California's early fisheries, research, and records.

From: Marine Fisheries Review | Date: September 22, 1988 | Copyright information

In 1870, the year before the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries was established, California's legislature set up its own Board of Fish Commissioners under "An act to provide for the restoration and preservation of fish in the waters of this state." Signed by Gov. H. H. Haight, it was approved on 2 April and three Commissioners were appointed: B. B. Redding, S. R. Throckmorton, and J. D. Farwell. The initial appropriation of 5,000 was used primarily to import new varieties of fi...

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