatcheries, Tahoe and Yosemite, were closed. Both of these stations were high cost per pound units and could not be brought up to a state of higher efficiency. Waters formerly stocked by these hatcheries are now being planted by airplane with fingerlings produced at modern and larger hatchery units at a lesser cost. Wildlife Conservation Board funds made it possible to construct new broodstock ponds and spawning fa- cilities at the Alt. Shasta Hatchery. This installation has an ultimate capacity of 21,000,000 eggs. Those facilities are of the latest design and contribute much Big Bear Lake in the Son Bernardino Mountains. -Fish and Game Photo
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