Publication Date:
2021-06-25
Description:
A 1-yr study was undertaken to devise a sampling programwhich would determine fishing catch and effort levels ofone segment of the southern California marine sportfishery. Personal interviews of fishermen were conductedat launch ramps, boat hoists, and boat rental locationsfrom Santa Barbara County to the Mexican border. Thisreport presents quantitative data and statisticalestimates of effort, total catch, catch of preferredsport fish species, and length frequencies of selectedspecies landed by private-boat sport fishermen.An estimated 52,000 anglers and 4,300 divers landed179,000 fishes, molluscs, and crustaceans. The majorcomponents of the catch were 1) rockfishes, Sebastes spp.,68,000 landed; 2) white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus,38,000 landed; and 3) bass, Paralabrax spp., 13,000landed. (21pp.)
Keywords:
Management
;
Fisheries
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
