The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
RADICAL CHANGES
IN FISH AND CAME
LAWS IN THE FALL
District Changes Give Rise
to New Condition-Fish-
ing Season and Regu-
lations Affected

| The California fish and game commits
sion has just issued the following on
the new state and federal game and
| fish laws:
| This fall will see a number of radical
changes in the fisn and game laws
when the bills approved by the COVER
nor go into effect August II and when
| the proposed federal regulations be-
come effective on about October l.
The changes that will affect the sports
men Of this state are, in brief, as fol-
lows:
/ 1t should be noted in the beginning
that practically all the changes in the
state laws affecting game are due to
transfers of several counties from one
/ fish and game district to another. Out
side of these changes. due to the shift
ing of boundary lines, the only game
law change is that effective August IL,
prohibiting the shipment and sale of all
kinds of game except rabbits and wild
geese. Partial exemption is made fur
ther in the case of wild ducks which
may be sold during the month OF No
vember only.
DISTRICT CHANGES
| The district changes are as follows
| Del Norte and Humboldt counties
transferred from district 1 to district 2.
San Joaquin from district to dis
| trict 8.
Santa Barbara from district to dis
! trict 5.
Inyo from district to a new district
| to be numbered Z.
| Mono and Alpine counties from dis
| trict 3 to new district T.
! Western parts of Stanislaus Merced,
| Fresno, Kings and Kern counties from
! district to district 5-the new dis
| trict boundary being the San Joaquin
river and sloughs lying along the trough
| of the valley, rather than the summit
of the Coast range, which has been the
| boundary between districts and 5.
| This change in districts Will not be
| effective until August IL, prior to which
| time all of these affected counties will
| have the laws of the district in which
| they have been for four years and In
which they stin remain. This state
ment is made as a warning to fisher
men and hunters who may have been
misled by the many game law cards is
sued by sporting goods houses in the
state, which have Invariably, so far as
we know, given as being in effect at
this time the changes in laws that will
not be in effect until after the 11th of
next month.
PECULIAR CONDITION
1t should be noted particularly that
in Del Norte, Humboldt and Santa Bar
| bara counties there can be no deer
shooting before August II. Rather a
peculiar condition will exist in San
Joaquin county, where the deer season
begins on July /.
August IL this county will be trans
ferred into district g. receiving upon
that date all of the laws of district 8
and in particular the deer law which
opens the season in that district on
August Is, consequently the deer sea-
son in this county will be open from
July / to August II, will then close on
the 18th, 18th and 14th and open on
the 18th and remain open until the 31st
day of October
| The deer season in Del Norte, Hum :
boldt and Santa Barbara counties viii
open August II and close August 81.
but in 1914 the opening date will be
July l. and the closing date August 81.
| Mono, Alpine and Inyo counties will
be less affected by the shifting of dis
trict lines, as they are now in districts
where the deer season opens August Is,
the date on which it is to open in the
| new district, Z. In the case of Inyo
| county, however. the closing of the
| Season will be considerably later than
it is at present (September 15), as the
closing date in the new district is to
| be October 81.
I The district changes will also make
| differences in the dove and quail sea :
| sons in the transferred counties but
| there is probably no need to detail
| them, as the oregoing explanation of
changes incident to the shifting of
! boundary lines will enable the sports
men to readily figure out the new sea
! sons.
FISHING SEASON AFFECTED
! Beginning with August H. the fishing