CalCOFI Reports, Vol. 1, 1950 (complete report pdf; individual pdf links below)
INTRODUCTION
HOW THE WORK IS DONE

• The Ships
• The Station Plan
• Collection of Data
• Processing of Data
• Instrumentation
  • Midwater Trawl
  • High-Speed Gear
  • Floating Fish - Larvae Trap
  • Plankton-Sample Splitter
  • ChlorinityTitrator
  • ASOP
• Other Projects
  • Use of Soundings to Locate Sardine Schools

WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED

• Studies of the Sardine's Environment
• Physical Oceanography
  • Upwelling
  • Mixing
  • Evaporation
  • Internal Waves
  • Delineation of Spawning Areas
  • Problems of Processing
• Chemical Oceanography
• Biological Oceanography
  • Marine Botany
  • Marine Invertebrate Plankton
    • Crustacean Plankton
    • Dispersal by Water Currents
    • Plankton Volumes
• Recruitment Research
  • The 1950 Sardine Spawning Season
  • Relation of Sardine Spawning to Oceanographic Conditions
• Work on Other Fishes
  • Young of Other Fishes Associated with the Sardine
    • Jack Mackerel
    • Anchovy
    • Saury
    • Other Food Fishes
    • Fodder Fishes
  • Adults of Other Fishes
    • Northern Anchovy
    • Herring-Like Fishes
    • Albacore
• The 1950 Young Sardine Surveys
  • Methods of Approach
  • Methods of Collection
  • Limitations
  • The 1950 Work
• Availability
• Behavior and Physiology
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Schooling Behavior
  • Miscellaneous Observations
  • Electrical Stimulation of Fish in Sea Water
    • Conditions of Experiments
    • Definitions of Terms
    • Tabulations of Records and Results
    • Conclusions
• Continuing Studies
  • Length Frequencies
  • Age Determinations
    • Racial Studies
    • Vital Statistics
• Marine Birds and Mammals

SUMMARY
PLANS FOR 1951
APPENDIX 1: Personnel  Engaged in Research Under California Cooperative Sardine Research Program
APPENDIX 2: Current  Projects Under California Cooperative Sardine Research Program