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124 CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS1 and 2 show census estimates for sardine and anchovylarvae, respectively, for 1951-59, summarized by yearand area. Census estimates for 1960 are not included,simply because they have not been workedup as yet. The estimates of sardine larvae rangedfrom a high of about 7.3 trillion in 1954 to a low ofabout 1.2 trillion in 1959. Anchovy larvae increasedfrom 15.1 trillion to more than 38 trillion between1951 and 1954, remained at this level through 1957,and then increased further to about 55 trillion in1958 and 1959 (Figure 5). Anchovy abundance appearsto have almost quadrupled during the 1950’s,while sardine abundance progressively decreasedafter 1954. Whereas anchovy larvae outnumberedsardine larvae by less than 3:l in 1951, the ratio hadincreased to more than 45: 1 by 1959. Abundance ofanchovy larvae increased further from 1960 to 1965.Although this change is not shown or expressed inAREA TOTALIILINE 77 81 NORTHN FRANCISCO140 & SOUTHFIGURE 6. Sardine larvae: Annual census estimates by area, 1951-59.

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