CalCOFI Reports, Vol. 2, 1952 (complete report pdf; individual pdf links below)
- INTRODUCTION
- PART 1: THE SARDINE AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, YESTERDAY AND TODAY
- Distribution of Sardines
- Eggs and Larvae
- Young Fish
- Adult Sardines
- Subgroups
- Numbers of Sardines
- Adult Sardine
- The Total Population
- Variations in Mortality Rates
- Age Composition of the Catch
- Size of Older Year Classes
- Eggs, Larvae, and Young Fish
- Spawning Surveys
- Young Fish
- Adult Sardine
- Habits and Behavior
- Olfactory Sense
- School Patterns
- Behavior in an Electrical Field
- Food of the Sardine
- Food of the Larvae
- Food of the Adult
- The Environment
- Oceanographic Conditions
- Relation of Oceanographic Conditions to Other Factors
- Population Size
- Year-Class Size
- Mortality Rates
- Fishing Success
- The Food Supply
- Predators and Competitors
- Bacteria
- Other Fishes
- Future Studies
- Distribution of Sardines
- PART 2: THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FISHERY