Publication Date:
2021-06-28
Description:
The catch landed and effort expended by private-boat sportfishermen were studied in southern California betweenJanuary and March 1982, to determine the impact ofone segment of the sport fishery on local marine resources.Fishermen returning from fishing trips were interviewed atlaunch ramps, hoists, and boat-rental facilities. This report contains quantitative data and statistical estimates of total effort, total catch, catch of preferred species, and length frequencies for those species whose catches are regulated by minimum size limits.An estimated 155,000 organisms were landed by 52,000 anglersand 2,400 divers. The two major components of the catch werewhite croaker, Genyonemus lineatus, 44,000 landed and Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, 23,000 landed. Together these two species made up over a third of the estimated southern California sport catch.Angler compliance with size limit regulations was generallyfavorable. Ninety-one percent of all basses, Paralabrax spp., examined were of legal size, as were 73% of the California halibut, Paralichthys californicus. A 24-inch (fork length) size limit was imposed upon Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, as of March 1, 1982; none of the 399 bonito measured in March were of legal size. (31pp.)
Keywords:
Management
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Fisheries
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white croaker
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Genyonemus lineatus
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Pacific mackerel
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Scomber japonicus
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bass
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Paralabrax spp.
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California halibut
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Paralichthys californicus
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Pacific bonito
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Sarda chiliensis
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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